The head of the Isle of Wight festival John Giddings has announced a plan for a mass roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations. According to Giddings, the plan would involve live crews and music venue workers who currently cannot work, to come together in order to use of their skills and give out the vaccine.

Dear @BorisJohnson – we are the music business – we have thousands of skilled people capable of running events & empty theatres/clubs/arenas – give us the vaccines & we will work 24 hours a day to sort it ?

— John Giddings (@JohnGiddings01) January 5, 2021

Giddings’s announced the plan on Twitter, where he gave a passionate, brief outline of his idea; “Dear Boris Johnson, We are the music business – we have thousands of skilled people capable of running events and empty theatres/clubs/arena. Give us the vaccines and we will work 24 hours a day to sort it?” The tweet has received an influx of support, with both music fans and professionals encouraging the plan online.

Giddings also gave a more detailed outline of his plan when speaking to NME, as well as expressing his frustration with passivity. “I was lying in bed last night thinking: “Fuck all of this for a game of soldiers – why don’t I do something as opposed to waiting for people to tell me what to do?’ I sent out a tweet saying that I’ve got thousands of people who know what they’re doing, and hundreds of empty venues and it’s created a snowstorm,” he explained.

“We’re all sitting here moving tours left, right and centre, employing people for a year without any income, and everything I’m reading gives me less and less confidence in this vaccine being rolled out in time to make things happen,” he told NME. “It’s a very selfish thing – I want to make the Isle of Wight Festival happen. The only way it will happen is if we get enough people vaccinated and we’re capable of doing a test very quickly.”

The festival head also seemed assured that if his plan carried out, that 2021 festivals would be able to go ahead. “Live Aid happened in three weeks. Everything is possible if you’ve got the will to win. It’s about doing a job, doing it properly and quickly, and in the live music business we need to make things happen within a short period of time. We can’t make excuses. The people I employ know how to do this. I’m just fighting to help this happen.”