This year would've been the 50th staging of the Danish festival
18.03.2020 - 15:39 / nypost.com
The U.K.’s Glastonbury music festival has been canceled in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Festival organizers confirmed Wednesday morning that the 50th edition of the iconic fest, which was set to take place from June 24-28, would have to be called off. It will return in 2021.
This year’s headline acts included Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, while Diana Ross, Fatboy Slim, Dua Lipa, Primal Scream and the Manic Street Preachers were also slated to perform. The fest had
This year would've been the 50th staging of the Danish festival
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The BBC has pledged to “keep the country entertained during these testing times” with a raft of programming including replacements for Glastonbury Festival and the Eurovision Song Contest.
Glastonbury, Britain's biggest music festival, will not take place as planned this summer due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. The decision was announced on Wednesday ahead of the June event, which was to be headlined by Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and Paul McCartney.
Glastonbury has canceled its 2020 edition. It had been due to host 200,000 festival-goers this June, at the predicted peak of the UK’s coronavirus outbreak. Just last week, Kendrick Lamar was named as the third headliner, joining Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift; the festival has not announced whether it intends to book the same headliners for 2021.
The U.K.’s Glastonbury Music Festival has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns.
UK festival Glastonbury has been cancelled amid the coronavirus outbreak.Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar were due to appear, alongside Diana Ross and Dua Lipa for the 2020 event in June. But, now hopes the popular Pyramid Stage will return for another installation have been dashed, which was due to take place in its usual setting of Worthy Farm in Somerset.
Glastonbury Festival 2020 has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Despite festivals like SXSW and Coachella being canceled or postponed in the wake of concerns surrounding COVID-19, the 2020 Glastonbury Festival recently announced Kendrick Lamar as one of its headliner. The rapper joins Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Diana Ross, Burna Boy, FKA twigs, Thom Yorke and more on the festival's 50th-anniversary lineup.
Taylor Swift has a very important message for her fans amidst the pandemic: Stay. Home.The singer spoke out on her Instagram Stories as the situation around COVID-19 continues to evolve, with a number of American cities (like Los Angeles and New York) placing restrictions on bars and restaurants in an effort to increase social distancing.
Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga took to social media to ask their fans to stay home and take precautions amid the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, and Robbie Williams are among the latest in a spate of celebrities who have canceled gigs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have an association with the festival, the good and the bad, so it’s great to be part of the 50th anniversary"
Kendrick Lamar will join Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift at Glastonbury if festival bosses can avoid a coronavirus cancellation.
As the U.S. music industry reeled in the wake of the postponement of basically every major current tour for at least the next few weeks amid coronavirus concerns, the U.K.’s largest festival, Glastonbury, unveiled more than 90 additional acts for its scheduled 50 th anniversary event — including Kendrick Lamar, Dua Lipa, Pet Shop Boys and more — joining the already announced headliners Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney.