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British Music Festivals Face Second ‘Lost Summer’ as U.K. Government Blamed For Lack of Insurance Scheme

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K.J. Yossman A damning report has placed the blame for a second ‘lost summer’ of British music festivals directly on the U.K.

government and its failure to create an insurance scheme for organizers.After hearing from a range of expert witnesses, including Massive Attack vocalist Robert Del Naja and chief executive of the Notting Hill Carnival Matthew Phillip, the cross-party committee of MPs that form the House of Commons’ Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport concluded that the government’s refusal to create or back an insurance scheme for British music festivals has directly resulted in a dearth of events this summer, with potentially devastating consequences for the future of the industry.

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