Britain’s biggest LGBTQ festival Brighton Pride has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, with headline shows from Mariah Carey and the Pussycat Dolls not going ahead.
The superstar had been due to headline the event this summer, performing on 1 August, with the Pussycat Dolls on stage the following night.
However, organisers announced on Friday that the festival is off due to restrictions brought in to reduce the spread of the virus – and celebrations of Brighton Pride’s 30th anniversary will be postponed until 2021.
A statement posted on the festival’s website reads: “It is with a heavy heart that Brighton & Hove Pride have taken the difficult decision to postpone our landmark 30th-anniversary celebrations that were due to take