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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Staff working in ‘brutal’ conditions at some of UK’s biggest festivals, union says

Tents at a UK festival.
A report from the performing arts union Bectu collated the experiences of 100 music festival workers. Photograph: Rwp Uk/Getty Images

Staff at some of the UK’s biggest music festivals are working in “brutal” conditions, according to research.

Crew members, including sound engineers and behind-the-scenes production staff, were asked to work 18-hour days, some suffered heatstroke, others slept on floors and had to use toilet facilities that were overflowing. In some cases the crew camp areas had no access to drinking water.

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