MaltaPost p.l.c.said today that while it had been engaged by the organizer of the Legends of the 60s festival to sell tickets from its branch network, it had no arrangement with the organizer for refunding such tickets.

The cancellation of the festival was announced on Monday.

MaltaPost said it was not involved in the design of the tickets or the drafting of the relevant Terms and Conditions. No bar codes or other references on the tickets pertained to MaltaPost.

"Tickets were supplied by the organizer to MaltaPost p.l.c. ready for sale over its counters. Persons wishing to obtain a refund of their tickets should contact the festival organizer Mr Manuel Portelli directly on 79880582," MaltaPost said.

Earlier today MaltaTicket.com said that neither it nor its sales agents had anything to do with the events which had been scheduled for this weekend in Qawra.

CEO David Pollina said that the company had started receiving a high volume of calls and discovered that the organiser had duplicated MaltaTicket's Terms of Sale on the back of his tickets, even including MaltaTicket's customer service phone number.

Dr Pollina said the company was considering legal action against the organiser and MaltaPost which put their logo and sales barcode under the Terms of Sale and was engaged in selling the tickets.

On Monday Mr Portellli said people could obtain their refund from Maltapost from where the tickets were originally purchased. However, the company did not seem to know about this.

The festival was meant to be held at Ta' Fra Ben, culminating on Saturday with a show by British band UB40's former front man Ali Campbell and Maltese bands The Rifffs and Tribali.