“It simply isn’t prepared but”

Pharrell Williams has postponed this 12 months’s One thing In The Water pageant to 2025 after being initially scheduled for October.

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In an announcement issued on the pageant’s Instagram account yesterday (September 13), Pharrell addressed his followers in Virginia, together with ticketholders who deliberate to journey all the best way to the US state for the occasion.

“Virginia doesn’t deserve higher, Virginia deserves THE BEST. So One thing In The Water has to match that,” he writes. “It simply isn’t prepared but. That’s why we as a workforce have determined we should postpone this 12 months’s One thing In The Water pageant that was as a consequence of happen in October.”

“This isn’t a Pharrell pageant, that is the state of Virginia’s pageant so it needs to be one of the best,” he continues. “Virginia made me, and I wish to honor it with as a lot love because it’s proven me my total life.”

Ticketholders who bought their passes through debit or bank card will probably be mechanically refunded. In accordance with the assertion, these individuals will even obtain first entry to tickets as soon as its 2025 dates are confirmed.

“I’m so grateful to our wonderful sponsors and the town for his or her continued help and belief in us to get this proper, and that point is April 2025,” he concludes. “This needs to be EPIC, and belief me, after this lengthy wait, it is going to be.” A line-up had but to be revealed by the point tickets had been launched earlier this 12 months.

The pageant held its 2023 version in April that 12 months at Virginia Seaside, with headline units from Mumford & Sons amongst others. After the primary two days of the occasion had been delayed as a consequence of unhealthy climate situations, Sunday’s proceedings – which had been set to incorporate Grace Jones, Clipse, 100 Gecs and extra – had been then postponed.

“Subsequent 12 months we are going to shift the dates as a result of this rain ain’t taking part in, however we will probably be! Subsequent 12 months, extra acts, extra merch, extra meals… simply extra!” Pharrell wrote in reference to the now-cancelled 2024 version.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Pharrell and his Neptunes bandmate Chad Hugo aren’t on talking phrases, the musician has revealed.

Pharrell mentioned of his relationship with Hugo to The Hollywood Reporter: “I all the time want him the very best.” Williams was then pressed additional on the subject, being requested in the event that they had been nonetheless on talking occasions. He replied: “No. However I really like him, and I all the time want him the very best, and I’m very grateful for our time collectively.”

After greater than 30 years of working collectively, the pair are not on speaking phrases after Hugo filed a lawsuit in opposition to Williams earlier this 12 months, with Hugo accusing Williams of “fraudulently” in search of sole management over the Neptunes logos with out consulting him.