ya I noticed that earlier this morning. Like wtf. I'm devastated. The event doesn't even appear on his site.

I need answers here

Yes - the whole James Holden thing was very stressful and really pissed us off - here is the email chain that led to this - he obviously did not understand how much we all wanted him here no matter what we said - it went on from this, but in the end I just gave up:





Hi Ryan

I hope you are well. This cancellation is due to commitments in the studio that he is unable to put off. I can understand your frustration but it is unavoidable at this stage. James was not a headline act, and therefore I don’t see this damaging either party under such circumstance.



Regards



Gareth



Gareth Rees

Imprint Bookings and Management Ltd.

No 24, 91-99 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LG.

Representing:

Matthew Dekay, Chris Fortier, James Holden, Paolo Mojo, Slacker


-----Original Message-----
From: DAMN Management [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Gareth Rees
Subject: RE: Work Permit - WEMF2003



Been thinking about this and its not cool at all - there has been a lot of work put into this show and James was a big part of it - I don't think this is a very professional way to handle your business.



Ryan



-----Original Message-----
From: Gareth Rees
To: 'DAMN Management'
Subject: RE: Work Permit - WEMF2003

Hi Ryan



Unfortunately I am going to have to pull James from the festival due to recording commitments back in the UK. I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause but it is unavoidable. I hope we can look to a future project to work together on.



Regards



Gareth



Gareth Rees

Imprint Bookings and Management Ltd.

No 24, 91-99 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LG.

Representing:

Matthew Dekay, Chris Fortier, James Holden, Paolo Mojo, Slacker

You're absolutely correct about this being very unprofessional. I don't think he realizes how much people here were looking forward to seeing him. I was personally considering not going because of this but because I've already bought my ticket, I'm going to be with friends, destiny has worked really really hard to bring us this event (for which we're all grateful) and there are other DJ's I am looking forward too. But I would be lying if I said that one of the main reasons I was going was because of James Holden. Oh well. Destiny, thanks for all your hard work and dedication. I hope everything works out for you.

To James Holden and management. You've left us stranded and you've disappointed your fans. I hope you realize what you've done.

A concerned fan,

Either way, its going to be a fantastic weekend. I can't wait. Only 2 more sleeps.

Last edited by ryanm on Jul-24-2003 at 05:21

He was thee DJ i wanted to see at WEMF since wasn't able to see him in march
It's not that big of a deal, the fesitval will still be amazing but I did want to see him there

man does something always have to go wrong every year ..?

i'm already not going, but serious this sucks bullocks .. my sympathy goes out to his fans attending ..

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He was one of the main reasons for all..no doubt.. but.. with all this positive attitude towards the event..I think J.Holden or not..We'll have just as much fun! --maybe a lil less...

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Originally posted by Provitex He was one of the main reasons for all..no doubt.. but.. with all this positive attitude towards the event..I think J.Holden or not..We'll have just as much fun! --maybe a lil less...

absofuckinlutely

that sucks really wanted to see Holden...oh well then he'll just miss out
still some amazing DJs like Cor Fijnemn, BT and such...gonna be great times

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Good thing i saw him earlier this year, but i still really wanted to see him again... That sucks, but i know WEMF will be just as good... it's cool to see the main stage going 24 hours+ straight this year though!!!

wow,this sucks hardcore. i wanted to see holden really bad. oh well fijneman better play some Holden.

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it's too bad james holden's management didn't realize the potential of wemf and how many people will be disappointed with the cancellation of holden, myself included.