Explained: Why there'll be no Glastonbury Festival in 2026
Glastonbury Festival has wrapped up for another year, with the five-day major music event bringing plenty of controversy and surprises along the way.
The Script, Kneecap and CMAT were amongst those taking to the stage over the festival which saw more than 200,000 attendees.
The Script performed on Saturday with lead singer Danny O'Donoghue paying tribute to late band member Mark Sheehan, while Kneecap also performed on the Saturday of the festival. Glastonbury Festival has wrapped up for another year, with the five-day major music event bringing plenty of controversy and surprises along the way. Pic: Samir Hussein/WireImage
The Belfast rap trio performed on the West Holts stage at 4pm with the area closed off an hour before their set.
The band took to the stage on Saturday amid calls from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that they should be pulled from the line-up.
It comes as band member Liam Óg O Hannaidh, better known by his stage name Mo Chara, appeared in court in London under a terrorism charge after he was alleged to have displayed a flag supporting the militant group Hezbollah. The Belfast rap trio performed on the West Holts stage at 4pm with the area closed off an hour before their set. Pic: James Veysey/Shutterstock
The 27-year-old is set to appear before the same court again on August 20.
With social media rife with Glasto footage over the last few days, many people who didn't attend may be enticed to try and secure tickets for the 2026 event.
Unfortunately, there is no 2026 event, with the next Glastonbury Festival pencilled in for 2027. With social media rife with Glasto footage over the last few days, many people who didn't attend may be enticed to try and secure tickets for the 2026 event. Pic:2026 will be what organisers call a 'fallow year' which happens at five-year intervals in order to give the festival grounds, local population and organisers a break.
Next year's 'fallow year' will be the first planned in eight years, after 2020 and 2021 were forced to be 'fallow years' due to the pandemic.
Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis previously spoke of the importance of the interval year, explaining on the BBC Sidetracked podcast that 'it gives the land a rest, and it gives the cows a chance to stay out for longer and reclaim their land.'
She added; 'I think it's important, I think it gives everybody time to just switch off and the public as well. It is a lot, isn't it?
'You kind of go away for a bit and it feels lovely when you come back.'
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