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Summer isn t over yet
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Six weeks. That’s how long music festival bosses say the Government has got to save this summer’s outdoor events from blanket oblivion. Unless a package of measures is announced by mid-March, then organisers fear the UK’s festival season will be torpedoed in its entirety for the second year running, leading to thousands of job losses and countless festivals going bust.
Last week’s cancellation of June’s Glastonbury Festival showed that even Britain’s most famous music jamboree is not immune from the ravages of Covid-19. But organisers of festivals scheduled for later in the summer believe that the second half of the season could be saved if action is taken soon. They are calling for the Treasury to underwrite their insurance and for the Government to name a restart date after which events can go ahead.
US live events industry offers to help with coronavirus vaccination effort in letter to Joe Biden
A number of organisations have come together to offer their venues, staff, and expertise
US president Joe Biden. CREDIT: Alex Wong/Getty Images
A number of organisations in the US live events industry have come together in a bid to help with the coronavirus vaccination effort.
In a letter to President Joe Biden today (January 26), the likes of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Live Nation, AEG and others have formally offered their venues, staff, and expertise to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
The live events industry is in a unique position to help – the pandemic has fully shuttered operations, leaving venues empty and the furloughed crowd-management oriented staff who operate them eager to help out and get back to work.
The crowd at Download Festival CREDIT: Joseph Okpako/WireImage
Following yesterday’s cancellation of Glastonbury 2021, Download Festival have assured fans that they’re “continuing to work behind the scenes” to see that this year’s edition of the rock event goes ahead.
Yesterday saw Glasto confirm the long-feared news that “in spite of their efforts to move Heaven and Earth”, the event at the end of June would not be able to go ahead due to complications that have arisen from the coronavirus pandemic – meaning a second enforced fallow year.
Now Download, which is set to take place in Donington from June 4-6 and see headline performances from Kiss, Biffy Clyro and System Of A Down, have issued a statement to reassure fans, and tell ticketholders that news should be coming in March.