The 2021 Rewind Scotland festival has been called off following new guidance from Scottish Parliament concerning large scale events.

Organisers confirmed the decision in a statement issued on Friday, April 30, insisting “it has become clear that planning a festival on the scale of Rewind is totally unplausible and we simply can’t push ahead with planning for July 2021 with any confidence.”

“In the rest of the UK, we have very clear guidance that states from 21st June there will be a lifting of all restrictions which gives us a timeline we can all work with regarding the other Rewind Festivals taking place,” they explained. “Unfortunately, we just don’t have that in Scotland.

“We had considered moving Rewind Scotland to another date, but as there are no assurances from the Scottish Government as to when things will change, we felt, after much deliberation, it was better to make a clear and conclusive decision at this time as opposed to finding ourselves in a situation where a rescheduled date had to change again.”

Ticket holders will be offered full refunds. There is the option to transfer tickets to Scotland’s 2022 event, or Rewind North at Capesthorne Hall (6th-8th August) or Rewind South at Henley (20th-22nd August), which will proceed as planned this year.

“We are very sorry that we are not in a position to proceed this year but we will be back in 2022 to party like no other year,” concluded the statement.

Jimmy Somerville’s Big Band-Tastic Boogie and Wet Wet Wet had been set to headline Saturday and Sunday at the festival, with Marc Almond, Bananarama and Billy Ocean among an extensive list of performers.

Rewind! Scotland 2022 which will be on July 22-24. Line-up details have yet to be finalised.