Glastonbury cancelled for 2026 after Eavis family shared update
Glastonbury cancelled for 2026 after Eavis family shared update
Glastonbury Festival has been 'cancelled' for 2026 after the Eavis family confirmed the iconic music event will not be happening next year
People gather in front of the main Pyramid Stage during day five of Glastonbury Festival 2024
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Glastonbury Festival will take a break in 2026 after organisers confirmed next summer will mark one of its scheduled "fallow" years. The festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, will pause to give the land a chance to recuperate following the influx of festival-goers.
Speaking last year, organiser Emily Eavis, 44, daughter of founder Michael Eavis, 88, said: "(It will) give the land a rest. The festival before a fallow year is always a fun one to plan, because you almost have to fit two years into one."
She added: "We're already in talks with some acts for it. It's exciting!"
Glastonbury traditionally takes a break every five years, the last being in 2018, before making a comeback the following year.
Acts performing this year include the British pop band The 1975, the veteran singer-songwriter Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, and the US pop star Olivia Rodrigo, all headlining the Pyramid stage.
Other notable performers include the Brat star Charli xcx, the rising rapper Doechii and the controversial Irish rap trio Kneecap – despite many calls from politicians, including the prime minister, Keir Starmer, for them to be removed from the bill.
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Glastonbury Festival has sold "a few thousand less tickets" this year in a bid to avoid overcrowding, organiser Emily Eavis has said.
The music festival usually has capacity for 210,000 people.
Eavis, 45, outlined the changes that have been made to this year's festival and said music area Shangri-La is "going full trees and green space" which is "completely the opposite to anything they've done in the past".
She also revealed that the festival has managed to buy some land that sits "just on the outside of the site", which will be used for crew members.
She added: "We've also sold a few thousand less tickets, so it will be interesting just to see how that affects the dynamics on site."
Eavis said times have changed, adding: "There were years where you just couldn't sell out, you just couldn't give them (the tickets) away."
Glastonbury is running from June 25 to June 29 this year.
The line-up features a number of acts listed as TBA, as well as a mysterious act called Patchwork, who will take to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday.
Careful not to draw speculation as to who the act could be, Eavis said: "I've been working on Patchwork for a long time."
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She also said that planning for their appearance had taken about a year for "logistical" reasons.
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