Bloodstock Indoor has been canceled in favour of a new "Bigger, better, Bolder" Bloodstock Open Air.
A message from the festival on their website reads:
"Yes, the rumours are true. Bloodstock Open Air will be changing date this year. It was not an easy decision to make, and obviously one we would have preferred to not to have had to make in the first place, but under the circumstances we didn't really have much of an alternative."
As to what these "circumstances" are the message says: "I would prefer not to go into any specifics at this time (mainly for fear of libel!) however let's just say we found ourselves with increasingly mounting odds stacking up against us and the only way to overcome them was to move the event."
Bloodstock Open Air will now run from August 16-18 and "Due to the new dates of BOA being in such close proximity to the Indoor event it was unfortunately inevitable that we had to make the decision to postpone this year's instalment. This decision was harder to make than moving the Outdoor as the Indoor is the heritage of Bloodstock and the foundation of where it all began."
Testament will headline the Thursday night complete with a full support bill.
Other massive names include Lacuna Coil and In Flames, as well as Korpiklaani, Dream Evil, Memfis and Rise to Addiction.
For details on what to do if you've already bought a ticket for either of the events check out the full statement on this change at the
Bloodstock Website.
Bloodstock Indoor is set to return in 2008 with the date already confirmed as November 22.