Music Festivals given go ahead from late May...

[Andy0808 v5]

On 4/25/2021 at 8:02 PM, Andy0808 v5 said:

Still surprised that Haim hasn’t been cancelled (that I’ve been made aware of) on the 18/06. 

Good of them to reschedule it to the date my rescheduled Ricky Gervais date. Can’t even get the refund because it’s not been cancelled 😂

COVID has fucked me more times than an Amsterdam hooker.

[dotdash79]

19 minutes ago, Andy0808 v5 said:

Good of them to reschedule it to the date my rescheduled Ricky Gervais date. Can’t even get the refund because it’s not been cancelled 😂

COVID has fucked me more times than an Amsterdam hooker.

From this page https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/legal/cancelled-altered.html

Not sure if you got yours from ticket master or not. 

[Homer]

Just received a press release:

UK festival places drop by a third

A recent study by UniHomes has identified that while demand for live events is set to soar off the back of COVID restrictions easing, music goers may face a struggle for festival tickets as places drop by a third.

UniHomes looked at which of the UK’s top festivals are set to go ahead this year and found that currently, as many 37 are still due to run in 2021 including the likes of Latitude, Tramlines, Isle of Wight, TRNSMT, Wireless and Reading.

However, festival goers could still struggle to get their fix as the research from UniHomes also shows that there could be potentially over 600,000 less tickets available due to event cancellations.

So far six major festivals remain cancelled for another year, including Boomtown, Glastonbury, and Download, wiping out a combined capacity of 532,000. A further four, including Lovebox, continue to hang in the balance meaning capacity could be cut by a further 84,500 should they also fail to go ahead.

In total, Covid could still cut festival capacity by 33% this year, meaning increased competition for tickets to attend your favourite festivals. Those in Scotland, Wales and the West Midlands face the toughest time securing a ticket, with just one festival taking part in each area to a combined capacity of just 80,000.

It’s not just festival goers that will be hit hard by this reduction. Based on the cost of a weekend ticket to each festival, UniHomes predicts that lost ticket revenues sit as high as £129m for those festivals which have already been cancelled, with a further £14.3m potentially lost across the four that are yet to confirm.

The South East is this year’s festival hotspot as the region is not only home to the most festivals, but the highest capacity at 375,000. The North West also ranks high with festival capacity at 230,000 this summer, with the South West sitting third at 168,000.

Co-Founder of UniHomes, Phil Greaves, commented: 

“We know festivals are a huge interest to students across the nation, as well as providing a great draw for local audiences.

With the successful test events in Liverpool this weekend it’s abundantly clear that there is still a huge appetite for live music across the UK, and many will be eagerly awaiting the return of festival season.”

[Homer]

16 hours ago, xxialac said:

Spot on. 

Book now.

And if they end up being amber, you can still travel.

Doubt any European holiday places will ever end up as red.

What's happening Friday please? Is that when the government is announcing the way forward re holidays and foreign travel?

[Homer]

Brighton Pride bites the dust:

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19279523.2021-brighton-pride-cancelled-mass-gathering-fears/

 

This is particularly worrying for the bigger picture of other events:

"Our planning has also identified significant supply chain challenges including infrastructure, security and staffing making it impossible to deliver a safe event with any certainty."

 

Edited May 5, 2021 by Homer

[km9]

42 minutes ago, Homer said:

Just received a press release:

UK festival places drop by a third

A recent study by UniHomes has identified that while demand for live events is set to soar off the back of COVID restrictions easing, music goers may face a struggle for festival tickets as places drop by a third.

UniHomes looked at which of the UK’s top festivals are set to go ahead this year and found that currently, as many 37 are still due to run in 2021 including the likes of Latitude, Tramlines, Isle of Wight, TRNSMT, Wireless and Reading.

However, festival goers could still struggle to get their fix as the research from UniHomes also shows that there could be potentially over 600,000 less tickets available due to event cancellations.

So far six major festivals remain cancelled for another year, including Boomtown, Glastonbury, and Download, wiping out a combined capacity of 532,000. A further four, including Lovebox, continue to hang in the balance meaning capacity could be cut by a further 84,500 should they also fail to go ahead.

In total, Covid could still cut festival capacity by 33% this year, meaning increased competition for tickets to attend your favourite festivals. Those in Scotland, Wales and the West Midlands face the toughest time securing a ticket, with just one festival taking part in each area to a combined capacity of just 80,000.

It’s not just festival goers that will be hit hard by this reduction. Based on the cost of a weekend ticket to each festival, UniHomes predicts that lost ticket revenues sit as high as £129m for those festivals which have already been cancelled, with a further £14.3m potentially lost across the four that are yet to confirm.

The South East is this year’s festival hotspot as the region is not only home to the most festivals, but the highest capacity at 375,000. The North West also ranks high with festival capacity at 230,000 this summer, with the South West sitting third at 168,000.

