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BBC running a 'Why 2020 'is a write-off' for gigs and festivals' article

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Concerts and festivals will not go ahead in the UK until at least next year, a top virologist and music boss are warning.

Many major music, film and comedy events, like Glastonbury, Eurovision, Cannes and Edinburgh Fringe, have already been scrapped, postponed or moved online due to Covid-19 concerns.

But others, including Reading and Leeds, the BFI London Film Festival, and a multitude of rescheduled tours, remain in the diary.

Dr Chris Smith believes it is "too optimistic" to think such social gatherings will take place.

"We won't even have got a vaccine into people by then," the Cambridge University lecturer tells the BBC.

 

full article here...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52440108

wondering if any promoters or people involved in events would be up for sharing their current take on the rest of the year event wise.... ?

 

 

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