Why is glastonbury not on next year

Organizers said on Thursday that tickets already purchased will roll over to -- when Glastonbury intends to hold just its second event in five years, following a year off in and two consecutive canceled events.

Read More. Alongside McCartney, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar were signed on to headline the event before the pandemic scuppered live music performances around the world.

The internationally renowned event takes place over acres of the Eavis family's Somerset farm, southwestern England. The festival drew a crowd of , attendees and featured performances from The Cure, Stormzy and The Killers, amongst others.

However, the festival organiser isn't giving up hopes on a "smaller" event this year, telling LBC : "I would like to do something in September. Quizzed if the event would involve getting some of the big artists who would have performed at the festival this year, the Octogenarian replied: "Yes, but I do need to get reassurance from the ethics people.

It's impossible to know if the festival will be able to get the exact same headliners, but Emily Eavis suggested that organisers would do their best rolling over the bill into However, headliner Paul McCartney expressed doubts that the festival would go ahead - and he was proved right.

In December, the legendary Beatles star noted that performers and artists had worked around restrictions with live streamed performances and socially distanced gigs, but pondered whether something as large as Glastonbury could take place.

Isle of Wight Festival Glastonbury is cancelled: what will happen to tickets? Picture: 1. We are so sorry to let you all down. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Full statement below and on our website. What the latest NHS data tells us - and how many people in England are waiting for treatment. News that Glastonbury will not be going ahead will not only come as a blow to music lovers across the world, but will also be a severe knock to the UK industry as a whole.

Such a huge loss of revenue will not go unnoticed. A recent live report from UK Music predicted that the UK music industry would halve in size due to coronavirus - a forecast that will not be helped by this most recent blow. Early this year, rumours that Glastonbury would not be going ahead swirled after stars including Sir Paul McCartney and Mel B hinted that it was already off the cards.

While it was never confirmed, speculation that The Spice Girls would be reuniting in the Legends slot at the anniversary event had given fans good reason to get excited about the event of the summer. However, at the time the Eavis's dismissed speculation, and said the festival team were doing their utmost to make it happen. The festival had been sold out, as the majority of ticket holders from the cancelled event had chosen to roll-over their tickets.

It remains to be seen whether festival fans roll the dice for a third time, and hold on to their tickets once again with the hope of attending the festival in What makes the Worthy Farm festival - which attracts hundreds of thousands of people each year - so special? A line up for hadn't been announced, however many had hoped that big acts unable to perform the previous year would return to honour their slot.

It has already been a catastrophic last year for the arts and entertainment industry due to coronavirus , with many live venues forced to close their doors to the public for the best part of Despite the best efforts of many musicians to get gigs back up and running wherever possible in between lockdowns - enforcing social distancing measures and even adopting novel approaches including performing in giant inflatable bubbles - it now seems likely that cancellations from further big events and festivals will follow.