CHART-TOPPERS Atomic Kitten and the ever-popular Lulu, due to appear in concert in Okehampton's Simmons Park next month, will now be performing in Exeter instead.
The concert, already postponed once last November due to slow ticket sales, will now take place in the Great Hall at Exeter University on February 9.
An advertisement in today's Okehampton Times gives details for ticket-holders and those wishing to book for the concert.
The event has been organised by FirstAid, the company originally set up to boost the area hit by the foot and mouth crisis last year.
Susanne Watt, festival organiser, said it was now felt that Okehampton lacked the infrastructure required to put on such a big event.
The London Community Gospel Choir, who were due to be appearing with Atomic Kitten and Lulu on February 9, will now be performing at Okehampton College on February 23 — that date is yet to be confirmed.
And an announcement concerning FirstAid personnel has not yet been released.
Three proposed trustees of FirstAid resigned late last year — Okehampton mayor Christine Marsh, chamber of trade chairman Ian Bailey and Judy Pride.
Mrs Watt said she could not comment on the identity of the new proposed trustees of FirstAid.
FirstAid, which has applied for charitable status, has suffered a series of setbacks in its efforts to put on a really big fundraising event to benefit the area.
A concert featuring the Three Degrees, Damage and the Honeyz was cancelled twice last summer due to problems with foot and mouth restrictions.
A one-day musical event eventually went ahead in August, rounded off by a spectacular firework display. But despite praise by those who attended, organisers were disappointed by the level of local support.
Another FirstAid concert featuring the London Community Gospel Choir had to be postponed at the last minute last November as a mark of respect because of the tragic death of Okehampton student Charlotte Saunders.