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jdub889
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Los Angeles, USA
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fwiw, gareth's response:
Ok......... wow. Just finished up a mental weekend in Vegas, and caught up on what's happened with Global. Very gutted not to play, to let people down, but I'm especially upset reading so many people suggesting this was my choice, about my ego or money. You could not be more wrong.
When I read Global's statement from my hotel room here in Vegas, I was as shocked as anyone else reading it, and obviously, the first thing I did was call my management to find out what the fuck had happened because cancelling a festival over a flyer sounds as ridiculous to me as it does to anyone else. However after speaking with them, I can say there really are two sides to this story.
This is the only cancellation like this to ever occur in my entire career, and we are all to blame. Were my management unnecessarily aggressive and hasty to cancel? Yeah probably. However, they had been lied to by Global who initially gave then any bullshit story they could rather than admit they had made a mistake. So by the time they finally decided to be honest, after basically being bullshitted for a month, management were angry, and cancelled.
I guess the moral of the story, if there is one, is this. When you fuck up, hold your hands up straight away and admit you've made a mistake. Try to hide it or lie your way out and you just make the problems worse. I'm 100% sure that had Global been honest as soon as they knew there was a problem, management would have been understanding, and I wouldn't be writing this.
However I am also to blame, as if I was home when this situation reached a peak on Saturday, I'd have hoped to sort it out. Generally I try and know about my shit but during busy periods like the summer when I am constantly abroad, and also trying to finish a new album, I've had to increasingly allow other people to make decisions on my behalf. This fiasco has shown me I need to keep more in touch, and I will.
As it seems we're past the point of no return, let's do this - next time we do a Garuda show in the UK, anyone with a Global ticket can get in for free. This isn't about the money or ego - it's about you guys, and the fact that it's you who are missing out because two companies chose to play power games is the worst thing about all this. I'll do my best to make it up to you.
Sincerely gutted
Gaz
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Jul-09-2012 16:15
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jdub889
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Los Angeles, USA
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agreed re his music, but that has little to do with the OP. i thought his response was sincere and appreciated that although it may have been a decision that was not in his hands, he recognizes that the ultimate responsibility is still with him. the 'free entry to next garuda show' kinda sucks but not sure what else he could have reasonably done.
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Jul-09-2012 16:41
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drEamer
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Madison, Wi
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Jul-09-2012 17:53
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Trancelover24
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2005
Location: Union City, CA (SF Bay Area)
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quote: | Originally posted by jonmitz
he didnt make the decision |
I find it hard to believe that he would have zero knowledge about this, specially this being such a HUGE festival. It doesn't make any sense that his agent has been having problems for a month and Gareth knew nothing about it. Anyway, sucks that I will not get to see him, since I was really looking forward to his set.
What happened here is that his management decided to trash the organizers of Global Gathering by posting a statement placing all blame on them. This obviously got the organizers of GG upset and they released a statement which was not favorable to Gareth Emery or his staff about not playing the festival because of billing. I guarantee you that his management did not foresee global gathering folks releasing such statement and now what can they do?? DAMAGE control!!!! Why? Because it makes Gareth look like an ass.
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Jul-09-2012 17:57
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Cool1g
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Registered: Apr 2006
Location: Hollyweird, CA
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Jul-09-2012 18:04
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