Paloma Faith and Nick Cave call for U.K. government Covid-19 arts bailout
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peoplemagazine.co.zaPaloma Faith, Nick Cave, and Johnny Marr are among the stars who have put their names to a letter calling on the U.K. government to bail out arts organisations amid the Covid-19 crisis.
The music stars, as well as fellow musicians PJ Harvey and Rufus Wainwright and actors Simon Callow and Jonathan Pryce, are among 400 signatories of a letter addressed to government ministers warning Britain will become a “cultural wasteland” if action isn’t taken.
The letter, organised by Creative Industries Federation (CIF) chiefs, warns that one in seven arts organisations will run out of cash reserves by the end of the week, and half will be out of money by June, as Covid-19 lockdown measures have shut music venues, theatres, cinemas, and other arts
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