Hi-Fi, the festival I always wanted to call Hard-Fi, but which you could have called 'Homelands reinvented', will not go ahead this year.
The reinvented Homelands, a joint venture between Mean Fiddler and Angel Music Group, launched last year at the long standing Homelands site in Winchester with a second event in Newcastle. Like Homelands in its latter years, it combined a dance music programme with dance friendly alternative acts like Ian Brown and Hard-Fi (which didn't help me and my name confusion). But, in a crowded festivals market, ticket sales weren't as good as hoped, hence the decision not the repeat the event.
Confirming that Hi-Fi would not take place this year, Angel Music Group told Billboard it would be concentrating instead on Global Gathering, which retains its status as the UK's largest dance weekender.