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UK's CUSTOM ROCK AND BLUES FESTIVAL Cancelled 'Over Police Fears' - May 7, 2008

BBC News reports that organizers of a Derbyshire, UK rock music festival have withdrawn their application for a licence amid fears of violence after a biker's death.

The Custom Rock and Blues Festival was scheduled to take place at Catton Hall in south Derbyshire in August.

But police feared some people may have used it for "high-profile" retaliation over the death of Hells Angel Motorcycle Club member Gerard Tobin.

The 35-year-old from south London was shot dead on the M40 last August.

Police objected to the four-day event because they said there was an unacceptable risk to local people and the event's 15,000 visitors.

Intelligence suggested a clash between rival biker gangs over the death of Mr Tobin who was shot dead leaving a bikers' festival on the M40 in south Warwickshire.

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	COMMENT \| Bad News posted by : BlackLagoon 5/7/2008 5:21:11 PM

	W

	COMMENT \| Bad News posted by : BlackLagoon 5/7/2008 5:23:57 PM

	Will try again. Bad news for all the law abiding people who go every year. Both Rock and Blues and The Bulldog Bash (which also looks to be under threat) are great events and the friendliest festivals you can go to, and if both are lost this year it will be a big loss to the biking and music community.

	COMMENT \| Load of crap posted by : handofsutekh 5/7/2008 8:34:28 PM

	As if anything was going to happen.

	COMMENT \| A police statement says: posted by : kling_klang_bed 5/8/2008 2:16:10 AM

	McLuvvin!!!!!!!

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