{"id":1038532,"date":"2026-06-20T09:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1038532\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:38:23","slug":"major-parklife-acts-cancels-performance-as-he-posts-picture-from-hospital-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1038532\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Parklife acts cancels performance as he posts picture from hospital bed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DJ announced with a day to go that he’s ‘not fit to fly’ and will no longer be performing at Parklife 2026 this weekend<\/p>\n

08:08, 20 Jun 2026Updated 08:09, 20 Jun 2026<\/p>\n

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DJ Marlon Hoffstadt (Image: DJ Marlon Hoffstadt, Instagram)<\/p>\n

A popular DJ and producer has been forced to pull out of Parklife this weekend. The huge Manchester festival kicks off on Saturday (June 20) at Heaton Park<\/a> with some of the biggest names in music set to perform.<\/p>\n

The Greater Manchester park will be transformed as hundreds of thousands of festival-goers pour into the venue to enjoy the sounds and tracks from the likes of Calvin Harris, Zara Larsson and Skepta.<\/p>\n

On Friday (June 20), one of its main DJs, who was due to perform today (June 20) issued a heartbreaking statement online. Well-known techno and trance announced on social media that he has had to pull out on ‘doctor’s orders’ and is not currently fit to fly. He posted an image of himself in a hospital bed on Instagram.<\/p>\n

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The DJ, who also goes by the moniker DJ Daddy Trance and has more than 428,000 followers on Instagram, was due to play the Matinee stage on Saturday night. Set times released earlier this week had him down to play from 6:30pm until 8pm right before Manchester act Morgan Seatree.<\/p>\n

Hoffstadt is scheduled to play a number of sets this summer; the first being Parklife and the second being second F\u00eate de la Musique in Paris. However, the Germany based performer has been forced to cancel both performances this weekend.<\/p>\n

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DJ Marlon Hoffstadt’s statement on social media (Image: Marlon Hoffstadt (Instagram))<\/p>\n

In a social media update, he wrote: “Paris & Parklife, I’m so sad to have to share this, but unfortunately I won’t be able to play Parklife and F\u00eate de la Musique in Paris this weekend.<\/p>\n

“I recently has a surgery and following my doctor’s advice I’m currently not fit to fly and need rest and recover. I know many of you made plans and were looking forward to it, and I’m so sorry to let you down.<\/p>\n

“As much as I hate missing shows, I need to put my recovery first so I can get back to doing what I love as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n

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The Matinee stage is making a return too(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Sharing a second story, which showed the DJ in a hospital gown and, Marlon added that he and his team were looking into ways to come back to Manchester and Paris. He added: “I’ll promise we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.<\/p>\n

“Thank you for all your love, support and understanding. I’ll be back very soon.”<\/p>\n

This year, the festival will be headlined by superstar DJ Calvin Harris, who has not headlined a show in Manchester since playing at the Manchester Arena<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Parklife is now one of the biggest metropolitan festivals in the UK(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

British MC and rapper Skepta, Garage and bassline DJ and producer Sammy Virji, and Swedish songstress Zara Larsson will also take to the stage over the weekend too. Manchester-based DJ and producer Josh Baker will also be returning to the festival having had his set shut down<\/a> at the event last year.<\/p>\n

Others confirmed to be playing will be Chris Stussy, Nia Archives, Kettama, Bou, Rossi, Silva Bumpa, and local Atherton lad Morgan Seatree. Other big names include Armand Van Helden, Shy FX, Clementine Douglas, Ewan McVicar, Prospa, Rudim3ntal, and Chlo\u00e9 Caillet.<\/p>\n

Parklife 2026 takes place at Heaton Park in Manchester on June 20 and 21. Gates on Saturday open at 12pm and 1pm on Sunday. The last entry to the festival is 5pm and the event finishes at 11pm on both nights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The DJ announced with a day to go that he’s ‘not fit to fly’ and will no longer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1038533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,1285,10842,393,10841,4884,22283,2465,696,49671,3044,16,15],"class_list":["post-1038532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-bury","tag-dance-music","tag-england","tag-festivals","tag-great-britain","tag-heaton-park","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-music","tag-parklife-festival","tag-prestwich","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116781772606338222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}