Ian Brown has pulled out of attending the Neighborhood Weekender festival in Warrington in September after arguing that all attendees need proof of the vaccine .
Brown is a well-known Covid spy, often using his Twitter account to spread the word about the virus and protections against it. “I refuse to accept vaccination as a condition of entry,” he said tweet yesterday.
Promoter SJM concerts said yes “Adhere to the conditions set out by the government through the local authority. The government will not make a decision until June 21 at the earliest. ”
Brown previous appeal to festival promoters on Twitter urging them not to work with Sage and the government on vaccine licenses, describing the situation as “the new Nazi norm”.
Festival organizers recently told the Guardian that it would be possible to maintain a social pace at major events. They would adhere to recommended measures, whether it be rapid testing or vaccine passports.
The government has wondered if it will introduce vaccine licenses. Vaccination minister Nadhim Zahawi called them “discriminatory”, but foreign secretary Dominic Raab said they were “under consideration”.
UK festivals have reported a spike in sales since the government announced the roadmap out of lockdown last week, but organizers remain concerned about the possibility of a one-off delay. finally as a result of the revival of the virus, mainly without a government-backed insurance scheme of live music events.
The government has been opposed to such a scheme. The spring budget added a £ 300m investment to the £ 1.57bn cultural regeneration fund and expanded the £ 500m insurance scheme protecting UK film and TV productions against the cost of Covid’s closure until the end of the year.