After having to cancel key 2013 dates in New York, New Jersey, and D.C., acclaimed hip-hop festival “Rock The Bells” will be back in 2014.
In an recent Youtube video, festival organizer and Guerilla Union founder Chang Weisberg spoke candidly about the difficult decision to cancel select dates and ultimately bring this year’s festival to a premature halt.
Weisberg said, “It wasn’t the cost of the holograms that killed ‘Rock the Bells,’ or anything like that. The bigger reasons, the macro-version: there were a lot of great shows that were out touring in our same time period, that could be a factor–the fact that Jay-Z was on sale, the fact that Kanye was on sale, the fact that Drake was on sale, there were just a lot of great hip-hop shows, and I wish all of them well. I think competition increases the market, and I’m happy that all these acts can be touring, and ultimately, maybe, that was one of the issues.”
Much to the relief of hip-hop fans across the country, Weisberg went on to promise a bigger and better “Rock The Bells” in 2014.
To see Weisberg’s full statement, click here.
