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[[Image: 96helterskelter.jpg|thumb|right|590px|Announcement for the ''Helter Skelter'' Festivals in 1996]] | [[Image: 96helterskelter.jpg|thumb|right|590px|Announcement for the ''Helter Skelter'' Festivals in 1996]] | ||
== Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany == | == Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany == | ||
− | Part Two of the Helter Skelter [[ | + | Part Two of the Helter Skelter [[Roadkill 1996|Roadkill 96]] Festival series <br/> |
together with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Pistols Sex Pistols]. <br/> | together with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Pistols Sex Pistols]. <br/> | ||
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− | Due to low ticket sales, The Sisters and the Sex Pistols | + | Due to low ticket sales, The Sisters and the Sex Pistols got<br/> |
− | - as they were the most expensive acts<br/> | + | cancelled - as they were the most expensive acts.<br/> |
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The rest of festival with the smaller bands was removed to <br/> | The rest of festival with the smaller bands was removed to <br/> | ||
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− | For a few more | + | For a few more snippets of information, please check also<br/> |
− | [http://tours.tsom.org/1996r/concerts/19960629.htm | + | the wonderful [https://web.archive.org/web/20210514094327/http://tours.tsom.org/1996r/concerts/19960629.htm SistersTours] page...<br/> |
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+ | [[File:1996 06 29 Helter Skelter Festival Poster cancelled.jpg|thumb|310px|left|Festival Poster]] | ||
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[[Image: 960629 ticket.jpg|thumb|310px|right|Ticket for the original venue]] | [[Image: 960629 ticket.jpg|thumb|310px|right|Ticket for the original venue]] | ||
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== Helter Skelter Festival 96 == | == Helter Skelter Festival 96 == | ||
Latest revision as of 23:08, 10 March 2023
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Part Two of the Helter Skelter Roadkill 96 Festival series
together with the Sex Pistols.
Due to low ticket sales, The Sisters and the Sex Pistols got
cancelled - as they were the most expensive acts.
The rest of festival with the smaller bands was removed to
Große Freiheit 42 on the Hamburg Reeperbahn.
For a few more snippets of information, please check also
the wonderful SistersTours page...
Helter Skelter Festival 96
Scheessel Rennbahn Eichenring
To make bad things worse, visitors arriving at
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, were not informed properly.
Those who made their way back home westwards
would then pass the town of Scheeßel in Lower Saxony,
where all over festival announcements like the one
here on the left were put up, leading to further irritation.