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WOMAD Festival 2021 has been cancelled
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nme.comPeter Gabriel blaming a lack of support from the UK government.“It is with great regret that we are cancelling WOMAD ’21 today.
Without the simple support of a government insurance scheme or the guarantee of Test Event status, we cannot continue and put WOMAD’s long term future at risk,” Gabriel said.“We feel that our audience, artists, staff, and contractors, who have been amazingly supportive throughout all this, will understand the need for us to act to guarantee our survival.”Gabriel had warned earlier this month that this year’s edition of WOMAD could be cancelled, unless the government offered an insurance program.“Commercial insurance has run a mile, effectively, and you can understand why,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today.
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