The news was announced on Thursday on the Worthy Farm event's Twitter page. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Full statement below and on our website. It comes in the same week that the future of UK music was up for debate at a DCMS inquiry into streaming , and in Parliament regarding post-Brexit music touring visas.
The full statement on the festival website read: "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. It had been due to take place in June Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden shared his "disappointment" at the lack of a Glastonbury , on Twitter. He added: "We continue to help the arts on recovery, including looking at problems around getting insurance.
I'm Glastonbury will be back bigger and better next year. Our plea fell on deaf ears and now the chickens have come home to roost," he said. On 5 January the government responded to a report by UK Music called Let the Music Play: Save Our Summer , which outlined a range of measures that could help the industry get back up and running. Of course, the Eavises had no choice.
Socially distancing a festival of this scale would be impossible; despite the success with vaccinations so far in the UK, there are no guarantees. While the big artists - Taylor Swift , Sir Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar had been due to headline Glastonbury in - will be okay, for the musicians and industry workers who have just scraped through the past 10 months, this news will have come as a devastating start to Watch Live.
By Gemma Peplow, arts and entertainment reporter. Fill 2 Copy 11 Created with Sketch. Monday 25 January , UK.
Why you can trust Sky News. Yes, whilst your deposit will be rolled over to a like-for-like booking, the remaining balance payable will be the balance of the ticket price, not the ticket price. Your deposit will only be valid for a like-for-like booking, if you had booked a coach package, your deposit will only be valid for a coach package for If you no longer wish to travel by coach, you will need to cancel your existing booking and try for a general admission ticket within the ticket resales in If you had booked a coach package for the Festival, and have had the booking rolled over to , See will try to keep the coach departure locations the same.
If you had booked a coach package for the Festival, the deposit and coach travel will be rolled over for a like-for-like booking to the Festival.
The global response to the coronavirus pandemic is still changing daily, and it is too early to tell when restrictions on mass gatherings, and the demands on our emergency services will be loosened. No, if you would not be able to make the Festival the booking would not be valid for a different future Festival.
You would need to cancel the ticket booking and be issued with a refund. No, ticket deposits will automatically be carried over for the Festival. You would however need to pay the remaining ticket balance during the balance payment window. There will not be any priority given to those who choose to cancel their ticket booking. If you choose to cancel your booking and later decide to try for a ticket to Glastonbury or a future Festival, you would need to go through the ticket sale process as normal.
If you have booked private accommodation or travel through a third party you will need to liaise directly with the company, organisation or person you made your booking with or seek a refund via your travel insurer. Glastonbury Festival takes no responsibility for services offered by third parties.
We are so sorry to let you all down. We are very appreciative of the faith and trust placed in us by those of you with deposits, and we are very confident we can deliver something really special for us all in ! Speaking to NME this month , festival bosses, gig promoters and scientists discussed the prospect of live music and festivals returning this summer. Dr Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health at the University of Southampton, warned that the necessary level of vaccination might not be reached until the end of summer.
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