This year's Glastonbury Festival was cancelled due to coronavirus, but according to co-organiser Emily Eavis, there are no plans to postpone the 2021 event yet.
Eavis told her followers on Twitter today that she and the team are aiming to stage the festival in its traditional late-June slot, writing: "For those who have been asking, we have no plans to move next year’s Glastonbury to September 2021 - we’re still very much aiming for June."
For those who have been asking, we have no plans to move next year’s Glastonbury to September 2021 - we’re still very much aiming for June.
— Emily Eavis (@emilyeavis) August 30, 2020
However, she also confirmed that Glastonbury 2021 remains sold out because all tickets for this year's cancelled festival are now automatically valid for 2021.
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Eavis re-iterated that ticket holders have until January to cancel their tickets without incurring any charge. Any returned tickets will then go into a resale ballot which will take place in April.
Emily Eavis and her father Michael – who founded the iconic annual event in 1970 – cancelled Glastonbury in March over growing concerns due to coronavirus.
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