It has not been enough to "move heaven and earth".

Music has lost once again to the pandemic.

The Glastonbury Music Festival,

the most important in Europe

, has announced its cancellation for the second year in a row, as confirmed by its organizers.

Michael and Emily Evans, who are also father and daughter, have "regretted very much" having to give a news that sets a precedent for the rest of the musical events expected for next summer, since not even the advance in the vaccination campaign seems be able to turn the situation around quickly enough.

In principle, the companies in charge of organizing the festivals in the United Kingdom have until the end of March to make a decision on whether they will try to celebrate it or not, and by then it seems difficult that enough progress has been made.

In the case of Glastonbury, as it is the largest, since it gathers

more than 150,000 people

each day

and has to prepare a greater amount of land and artists, the margin for maneuver has been less.

"With great regret we must communicate that this year's Glastonbury festival will not take place, and that this will be

another year of mandatory fallow

for us," they pointed out from the organization about the cancellation, once again, of its 50th edition. " Although we have moved heaven and earth, it has become clear that this year we will not be able to carry it forward either. We are very sorry to have to disappoint everyone. "

The problem is that the event was scheduled to take place next June, and despite the fact that

the British Government hopes to have the entire adult population vaccinated by then

, always according to the most optimistic forecasts, it seems early to organize a event of such proportions.

The chief medical advisor to the Executive, Chris Whitty, already warned a little over a week ago that he would return "to a normal life at some point, there is no doubt about that", but that the "restrictions will not be lifted at once. time".

At the moment, other important festivals in the country such as the Isle of Wight, Camp Bestival or Reading and Leeds are continuing, while others such as

the Parklife of Manchester have decided to delay the date to September

to maximize the options of getting to be held .

Even so, Paul Reed, president of the Association of British Independent Festivals, has assured that "he was not joking" when just a few days ago he told a specialized parliamentary committee that "the big festivals would announce their cancellation during this month".

"We conducted a survey among our members and came to the conclusion that the majority had to make a decision at the end of March, because that is when they have to start committing large amounts of money. At the moment we do not have any type of insurance to cover cancellations related to the coronavirus, "says the representative of an industry that used to move

more than 1.9 billion euros a year

and on which 85,000 jobs depend.

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