Pharrell Williams postpones Something In The Water festival to 2025: “It just isn’t ready yet”
nme.comPharrell Williams has postponed this year’s Something In The Water festival to 2025 after being originally scheduled for October.In a statement issued on the festival’s Instagram account yesterday (September 13), Pharrell addressed his fans in Virginia, including ticketholders who planned to travel all the way to the US state for the event.“Virginia doesn’t deserve better, Virginia deserves THE BEST.
So Something In The Water has to match that,” he writes. “It just isn’t ready yet. That’s why we as a team have decided we must postpone this year’s Something In The Water festival that was due to take place in October.”“This is not a Pharrell festival, this is the state of Virginia’s festival so it has to be the best,” he continues. “Virginia made me, and I want to honor it with as much love as it’s shown me my entire life.”Ticketholders who purchased their passes via debit or credit card will be automatically refunded.
According to the statement, these people will also receive first access to tickets once its 2025 dates are confirmed.“I am so grateful to our amazing sponsors and the city for their continued support and trust in us to get this right, and that time is April 2025,” he concludes. “This has to be EPIC, and trust me, after this long wait, it will be.” A line-up had yet to be revealed by the time tickets were released earlier this year.A post shared by SOMETHING IN THE WATER (@somethinginthewater)The festival held its 2023 edition in April that year at Virginia Beach, with headline sets from Mumford & Sons among others.
After the first two days of the event were delayed due to bad weather conditions, Sunday’s proceedings – which were set to include Grace Jones, Clipse, 100 Gecs and more – were then.
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