Post by Stranger on Jul 27, 2015 10:50:07 GMT
I came across this news article from 1971 today, I actually thought this happened in the '60s.
Great quote at the end of the 2nd article!
Popgroup To Protest To Spain - Irish Examiner, July 27, 1971
The Hollies Pop Group are to complain to the Spanish Embassy in London about their treatment at a pop concert on the holiday island of Ibiza. It was banned by the authorities minutes before it was due to start.
Hollies manager Robin Britten said yesterday: "We have still had no official explanation of why the Spanish would not allow the concert to go on Friday evening.
"We are going to the Spanish Embassy today to try and find out. But one thing is certain: we will never play in Spain again."
The Hollies were to have topped the bill for the concert, in the bullring at Ibiza. Also on the bill were folk singer Julie Felix and another British pop group Christie.
But 8,000 people who had booked tickets were allowed into the arena, said Mr. Britten. "We could not tell them the show had been banned because there was no power. Luckily there wasn't a riot."
Pop group to protest at ban - Irish Press, July 27, 1971
The Hollies pop group are to complain to the Spanish embassy in London about their treatment at a pop concert in I'biza, which was banned by the authorities minutes before it was due to start.
Hollies manager, Mr. Robin Britten, said yesterday: "We have still had no official explanation of why the Spanish would not allow the concert, to go on and we are going to their embassy to try and find out. But one thing is certain we will never play in Spain again.'
Asked if he thought the crack down by the Spanish authorities was anything to do with the recent purge of hippies on the Island, Mr. Britten said "The Hollies and Miss Julie Felix are not rabble-rousers. Their music isn't usually associated with hippie types."
Great quote at the end of the 2nd article!
Popgroup To Protest To Spain - Irish Examiner, July 27, 1971
The Hollies Pop Group are to complain to the Spanish Embassy in London about their treatment at a pop concert on the holiday island of Ibiza. It was banned by the authorities minutes before it was due to start.
Hollies manager Robin Britten said yesterday: "We have still had no official explanation of why the Spanish would not allow the concert to go on Friday evening.
"We are going to the Spanish Embassy today to try and find out. But one thing is certain: we will never play in Spain again."
The Hollies were to have topped the bill for the concert, in the bullring at Ibiza. Also on the bill were folk singer Julie Felix and another British pop group Christie.
But 8,000 people who had booked tickets were allowed into the arena, said Mr. Britten. "We could not tell them the show had been banned because there was no power. Luckily there wasn't a riot."
Pop group to protest at ban - Irish Press, July 27, 1971
The Hollies pop group are to complain to the Spanish embassy in London about their treatment at a pop concert in I'biza, which was banned by the authorities minutes before it was due to start.
Hollies manager, Mr. Robin Britten, said yesterday: "We have still had no official explanation of why the Spanish would not allow the concert, to go on and we are going to their embassy to try and find out. But one thing is certain we will never play in Spain again.'
Asked if he thought the crack down by the Spanish authorities was anything to do with the recent purge of hippies on the Island, Mr. Britten said "The Hollies and Miss Julie Felix are not rabble-rousers. Their music isn't usually associated with hippie types."
