In a bizarre turn of events, Akercocke, who recently reformed, have announced on their Facebook page that they will no longer be playing at this year’s Bloodstock Festival. The announcement reads:
Dear friends and fiends,
Owing to politics we neither understand nor participate in, we have been pulled from the Bloodstock 2016 line up.
Akercocke
Understandably some Akercocke fans have voiced their displeasure at this news, with some of them referring to the festival as being petty and a joke. While the exact reason is unknown to Akercocke being pulled from the billing, it appears that it has something to do with the organisers of Bloodstock trying to keep an illusion of exclusivity as the band have been confirmed to play Damnation in November and will be touring the UK later this year.
At the moment, Bloodstock have not made a statement to as why Akercocke are no longer on the bill.
***UPDATE***
Adam Gregory, one of the organisers of Bloodstock left the following comment on the band’s post:
As much as we would like to answer your questions with our reasons for being forced to cancel the bands appearance, out of respect for the band, we wont air our laundry in public, but rest assured Bloodstock was left without any option on this occasion.
Akercocke online:
Valkyrian Music 