Glastonbury organisers have confirmed the festival will be cancelled again this year, with a statement posted to their official channels at 12:40 today.
It reads: “With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us.
“In spite of our efforts to move Heaven & Earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the Festival happen this year. We are so sorry to let you all down.
“As with last year, we would like to offer all those who secured a ticket in October 2019 the opportunity to roll their £50 deposit over to next year, and guarantee the chance to buy a ticket for Glastonbury 2022. We are very appreciative of the faith and trust placed in us by those of you with deposits, and we are very confident we can deliver something really special for us all in 2022!
“We thank you for your incredible continued support and let’s look forward to better times ahead.
“With love,
Michael & Emily”
Organisers said the festival won’t be delayed until later in the year as: “The global response to the coronavirus pandemic is still changing daily, and it is too early to tell when restrictions on mass gatherings, and the demands on our emergency services will be loosened.”
The 2022 Festival will take place from 22nd – 26th June 2022.
Until now, organisers had been working towards the festival going ahead this year and fans had been told to expect a decision early this year.
In the week before Christmas, Emily Eavis directly addressed the latest batch of rumours suggesting the 2021 festival had been cancelled, with a simple Twitter reply saying: “Not cancelled yet!”
Later that day, she added: “Appreciate lots of rumours are flying around online and in the press, but there’s no change to what I said in the BBC interview last week. We’ll let you know through official channels as soon as we have an update (which won’t be until the new year).”
During that interview, Emily told the BBC that they are doing “everything we can” to ensure it takes place next year.
She said: “The hard part is understanding exactly what we’ll be planning for, and what impact that will have on what we’re able to do. But right now I’m not sure there’s anything we could do that would completely ensure we can welcome 200,000 people to spend six days in some fields in June 2021.”
Eavis also told them that if Glastonbury can’t take place in its traditional form, the organisers will consider inviting artists to perform on the farm for a series of livestreams.
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