British Summer Time Festival has is the latest music event to be axed due to coronavirus. The annual gigs take place over June and July each year – taking over Hyde Park in central London.
Little Mix and Taylor Swift were set to headline two of the gigs as well as Kendrick Lamar and Duran Duran. Organisers had held out for as long as possible to keep the events open, though they have decided that – as the situation isn't improving – "safety has to come first".
In a statement, organisers said: "In addition to the Government rightly enforcing a prolonged period of social isolation, we would not want to place any extra strain on the emergency services, who we are lucky enough to have working alongside us at our events. "We have the utmost