Bjork has pulled out of this weekend's Wild In The Country festival.
The singer informed the organisers she would not be appearing at the one-day Knebworth event, which takes place on 5th July. In a statement, reported on NME.com, it was said the singer had been "forced to withdraw from the next week due to the volatile nature of this event. Bjork is extremely disappointed that this show will now no longer go ahead."
The statement went on to say: "Organisers Geoff Oakes and Vince Power for Renaissance have been unable to secure any staging, sound and lighting for this festival making it impossible for the headline artists to perform and are unable to fulfill their contractual obligations to all of the artists contracted to perform at their event."
A statement from Wild In The County on the festival's website today reads: "It was brought to our attention by nme.com that Bjork no longer intends to appear at the Wild in the Country festival. A letter confirming this was apparently emailed to Wild in the Country organiser Geoff Oakes outside normal business hours on the evening of Friday 27th June.
There have been what we believed to be still ongoing discussions regarding Bjork's production requirements. We are obviously disappointed, having the utmost respect for Bjork as an artiste, and extend our best wishes to her.
Contrary to what has been suggested, we have diligently provided all production requirements for all of the other acts appearing on this years line-up."
Other artists due to perform this Saturday include Pendulum and Metronomy.
Bjork Official Site
Bjork Myspace
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