Will a top-20 music festival cancel its 2026 edition citing hantavirus by July 1?
SXSW (cancelled 6 Mar 2020), Coachella (postponed 10 Mar), Glastonbury, Eurovision (cancelled 18 Mar) — each was a culture-war flashpoint about COVID seriousness.
Resolves YES if any festival in Pollstar's top-20 by 2025 attendance cancels or postpones its 2026 edition naming hantavirus before 2026-07-01.
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cited: Festival official statement
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Global news ingestion — geocoded, multilingual. Best signal for non-English regional outbreaks.
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