TRNSMT Festival.
TRNSMT boss Geoff Ellis has vowed to bring the festival back this summer despite continued uncertainty around live events due to COVID-19.
The Glasgow three-day event was cancelled in 2020 and is currently set to return in July with the Courteeners, Liam Gallagher and Lewis Capaldi topping the bill.
Ellis has now cited the successful rollout of vaccines in the UK and rapid mass testing as the key to ensure TRNSMT’s return, while warning that “it’s crunch time for summer 2021” (via
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It comes after the Scottish government’s deputy national clinical director, John Harden, told Ellis that the significant easing of restrictions could be discussed in mid-February.
The UK Government say that they’re currently on target to vaccinate 14 million people by mid-February, with the current capacity for two million vaccinations per week. It is hoped that efforts will be amped up through vulnerable groups and tended to the rest of the country throughout the spring to allow for festivals to safely take place this summer.
Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic and boss of events including Reading & Leeds and Download Festival, told
NME: “I feel very positive because I know that it’s possible”.
The main stage at Leeds Festival 2019. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Redferns)