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Music mogul Marc Geiger didn’t mince words when asked by Billboard Magazine on Friday about the Pemberton Festival bankruptcy.

“They should not be able to run away from this. You can’t do this much damage to the festival ecosystem and think you can get away with it,” he said.

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Geiger is a partner and head of music at WME, which represents Haim, Big Sean and Tegan and Sara, all of whom were set to perform at this summer’s festival.

On Thursday, festival organizers declared bankruptcy, leaving thousands of fans who’d already paid for tickets in the lurch and vendors with unpaid bills.

In all, $16.74 million is owed by the festival, including more than $8.2 million to 2017 ticket holders. Some ticket holders may be able to get refunds by working with their credit card company.

Lewis Neilson, owner of Production Power Corporation, a Vancouver firm that provides electrical, heating and lighting services to the film, entertainment and special events industries said earlier he is owed $55,000.