Blog: No Rock And Roll Fun

Vince Power is quite clear when he condemns the BBC for getting into the festival business : The Hackney Weekend has been criticised by veteran festival promoter Vince Power, former prime mover of the Reading festival, and now running Hop Farm and Benicassim in Spain. Complaining that taxpayers' money should not be spent on a free festival in times of austerity, he went on to say: "If the BBC is giving something out for free, then we can't compete. It's really pissed me off." Oddly, though, when Power was running Reading and Leeds, he was happy enough [...]