Glitch Festival cancelled again due to COVID-19 restrictions

The organisers of Glitch Festival say they are "heartbroken" to announce the event will not go ahead this August due to coronavirus restrictions that they said claim are illogical. Glitch was one of three music festivals that had set dates for the summer, in the hopes that coronavirus measures would be relaxed. A statement published on the festival's Facebook page on Wednesday morning said they had not been given the "green light from the local authorities". The organisers told those who had bought a ticket that they had done "everything in our power to find a safe solution to welcome you back" and that  the decision was hard to accept. However, the statement said the event will return in August 2022. They said "promising statistics" including that Malta has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, with almost 80 per cent receiving their first vaccine dose, "should have led to a safe re-opening". “However, the local authorities think otherwise with no logical reasons behind these decisions," it said. It is the second summer that the festival will not go ahead. Ticket holders can request a refund, however organisers have urged them to keep them for next year's...