Glastonbury Festival organizers, Michael and Emily Eavis, have announced that the festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row. Last year’s festival was supposed to take place in June but was cancelled in March due to Covid-19. Last year was supposed to be the 50th anniversary of the festival. 

Glastonbury 2020 was going to be headlined by Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, and Kendrick Lamar. There had been no announcements regarding performers for the 2021 festival nor were any announcements made about anybody performing in 2022. 

The announcement was made via the official Glastonbury Festival Twitter account and the festival’s website. In the announcement organizers said: 

“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.

In spite of our efforts to move Heaven & 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.

As with last year, we would like to offer all those who secured a ticket in October 2019 the opportunity to roll their £50 deposit over to next year, and guarantee the chance to buy a ticket for Glastonbury 2022. 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 2022!

We thank you for your incredible continued support and let’s look forward to better times ahead.

With love,

Michael & Emily”

The 2019 featured acts such as The Killers, The Cure, and Janet Jackson. Time will tell if they will be able to put on the festival in 2022 but hopefully we will all be able to get live music back sooner than later.