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BBC 1Xtra Live is cancelled
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 6 September 2022
The grand return of the BBC’s 1Xtra Live event, due to take place at London’s Wembley Arena next month, has been cancelled. A statement on social media yesterday blamed “changes to artists’ schedules and increasing financial costs” for the decision to call off the show.
The first edition of BBC 1Xtra’s annual event since before the pandemic, this year’s 1Xtra Live was also due to celebrate the radio station’s recent 20th birthday. Announcing the 2022 show last month, Faron McKenzie – Head Of BBC Radio 1Xtra – said: “With BBC 1Xtra turning 20 this year, this 1Xtra Live is going to go all the way off! We’re going to bring new and emerging talent together with the hottest UK artists and best international acts for the biggest birthday bash of the year!”
But, alas, no. “Due to some significant changes over the past few weeks, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s 1Xtra Live, which was due to be held on 15 Oct in London”, yesterday’s statement read. “A combination of changes to artists’ schedules and increasing financial costs means that we are not able to put on the event to the standard we expect from ourselves and more importantly, to the standard our audience expects from us”.
It then concluded: “We are working hard to deliver something special for later in the year, which we’ll announce soon”.
