[:en]It is with heaviness in our hearts and sadness in our souls that we announce today the cancellation of the Black Rabbit Music Festival 2012.
The festival market is a difficult beast to predict. Black Rabbit Music Festival partners have decided that the risks of putting on a music festival in 2012 are just too great to proceed. The doubts raised over what will happen during the politically sensitive September/October period added to the profusion of other festivals in Shanghai this year allied to the continuing limitations of our festival philosophy* have lead to the decision that we will not be moving forward together this year.
(*It is our enduring belief that key components of a Music Festival are
1. A unique, compelling and suitably strong international lineup
2. Production values that present the music under the best possible conditions
3. A festival environment that gives the fan the best possible range of other entertainment and reasonably priced and varied food and drink options.)
We will continue to work hard to take our festival dreams forward.
In the meantime, to all those people that came and supported Black Rabbit Music Festival last year, and to all those people that were looking forward to Black Rabbit Music Festival 2012, we apologize unreservedly.
We hope that you will continue to support all upcoming Taihe Live events, including 2012 NBA China Game Beijing. And all Split Works’ events, including JUE | Music +Art Festival which will return for its 5th year next March.
We hope that you will keep eyes open for the next installment in our festival odyssey.
Love and hugs
Black Rabbit Music Festival
Taihe Live
Split Works[:zh]
今天，怀着沉重和失望的心情，太合互动（Taihe Live）与Split Works在此联合发表公开声明，宣布取消2012年黑兔音乐节的举办。
目前，国内音乐节市场依然存在诸多挑战及不确定因素。考虑到今年秋季正值中央十八大会议胜利召开，在此期间的大型户外娱乐活动需要调整顾及的方面较多，在市场风险等种种因素的评估之下，我们认为当前环境不具备能够在2012为广大乐迷带来超越2011黑兔音乐节现场的高品质体验的条件，最终做出将原计划暂停一年这个艰难的决定。
我们坚信，在国内办好一个音乐节有以下三个关键要素：1）一个定位独特、引人注目，并风格搭配合理的国际化阵容；2）现有条件下最佳的舞台效果；3）最佳的音乐节体验，包括高水平的娱乐项目及价格合理选择丰富的饮食等，我们在未来将继续坚守这些原则。
在此，我们对所有曾参与和支持过黑兔音乐节的朋友及各行业同仁表示最由衷的歉意。希望您能继续支持太合互动于十月中旬在北京主办的NBA中国赛北京站，及Split Works 明年三月举办的《觉》音乐+艺术节。
我们将持续努力地实现我们的音乐节之梦，也敬请期待我们在这一旅程上的下一个尝试。
Love & hugs ，
黑兔音乐节
太合互动
Split Works
敬上
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