The Truck Festival which was due to have hosted acts such as Idlewild, Jack Penate and Lethal Bizzle has been cancelled.

The Truck Festival which was due to have hosted acts such as Idlewild, Jack Penate and Lethal Bizzle has been cancelled.

In a statement, organisers said that the camping, parking and audience areas were "underwater and dangerous".

Meanwhile, organisers of the Glade Festival in Berkshire went ahead with the event after the gates were closed on friday after severe weather. Gates were later re-opened.

The 5000-capacity Truck Festival will be rescheduled for the weekend of 22 September.

Glastonbury and T-in-the-Park both experienced heavy rain this year and the proposed Fflam festival in Wales where Keane and the Manic Street Preachers had been expected was cancelled at the last minute, apparently due to treacherous site conditions caused by heavy rain. Although questions have now been raised over whether police involvement had been agreed.

A promised re-scheduled date has yet to be announced.

In fact the news has got so bad that Global Gathering (27-28 July) has been forced to put out a press release saying that it is unaffected by the local weather and preparations continue as normal for the Faithless and Basement Jaxx headed bash on the Long Marston Airfield saying that "the site is completely unaffected by the floods as airfields are not built on flood plains" and that "everything is looking great for the weekend".