Florida's Langerado Music Festival, which was cancelled in 2009, tried to do it again this year. No such luck!

Once again, Langerado is gone.

An attempt to revive the South Florida music festival ended up failing, as the concert, scheduled for Oct. 8-9 at Davie's Markham Park, was canceled by promoters Boros Entertainment. It's the second time that Langerado has been canceled in the last three years -- in 2009, the show was canceled due to economic reasons after being slated for Miami's Bicentennial Park.

Tickets were initially selling for $150 in advance, $180 at the gate, although The Miami Herald reports they were dipping in price to as low as $75.

The lineup included Death Cab For Cutie, Arctic Monkeys, Trey Anastasio, Ben Harper and Ween. The Herald reports that the lineup had been getting criticized on Facebook since it was announced back in June.

On Twitter, Death Cab lead singer Ben Gibbard, whose band was also part of the canceled 2009 festival, expressed his apologies to fans: "Sorry to all who were looking forward to seeing us at Langerado. Very upset that we've had to say this twice in the last 5 years." [PBPost]

Death Cab for Cutie, Trey Anastasio Band, Ben Harper, Ween, Thievery Corporation, Arctic Monkeys, G. Love & Special Sauce, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wolfgang Gartner, Etienne De Crecy - Live Show, Ghostland Observatory, Das Racist, Portugal. The Man, Friendly Fires, Childish Gambino, Smith Westerns, Super Mash Bros., Savoy, Mates of State and The Whigs were all on the bill of the cancelled Florida fest.

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The Pogues have cancelled their March 12th show at Roseland Ballroom in NYC.

Due to unforeseen circumstances we regret to announce the cancellation of the New York show on the Thursday 12th March at Roseland Ballroom. All tickets bought for the Thursday show will be honoured for the Saturday 14th March show at the same venue. We are sorry for any inconvenienced caused.

March 14th wasn't even one of the originally scheduled shows. It was added later.

Franz Nicolay of the Hold Steady (solo) is opening March 13th. Lucero is opening March 14th. Other tour openers include Tom Gabel of Against Me! on both Boston shows, and Ben Nichols from Lucero (solo) on two of the three shows in Washington DC.

The Pogues and Lucero were also scheduled to play Langerado in Florida, which was scheduled to happen this coming weekend.

After Roseland, Lucero will continue on a tour that now also includes a stop in Austin for SXSW.

Langerado is CANCELLED.

Modest Mouse, Deerhunter, Snoop Dogg, Gene Ween, Alberta Broken Social Scene, The Faint, Chromeo, Tricky, Against Me!, Bad Brains, Devotchka, Lotus, Gym Class Heroes, The Aggrolites, Holy F*ck, K'Naan, The Virgins, Tortured Soul, Tiger City, Death Cab For Cutie, Thievery Corporation (Live), Slightly Stoopid, The Pogues, Umphrey's McGee, Cold War Kids, Public Enemy, Pepper, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Steel Pulse, Mute Math, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Tortoise, Ozomatli, Rebelution, Budos Band, Lucero, King Khan and the Shrines, Ra Ra Riot, Rachel Goodrich, Spam Allstars, Awesome New Republic, Suenalo, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Matisyahu, Dashboard Confessional, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Disco Biscuits, Cafe Tacuba, Girl Talk, Black Kids, Tokyo Police Club, Grupo Fantasma, The Egg, Zac Brown Band, Cloud Cult, The Gaslight Anthem, Murs, Blue King Brown, The Heavy Pets, and The Postmarks now have to find something else to do on either March 6th, 7th or 8th when they were supposed to be playing the festival in Miami.

OFFICIAL UPDATE:

The 2009 Langerado Music Festival has been cancelled due to sluggish ticket sales.

Langerado's independent local promoters, faced with a very tough decision in a dismal economy, cancelled the 2009 event only after every possible option was exhausted.

As Langerado Co-Promoter Ethan Schwartz explains, "Langerado has always put the fan experience first. Unfortunately, during these difficult economic times, and facing a first year in a new venue, it's become apparent that we cannot execute a production that lives up to the high standards of our past events. Putting Langerado on hold was the toughest decision we have ever had to make. We are very grateful for the support of the greater-Miami community and the music community during this difficult time."

All tickets purchased will be refunded. Please look for ticket refunds to be processed in the next 5-7 business days. Each order will be refunded to the credit card in full, minus the included order processing fees. Shipping fees will also be credited for those orders that did not select the free shipping promotion. For information on ticket refunds please contact Music Today

In related news, Ultra Music Festival is still happening in the same city, though Miami's BANG! Festival is still dead since it was at first "postponed" in 2007.

And, Bonnaroo and Coachella just announced their initial lineups.

The Langerado community is excited about our new home and we want to be sure that we are welcome back for many years to come. Let's all work together to keep Bicentennial Park beautiful! Please do you part to help cultivate an environment of cleanliness in and around the park.

As Langerado continues to grow, it is more important than ever to not just recycle as much material as possible on site, but also to REDUCE the amount of waste that is brought to the festival. We need everyone's help in order to make this happen!

With Bicentennial Park situated alongside Biscayne Bay, Langerado chooses to promote what is best for the preservation of the environment just like we choose to promote the finest and freshest musicians.

Friday March 6th
Snoop Dogg - Flogging Molly - Broken Social Scene - The Faint - Chromeo - Tricky - Against Me! - Bad Brains - Devotchka - Lotus - Gym Class Heroes - The Aggrolites - Holy F*ck - K'Naan - The Virgins - Tortured Soul - Tiger City - more TBA

Saturday March 7
Death Cab For Cutie - Thievery Corporation (Live) - Slightly Stoopid - The Pogues - Umphrey's McGee - Cold War Kids - Public Enemy - Pepper - Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Steel Pulse - Mute Math - George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic - Tortoise - Ozomatli - Rebelution - Budos Band - Lucero - King Khan and the Shrines - Ra Ra Riot - Rachel Goodrich - Spam Allstars - Awesome New Republic - Suenalo - more TBA

Sunday March 8
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Matisyahu - Dashboard Confessional - Michael Franti & Spearhead - The Disco Biscuits - Cafe Tacuba - Girl Talk - Black Kids - Tokyo Police Club - Grupo Fantasma - The Egg - Zac Brown Band - Cloud Cult - The Gaslight Anthem - Murs - Blue King Brown - The Heavy Pets - The Postmarks - more TBA

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Tricky also has a NYC dates scheduled.

Death Cab For Cutie just announed a bunch of other dates, some with Ra Ra Riot, and others with Cold War Kids.

Langerado may be one of Ryan Adams and the Cardinals' last shows.

UPDATE: A few hours after this post they announced: "The Langerado Music Festival, at Bicentennial Park in Miami Florida March 6-8, announces additional artists. Modest Mouse, Gene Ween Band, Deerhunter and Alberta Cross join the already stellar line-up. " (title updated too).

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