BBCNEWS BBC News at One August 6, 2021 11:17:00
Of more than 50,000, more than half have been cancelled, so the £750 million scheme has been broadly welcomed by an industry which sees festivals as a big part of the country's economic recovery. look at things like glastonbury, which generates hundreds of millions of pounds for the local area, and concerts across the country that help create jobs, growth, growth of supply chains. as we're looking to recover from this pandemic, large music events can be the key, can be one of the drivers of this post—pandemic and cultural recovery. but it hasn't delivered everything people hoped for. while ...