Glastonbury hopes event can return in June 2021

Glastonbury organisers aim to have the festival back next June, co-organiser Emily Eavis has said.

Founder Michael Eavis has previously said the fate of next year’s event is uncertain. The festival was cancelled this year, on its 50th birthday, because of the pandemic.

Emily Ea vis has now tweeted that they are hoping the festival will return in June – its usual month – and not be pushed back to the autumn.

“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,” she wrote.

She said next year’s festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset, remains sold out, because so fewpeople have asked for a refund from this year.

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Michael Eavis previously said they are “moving heaven and earth to make sure that” they are back next year.

“But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’ s going to happen, that’s just wishful thinking ,” he said .“The only certainty I think is the year after, 2022.”