The founder of Glastonbury Michael Eavis has warned that the festival could go bankrupt if it is not staged in 2021 because of coronavirus. Sir Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar had been due to headline this weekend at the world-famous festival in Pilton, Somerset. Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis surveys his empty farmland on what would have been the opening day of the famous extravaganza yesterdaySpeaking to The Guardian to mark the festival's 50th anniversary, Michael, 84, said: 'We have to run next year, otherwise we would seriously go bankrupt … It has to happen for us, we have to carry on. The opening day of the Glastonbury Festival in 2019. Michael Eavis and Emily Eavis at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.

Source: Daily Mail June 25, 2020 17:24 UTC