Virus scuttles Glastonbury Festival for second straight year

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announced Wednesday that the 2021 edition will move from its regular late-May spot to early July, when the seaside Côte d’Azur averages a balmy 86 degrees.The summery change-up comes days after the French government announced plans to vaccinate its entire population against the coronavirus by August. Cinemas there remain closed through at least the end of January.Last year’s festival was canceled outright due to the pandemic, though cases at the time had subsided in France.

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fallen victim to the coronavirus pandemic for the second year in a row.Organizers Michael Eavis and Emily Eavis said Thursday that “In spite of our efforts to move heaven & earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the Festival happen this year.”“We are so sorry to let you all down,” they said in a statement.They said everyone who had put down a deposit on tickets for the 2020 festival, which also was canceled, would be able to attend in 2022.The festival has been held

The U.K.'s Glastonbury Festival —one of the biggest and best known music events on the planet —has canceled its 2021 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us," organizers Michael and Emily Eavis said in a statement.

Last year, as the second wave of COVID-19 swept through Europe, bringing many countries back into lockdown, the folks at the Cannes Film Festival revealed plans for alternative dates for the event if the typical May timeframe wasn’t a possibility. Let’s call May “Plan A” and the alternate dates in June/July were “Plan B.” Well, it appears Cannes is well past Plan A and already looking at Plan B…while drafting up a possible Plan C.

Britain’s Glastonbury music festival has fallen victim to the coronavirus pandemic for the second year in a row.

direct to your inboxGlastonbury Festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row. Organisers Emily and Michael Eavis announced that the Somerset festival will not take place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.