Latitude Festival hasn’t “given up hope” for 2021 edition after Covid-19 lockdown easing delay

nme.com:

Latitude Festival has issued a statement in response to the government’s announcement that planned easing of coronavirus restrictions will be delayed by four weeks.Previously, all limits on social distancing and crowd capacities were due to be lifted on June 21, however Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today (June 14) that this will now not take place until July 19 due to the spread of new COVID-19 variants.With Latitude due to begin just three days later (July 22-25) the festival’s founder Melvin Benn has said the team is still weighing up whether it can take place as planned.“We don’t think it means the end of our hopes for Latitude this year,” said the statement, which you can read in full below.A @cinchuk presents Latitude 2021.