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Readng and Leeds Festival have announced that the event will not be taking place this year due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The twin-city festival was due to take place across August Bank Holiday weekend with headline sets from Rage Against The MachineStormzy and Liam Gallagher. After telling ticket-holders back in March that they were hoping to go ahead and see the event through while “implementing recommendations and instructions appropriately”, now they’ve made the decision to pull the festival until 2021.

Check out the full statement below:

This comes after headliners Rage Against The Machine have already postponed many of their reunion tour dates until next year, while Primavera Sound – which was set to take place over the same August Bank Holiday weekend – has also been cancelled until 2021.

The likes of Glastonbury and Isle of Wight Festival have also been forced to cancel their 2020 events.

This comes after a number of figures from the UK Festival scene spoke to NME about their doubts of large outdoor events being able to return this year – as well as shooting down the idea of festivals with social distancing.

Last month,  a number of UK venues also spoke to NME about their concerns and requirements if socially-distanced indoor gigs were to be allowed, with the Music Venue Trust detailing that a number of safe and financially viable solutions were being discussed.

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