It's unfortunately official. The Essential Festival in Hackney Marshes (London) has been cancelled. More details can be found 9 mins 45 secs into this;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/media/news/main_news/newsbeat.ram

Please note this file will be updated with a new report at roughly 18:00 BST today.

If The Orb are now at a loose end on 3rd August I'll be happy to put a tent up in my back garden, invite a few mates over and stream it over the internet. How about it?

From a very sad Billy :(

-----Original Message-----
From: orb-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of billy.b
Sent: 12 July 2002 12:02
To: orb@mailman.xmission.com
Subject: [Orb] Essential cancelled?

If anyone else is listening to Radio1 can they confirm they just heard
Briggy Smale say that the Essential Festival is cancelled. More news is
promised on air within the hour.

I'm off down the pub for lunch but if someone else can get to listen to this
(live stream at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 ) and confirm to the list I would be
very grateful.

Billy