"We hope to see you all at Charlton Park next year for a big celebration, when we’ve put this meanie back in the bottle" Peter Gabriel has shared a statement following the cancellation of this year’s WOMAD festival due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
In a statement, WOMAD said that following a meeting with the licensing authority and the combined emergency services and after taking on “government advice on halting the spread of Covid-19,” the festival could not go ahead. “It is clear that in order to meet the festival’s goal of protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of the whole WOMAD community the festival is unable to proceed this year,” the statement read.