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Manic Street Preachers pull out of Chelmsford V Festival | Manic Street Preachers pull out of Chelmsford V Festival |
(about 9 hours later) | |
Welsh rock band the Manic Street Preachers have cancelled their appearance at V Festival in Essex. | |
Posting on Twitter the band said it was "with huge regret" they had to announce "the cancellation" of their "show in Chelmsford" on Saturday. | |
They had been due to play after the Sziget Festival in Budapest but "after five hours on the runway" in Hungary were told their plane "would not fly." | |
The band said they would be playing at V Festival in Staffordshire on Sunday. | The band said they would be playing at V Festival in Staffordshire on Sunday. |
'Tried everything' | |
They had been due to play before headliners Elbow on the MTV Stage at Hylands Park. | |
Manics members Nicky Wire, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore tweeted they had made "every endeavour to get back to the UK in time to play". | Manics members Nicky Wire, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore tweeted they had made "every endeavour to get back to the UK in time to play". |
They added: "The band apologise to their fans at V Chelmsford for the cancellation." | They added: "The band apologise to their fans at V Chelmsford for the cancellation." |
At about 00:30 BST they posted on Twitter that they had arrived at a hotel in Birmingham after 18 hours of travelling. | |
"Worst travel day in 22yrs of the band-deepest apologies we tried everything," they said. |