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A Lottery winner who scooped £148million on the Euromillions has cancelled a music festival after neighbours filed complaints.
Adrian Bayford, 53, had to axe Cambridge Rock Festival (CRF) because locals told the council they did not want to be menaced by booming bass and drum sounds until 11pm.
This is despite thousands attending the event in both 2017 and 2018 in the 90-acre land attached to Mr Bayford's mansion in Linton, Cambridgeshire.
Mr Bayford, who won the jackpot in August 2015 with now ex-wife Gillian, was planning on letting 2,000 revellers camp on the land next month to enjoy 60 rock bands.
Organisers are now hastily arranging refunds to festival-goers after council chiefs denied the request for an event licence.
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The festival was supposed to have been held in grounds near Mr Bayford's mansion in Linton, Cambridgeshire (Bav Media)A festival statement said: "It is with deepest regret that the Cambridge Rock Festival Committee need to let you know that this year's festival cannot go ahead as planned.
"Although this would have been our 3rd time at Horseheath Lodge, the Licence now required (not the same as previously), has in practice taken the decision out of our control for this year. As you can imagine we are devastated to have to break this news to you."
Festival planners said for the last two events at Adrian’s estate they were advised to apply for multiple Temporary Event Notices, which only required a 10 days’ notice period, The Sun reports.
Organisers said: "There were no noise complaints, no rowdy behaviour or drug issues and no traffic problems. A good number of happy and mature festival goers enjoyed the events across the 2 years (2017, 2018) in a beautiful safe place."
Mr Bayford won big with his wife Gillian in 2015 but they since divorced and split the cash (SWNS.COM)They added: "The local residents understandable representations have resulted in a requirement for a hearing. Their concerns actually stemmed from the assumption that CRF was responsible for the local noise issues.
"Loud drum and bass dance music originated elsewhere, another much, louder and later running event (with a very different and younger demographic to ours, that had recently taken place in the local area).
"We have three stages in marquees, within around 150 metres of each other, that, in effect prevent us from running too loud in order to limit undesirable 'crosstalk' between the stages."