Carly Rae Jepsen's Aussie Shows Are Still Going Ahead Despite SandTunes Cancellation

Carly Rae Jepsen's Australian headline shows will still go ahead despite the cancellation of the SandTunes festival.

Organisers of the new Gold Coast event, which was to feature sets from names including Travis Scott, Logic, Dean Lewis and Jepsen, announced on Friday that the festival will no longer be going ahead. 

However, it can be confirmed that the Candian singer's concerts in Sydney and Melbourne this month will still go ahead as scheduled.

TEG Dainty President and CEO Paul Dainty said in a statement yesterday that the relocation of SandTunes from Coolangatta Beach to Metricon Stadium played in a factor in the inaugural event being cancelled.

"... the reality is that without sand between our punters’ toes, the very notion of the beachside festival in a stadium meant low sales and we had to make the hard decision to cancel this major Gold Coast event," Dainty said.

"This whole concept started with bringing a great music festival to the beach which we see happening the world over in major locations like Spain (Barcelona Beach Festival) and Alabama (Hangout Music Festival). 

"I’m disappointed because I believed this could have grown year-on-year into something really big but unfortunately, we weren’t even able to get it off the ground here."

For more details on Jepsen's headline dates, check out theGuide.