“Last time, nothing could stop us from doing the festival - not even thousands of years of rotten structures. This time the situation is different. The foundation of Statement is to be able to party safely, which we cannot offer in this situation, "says founder Emma Knyckare in a press release.

The women, transgender people and non-binary who have already purchased tickets have three options: to keep their ticket, which will continue to be valid in 2021, to give back and donate the ticket money for a good cause or to repurchase and get back all the money except the service fee.