Thursday, January 21, 2021
Bad news for festival fans, as the iconic Glastonbury festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row.
Thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, organisers announced the sad news earlier today (Thursday January 21st).
They tweeted: 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. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Full statement below and on our website. Michael & Emily
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. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Full statement below and on our website. Michael & Emily pic.twitter.com/SlNdwA2tHd
Last modified on Thu 21 Jan 2021 12.26 EST
Glastonbury 2021 is officially cancelled, the festival’s organisers have announced.
“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,” organisers Michael and Emily Eavis said in a statement. “In spite of our efforts to move heaven and 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.”
The event will not be rescheduled for this year. Information for ticket holders is available on the festival’s website. “We are very confident we can deliver something really special for us all in 2022!” the Eavises said.
The alternative, then, would be to make sure Covid-19 safety measures are in place by the time fans arrive at festivals this summer. Zach Sabban, CEO of event-discovery site Festicket, recently told
The Guardian he was confident that this was achievable. “As we know, the evidence shows that being outdoors massively reduces any risk of transmission, so when it comes to live music, it follows that outdoor festivals will be in a good position to return,” he said.
“It’s highly likely,” he continued, “that we will see requests for negative Covid tests and/or proof that you have received a vaccine before access to some events, and we’ve been working closely with our partners in evaluating potential methods for observing that,” later adding: “the more we collectively have things under control in the coming weeks and months, the easier things will be further down the line.”