Co-Founder of UniHomes, Phil Greaves, commented: 

“We know festivals are a huge interest to students across the nation, as well as providing a great draw for local audiences.

With the successful test events in Liverpool this weekend it’s abundantly clear that there is still a huge appetite for live music across the UK, and many will be eagerly awaiting the return of festival season.”

I don't want to be picky, but this didn't take a study to work out did it?

Also in a study I would expect correct language to be used, so there shouldn't be less tickets, there should be fewer tickets.

Please don't attack me for saying this, I just expect a bit more from a study.

[ChemicalBrother]

19 minutes ago, km9 said:

 

Also in a study I would expect correct language to be used, so there shouldn't be less tickets, there should be fewer tickets.

 

Genuinely learnt something today, never realised there was a difference between less & fewer - thanks, mind blown ! 

[Homer]

26 minutes ago, km9 said:

I don't want to be picky, but this didn't take a study to work out did it?

Also in a study I would expect correct language to be used, so there shouldn't be less tickets, there should be fewer tickets.

Please don't attack me for saying this, I just expect a bit more from a study.

I was gonna say, 'prob not the best source - but I thought I would post it anyway' - but couldn't be bothered to type it... so that worked out well for me!

[Losing my hair]

15 minutes ago, ChemicalBrother said:

Genuinely learnt something today, never realised there was a difference between less & fewer - thanks, mind blown ! 

What!!! This is one of my biggest bugbears along with the use of the word of instead of have.

As a general rule:

If you count it = fewer

If you measure it = less

[km9]

Thanks for not having a go at me guys 👍🏻

[Crazyfool01]

40 minutes ago, Losing my hair said:

What!!! This is one of my biggest bugbears along with the use of the word of instead of have.

As a general rule:

If you count it = fewer

If you measure it = less

a bug bear of my dad too 🙂 

[Punksnotdead]

I couldn't give fewer of a fuck! 😄

[Paul ™]

1 hour ago, Homer said:

"Our planning has also identified significant supply chain challenges including infrastructure, security and staffing making it impossible to deliver a safe event with any certainty."

This is a far greater importance than most are making out, especially in the security sector where a shortage of licence holders has already been identified and highlighted to the Government and the SIA regarding this from industry bodies for several months now.
Compounded with the requirements for additional top-up training and mandatory first aid, the price of training/licencing is at its highest ever, at a time where people just don't have the funds to do it... in a sector that is notoriously low paid.

[Quark]

It's less cloudy

There are fewer clouds

[Fuzzy Afro]

I'm trying to lose weight by eating less chocolate and fewer wine gums.

 

Amiright?

[thewayiam]

2 hours ago, Homer said:

Brighton Pride bites the dust:

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19279523.2021-brighton-pride-cancelled-mass-gathering-fears/

 

This is particularly worrying for the bigger picture of other events:

"Our planning has also identified significant supply chain challenges including infrastructure, security and staffing making it impossible to deliver a safe event with any certainty."

 

I think that's almost everything upto middle of August now. I imagine pride is quite an important event to go ahead if it can but as it can't

 

[Homer]

2 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

I think that's almost everything upto middle of August now. I imagine pride is quite an important event to go ahead if it can but as it can't

 

Encouraging to see FarmFest going the other way and adding an extra night!

https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/19276535.somersets-farmfest-festival-allowed-permit-early-entry-revellers/

[thewayiam]

4 minutes ago, Homer said:

Encouraging to see FarmFest going the other way and adding an extra night!

https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/19276535.somersets-farmfest-festival-allowed-permit-early-entry-revellers/

5000 and I presume they aren't allowed all of them.

There aren't many events that are still 5k or less. Anything above and I think that's gone. Events at 15k won't be able to reduce down to like 3k.

[stuie]

22 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

I think that's almost everything upto middle of August now. I imagine pride is quite an important event to go ahead if it can but as it can't

 

Womad, Latitude, Noisily still holding on. 

[deebeedoobee]

Night at the abbey going ahead

 

https://fb.me/e/1EFZJeMCC

[thewayiam]

6 minutes ago, stuie said:

Womad, Latitude, Noisily still holding on. 

Yup. I believe it's been said by the end of this montha though and I imagine the middle of this month is vital. Reading postponed 10th May last yea.

[DeanoL]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

It's less cloudy

There are fewer clouds

Less beer, fewer pints. 

[Quark]

5 minutes ago, DeanoL said:

Less beer, fewer pints. 

Less cocaine, fewer pills

[efcfanwirral]

48 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

I think that's almost everything upto middle of August now. I imagine pride is quite an important event to go ahead if it can but as it can't

 

Still got that y not/truck/kendal lot - I imagine they'll all go at the same time though 

[Quark]

Beautiful Days still hanging in there as well, lineup announcement coming on Friday apparently.