Urgent request for Government Backed Insurance Scheme as more Festivals are forced to cancel

• 22/04/2021 |
• Music & Events

Tysers, together with UK trade bodies including AIF, BPI and LIVE, have made an urgent call for a Government-backed Covid insurance scheme to save this year’s summer of live music. With the announcement this week that Boomtown Festival has been forced to cancel for the second year running, Tim Thornhill, Director at Tysers, has been lobbying the Government to get a scheme in place.

Links to press coverage are below.

BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56828608

 THE TIMES

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/government-faces-the-music-as-festivals-are-forced-to-cancel-again-over-covid-threat-23ntcgcjm

MUSIC WEEK

https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/boomtown-cancels-2021-festival-blaming-lack-of-government-backed-insurance/083085

https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/can-this-year-s-summer-be-saved-for-uk-festivals/083090

THE SUN

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14703080/boomtown-festival-2021-cancelled-insurance-covid-restrictions/

THE TAB

https://thetab.com/uk/2021/04/20/boomtown-festival-has-been-cancelled-for-the-second-year-in-a-row-202611

THE DAILY MAIL

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9494799/Save-festivals-Boris-40-Tory-MPs-want-PM-underwrite-250m-insurance-scheme.html

THE TELEGRAPH

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/20/save-festivals-boris-johnson-urged-boomtown-cancelled-second/

INSURANCE AGE

https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/broker/7541951/mps-call-on-government-to-assume-contingent-liability-for-live-events

THOMSON REUTERS VIDEO

Natalie Powell at Thomson Reuters interviews Stuart Galbraith, CEO at the Belladrum Festival, Tim Thornhill, Director at Tysers and Jamie Njoki-Goodwin, CEO at UK Music about the current situation in the UK Festival Industry and their need for a government-backed insurance scheme.