Barclays steps back as sponsor of Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight festivals

It comes after several bands, including the bands Pest Control, Speed, Scowl, Zulu and Ithaca withdrew from Download, which starts on Friday in Leicestershire.

A festival goer holds an inflatable guitar at the Isle of Wight Festival, Seaclose park, Newport, on the Isle of Wight.

Barclays has stepped back as a sponsor of all Live Nation festivals as bands boycott the events in protest of the bank’s ties to defence companies supplying Israel, and fossil fuel firms.

Barclaycard was removed from the websites of festivals like Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight in recent days as it suspended its sponsorship of the events.