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News By IQ | 23 March 2020

Vampire Weekend were to have headlined Governors Ball 2020 © Taylor Hill/Governors Ball Music Festival 2014

  Friday 26 March Major UK festivals axed Coronavirus laid its claim to three UK festival favourites today, as organisers of All Points East, Lovebox and Parklife announced the 2020 editions would not go ahead.

 

Friday 26 March

Major UK festivals axed
Coronavirus laid its claim to three UK festival favourites today, as organisers of All Points East, Lovebox and Parklife announced the 2020 editions would not go ahead.

All Points East promoter AEG Presents said “there was simply no alternative” to calling…

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