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Murs cancels Paid Dues Festival
Murs cancels Paid Dues Festival

Paid Dues Has Been Cancelled, But May Return In 2015.

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

The Paid Dues festival is no more. That's it. Everybody can go home. Christmas has been cancelled. Guerilla Union-- the company behind the now infamous Rock The Bells cancellation-- made Murs, the Paid Dues founder, be the bearer of bad news in a Facebook post yesterday.

"I regretfully announce that Paid Dues will not happen this year. 2013 was a financially challenging year for our partners at Guerilla Union and as a direct result of these unfortunate circumstances we were not able to come together to give you another successful Paid Dues Festival. However, I am using this time to restructure my business in order to bring you Paid Dues for 2015."

We certainly hope so and we know Murs to be a man of it's word, though its hard to blame people for being bummed. This is the second major hip-hop festival cancelled in two years. Unfortunately, cancellations like this are quickly becoming the norm which shouldn't be surprising. Guerilla Union is one of the largest sponsors for hip-hop festivals, so their financial woes have been and may yet be reflected in more closures. Oh well...see you in 2015, Paid Dues (hopefully?)