Disbursed For 2 Years, Ravel Junardy Had Wanted To Cancel Hammersonic Festival 2023

Ravel Junardy (Instagram @raveljunardy)

JAKARTA - In an interview with Kemal Pahlevi at the Hammersonic Festival 2023 which aired on his personal YouTube channel some time ago, Ravel Junardy revealed that he had wanted to cancel the festival because it was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

"So, at the time the Hammersonic festival was canceled due to COVID-19, the ticket that was sold was only around 8 thousand. But the money I have spent is twice the price of the incoming ticket. Especially for Slipknot," explained Ravel as the promoter of the Hammersonic Festival 2023.

"To be honest, I wanted to cancel this festival. Because at that time the dollar was 16 thousand. I paid Slipknot with only 13 thousand dollars. So if it's calculated, for example we talk about 1 million and a half dollars to pay him, yes, multiplied by a difference of 5 thousand, I have made a profit of 7 billion without any festival. So the festival is canceled, I made 7 billion profits," he added.

However, because of Ravel's love for this festival, as a result he still maintains this event so that it can still be held.

"But because I love this festival, so let's just leave my money there," he continued.

"And this is true, I was really confused at that time. I just ate everything, what happened again. It was proven that when Singapore took the money, the Philippines withdrew the money, and they didn't come back again. Maybe if at that time I asked for the money too, today it won't happen," he added.

With a series of obstacles experienced by Ravel, he suggested two things that must be had to be a promoter of music events.

"First, if we want to become a promoter of the music festival, we must be ready to be abused first. I was cursed for about 2 years. Second, we have to be mentally prepared," he concluded.