Creamfields Abu Dhabi
A couple of months ago Creamfields announced that it was holding one of its famous outdoor dance music festivals in Abu Dhabi and I have to say I was really excited about it. In fact I had more or less decided that I would be going. For those who don’t know, Creamfields organize a huge festival in the UK every summer featuring the world’s best DJs and dance acts. They even release CDs of the events. So obviously when I heard it was only going to be a short flight away I couldn’t wait for it to happen.
Well the event is taking place this Friday and I still haven’t bought tickets. And I am not going to. The organizers didn’t announce the line up for ages and when they did I was majorly disappointed. The headline acts are Underworld and Calvin Harris. Underworld were famous for the Born Slippy song which was way back when the movie Trainspotting was released and they have done little of note since.
Calvin Harris has had a couple hits recently but not someone who I would rush to see live. Other DJs announced have either had their day and no longer big names or relative unknowns. All in all a BIG let down and definitely not worth my while flying over and booking a hotel for a couple of days.
Then last Thursday I received the following email as I am a member of the Creamfields Facebook group:
Subject: Half Price Tickets to Creamfields Abu Dhabi
Dear friends of Flash,
It’s been a busy year for us, and as a thanks for all your support in 2009 we’d like to offer you a 50% discount on a ticket to Creamfields Abu Dhabi.
Taking place on December 11th at the Emirates Palace , Creamfields Abu Dhabi will be the biggest electronic music festival in the region, with live performances and DJ sets from over 10 international artists including Underworld, Sharam (Deep Dish), Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Laidback Luke, Sasha, Erick Morillo, Sebastien Leger and many more.
Half Price Tickets ?!! Sounds like they are really struggling to sell tickets. In a way its sad, because I think its great that something like Creamfields is taking place so close to home, but they should have thought a bit more about getting a better line up. Also this type of festival event is not something that people are used to here. For example, in the UK it would start at say 6pm and finish 6am the following day. I have a feeling that in Abu Dhabi the whole thing would finish at midnight max.
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Hi, Nice post but I don’t agree with your Underworld comment. They are still big in Europe, perhaps not here. Their concert in the Netherlands was amazing and full house :-)
I still want to go, especially now the tickets go cheap. Amazing to hear Erick Morillo and Sebastian Leger again.
I guess it comes down to musical preference. Personally I was looking forward to seeing at least one of the big name trance DJs (Armin van Buuren, Tiesto or Paul van Dyk). That would have really generated a lot of interest in the region. Morillo and Leger are respected DJs but I’m not a fan of their style of House music.
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