Tomorrowland 2021 is no more.

Organizers of the massive dance festival in Boom, Belgium, said Wednesday that they have raised the white flag once and for all after local officials last week denied the festival a permit to hold the two-weekend event, which typically draws up to 75,000 visitors a day over its six days.

“In spite of the detailed plans we have presented, the studies conducted by us and the massive support and recommendations we have received, we have no other option but to postpone the 16th edition of Tomorrowland until next year,” the festival company said in a statement.

Tomorrowland said it reached a breaking point after the mayors of Boom and Rumst — the adjacent cities where the festival takes place — refused to issue a permit on June 17, citing concern about rising cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and the complexity of logistics to ensure health and safety checks for the crowd of 400,000 on Aug. 27-29 and Sept. 3-5. The festival cited the absence of “balanced virological advice” for making a new application “pointless at this stage.”

Organizers said they decided to stand down even though the federal and Flemish governments in Belgium had “given the green light” and had published a decree allowing events with up to 75,000 visitors a day to take place starting on Aug. 13.

“Considering our longstanding cooperation with the municipalities, we do not want to engage in a legal battle, and we do not want to appeal the mayors’ decision with the Council of State,” the festival company said.

The decision to cancel the event adds another dance music festival casualty to the COVID-19 pandemic. EDC Las Vegas and Ultra Music Festival Miami have already bowed out of their normal slots, with EDC rescheduling to October and Ultra to March of 2022. Burning Man and Electric Forest have also decided to focus on 2022.

Tomorrowland said it canceled orders on Wednesday with dozens of Belgian suppliers totaling 50 million euros ($60 million), and also cited the blow to tourism in Belgium, where over the two weeks of the festival more than 80% of Brussels and Antwerp hotels are typically occupied by people attending or working at the dance music event.

Tomorrowland’s live summer event is the fourth festival the company has canceled since the start of the pandemic, including two winter festivals and last year’s main summer event. “It is gut-wrenching to cancel a festival for the fourth time,” organizers said. The company will host its second annual pay-per-view virtual livestream event, Tomorrowland: Around the World, on July 16 and 17, featuring headliners Alan Walker, Fedde Le Grand and Kölsch.

If the summer event had gone forward, it would have been a considerably different experience this year. Tomorrowland revealed Wednesday that the 2021 edition would have been open only to Europeans, with about 75% of tickets expected to be sold to Belgians and the rest to Europeans from neighboring countries.

The festival also planned to use “Covid Safety Tickets,” which would limit attendees to those who had been fully vaccinated at least two weeks before, and to only allow Belgians visiting for one day to be able to enter the festival grounds with a negative PCR test (rather than proof of vaccination).

Still on the books for this summer are EXIT Festival’s 20th anniversary event in Serbia on July 8-11 and the four-day Creamfields in the U.K. scheduled for Aug. 27-29. Creamfields is currently outside the window of a one-month extended lockdown in the U.K. — imposed on June 14 after a spike in Delta variant cases — which will delay the return of large live events. Creamfields features a lineup featuring Deadmau5, Above & Beyond and Tiësto.

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Roc-A-Fella Records has convinced a New York federal judge that Jay-Z’s first album shouldn’t be sold as an NFT — at least for the time being.

The label sued its co-founder Damon Dash on June 18, alleging he was trying to sell virtual ownership of the Reasonable Doubt copyrights. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are effectively digital data that represents tangible items.

While Dash has disputed that he was trying to sell rights in the album, according to the complaint, investor platform SuperFarm made this announcement: “SuperFarm is proud to announce, in collaboration with Damon Dash, the auction of Damon‘s ownership of the copyright to Jay-Z’s first album Reasonable Doubt. This marks a new milestone in the history of NFT’s, entitling the new owner to future revenue generated by the unique asset.”

An auction had been set for June 23-25, according to the complaint, but it was canceled after Roc-A-Fella sent a warning letter to SuperFarm. The label was concerned Dash might still pursue a sale, so it asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order.

During a Tuesday morning hearing, U.S. District Court Judge John Cronan asked why monetary damages wouldn’t suffice. Alex Spiro, representing the record company, answered, “A lot of it has to do with the uniqueness added to the unique industry.”

Dash and his lawyers didn’t show up for hearing, but Spiro said they were served papers and had previously responded to a cease and desist. Dash’s side has also commented about the dispute in the media where they said they really wanted to sell shares in Roc-A-Fella.

Cronan said Jay-Z’s record label was likely to prevail on merits. He pointed to Jay-Z’s declaration that Roc-A-Fella owned copyright. He also nodded as precedent to the case where J.D. Salinger stopped an unauthorized sequel to Catcher in the Rye.

Specifically, the judge said the label was likely to prevail on claims of breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and unjust enrichment. Roc-A-Fella won’t have to put up a bond, but it will have to continue to fight as the parties will next debate whether the TRO becomes a preliminary injunction.

This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.

Olivia Rodrigo let fans know over the weekend that she’s officially a high school graduate — which shines a light on just how much the singer/songwriter has accomplished at such a young age, including two No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U.” And she’s hardly alone in that youthful success.

There are dozens of other artists who were 18 years old or younger when they hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, and there are even five other examples of pop stars who topped it twice before they were graduation age, including Brenda Lee (“I’m Sorry” and “I Want to Be Wanted”) who was just 15 when she scored back-to-back chart-toppers.

On the latest Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith break down all these teenage hitmakers, including the very youngest 13-year-old (!) Hot 100 champs Little Stevie Wonder (“Fingertips – Pt 2″) and Donny Osmond (“Go Away Little Girl”). Listen below:

Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on Polo G, Migos, Bo Burnham, TWICE and Maroon 5 — and that’s just on the Billboard 200 albums chart! Plus, we have news about Taylor Swift announcing Red as her next re-recorded album and the Foo Fighters ushering in full-capacity live shows in both California and New York.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard’s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard’s deputy editor, digital, Katie Atkinson and senior director of Billboard charts Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)