2016 Calling Festival reportedly called off

Live Nation will apparently give the Clapham Common event "a rest" this year

The Hives' Pelle Almqvist at Calling Festival 2015 © Drew de F Fawkes

There will be no Calling Festival in 2016. That’s according to Pollstar, which was told by an anonymous source: “The genre of acts are not there, so it was deemed to give it a rest.” The source added that the classic rock-centric festival could return in future.

There will be no Calling Festival in 2016.

That’s according to Pollstar, which was told by an anonymous source: “The genre of acts are not there, so it was deemed to give it a rest.”

The source added that the classic rock-centric festival could return in future.

Calling began life as Hyde Park Calling in 2006 and became Hard Rock Calling (after sponsor Hard Rock Cafe) in 2008. It moved to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford in 2013…

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