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Glastonbury Festival has added two extra broadcasts of its livestreamed ‘Live At Worthy Farm’ event on May 22, with fans now able to watch Coldplay, Haim and others on May 23.‘Live At Worthy Farm’ is described as a “five-hour journey through all of those spots that you know from Worthy Farm”, with performances from Coldplay, Haim, Damon Albarn, Wolf Alice, Kano, Michael Kiwanuka, Jorja Smith and IDLES for the special virtual event.Originally the event was set for “one night only” on Saturday,

Glastonbury boss Emily Eavis has confirmed that the festival is seeking a licence to hold a concert on Worthy Farm this September, after coronavirus forced the festival’s cancellation for the second year in a row.Posting on Instagram, Eavis explained that a concert could take place during the same dates that are traditionally used for the Pilton Party – Worthy Farm’s annual event to thank Somerset locals for supporting Glastonbury.While it is unclear if the event will be the return of the Pilton

Glastonbury Festival, have registered a new company called Holy Cow Events.A new private limited company was registered by Eavis and Dewey at Companies House and incorporated on February 8, subsequently spotted by a user on the forum eFestivals.com.Holy Cow’s registered office address is Worthy Farm, with the nature of the business listed as performing arts.It’s not yet known what the purpose of Holy Cow Events will be.

Glastonbury Festival, has launched its very own cheddar cheese for the first time.The Worthy Farm Reserve Cheddar cheese is set to debut exclusively in Co-op stores across the UK later this month, and has been created using milk from the dairy herd that graze on the Glastonbury site all year round.According to an official release, the cheese is a collaboration with Somerset’s Wyke Farms – which has cultivated a well-established reputation for sustainable farmhouse cheese making.Perhaps most

Glastonbury could go bankrupt after the recent announcement that the festival has been cancelled for a second year in a row.Last Thursday (January 21), organisers Michael and Emily Eavis announced that Glastonbury 2021 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.The festival will take an enforced fallow year for the second summer in the row after the 2020 edition of the Somerset event was also called off last March due to COVID-19 concerns.Speaking in a new interview, Eavis denied reports

Billy Bragg has responded to the cancellation of Glastonbury 2021, calling it “a bit of a shock”.The Somerset festival was cancelled for the second year in a row last week (January 21) because of the coronavirus pandemic.Speaking on BBC Breakfast today (January 25), Bragg – a Glastonbury veteran and organiser of the Left Field stage – said: “I don’t think it was inevitable.”“Glastonbury was one of those big things where we all thought, ‘OK that’s a landmark there.

Glastonbury 2021 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Michael and Emily Eavis have announced.The festival will take an enforced fallow year for the second summer in a row, after the 2020 festival was also called off due to COVID-19 concerns.“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,” the Eavis’ wrote on Twitter to announce the news, adding that tickets for this year,

Glastonbury ticketholders will be able to roll their bookings over to 2022 should the festival not proceed this year.The festival’s organiser replied to a question on Twitter today (January 4), assuring ticketholders that 2021 passes will remain valid.Glastonbury was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus crisis; it’s not known at this stage whether the 2021 edition, which has not been cancelled, can safely go ahead.“Please carry tickets over to 2020 if you do have to sadly cancel”, the

Mel B this afternoon (January 4) that Glastonbury 2021 has been cancelled.The Worthy Farm festival is hoping to hold its latest event from June 23-27, although it is still uncertain whether the 2021 festival will go ahead due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic – which forced the cancellation of its 2020 edition back in March.READ MORE: Everything we know so far about festival season 2021Eavis stressed last month that Glastonbury 2021 has “not [been] cancelled yet”, but the prospect of the

Glastonbury return in 2021 provided the “majority” of the country gets vaccinated.The festival founder, who got his vaccination on Thursday (December 31), said that Glastonbury, which was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, might return this year if enough people get the vaccine.“It is amazing to be in one of the first groups of people to have the COVID-19 vaccine in Somerset,” he told Somerset Live.

Glastonbury Festival is “quite a long way” from being able to confirm that its 2021 edition will go ahead, organiser Emily Eavis has said.Glastonbury 2020 was cancelled back in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the event’s lawyer Ben Challis said recently that plans are moving ahead for the festival’s 50th anniversary event to be staged in June 2021.“We’re doing everything we can on our end to plan and prepare,” Eavis told the BBC, adding: “I think we’re still quite a long way from

Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis has appealed to the government to provide “direct financial support” for the planned 2021 event, due to continued uncertainty surrounding live events in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.The festival’s General Counsel Ben Challis and Eavis herself have both maintained that plans remain in place for Glastonbury to go be staged in June 2021.However, Eavis and her father Michael have said it’s “already getting tight” to prepare for next year’s event

Paul McCartney has revealed that he wanted to invite Taylor Swift on stage with him at Glastonbury 2020 to play ‘Shake It Off’ together.The pair were set to headline the Pyramid Stage at this year’s festival, before it was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.Chatting in a new joint Rolling Stone interview, McCartney expressed his desire for the on-stage collaboration, with Swift then revealing that it was her separate hope for the same outcome.“Wow, it would’ve been so fun to play

Kylie Minogue has said she would love to go back on tour as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic subsides.

Skunk Anansie‘s lead singer Skin has recalled her historic headline slot at Glastonbury 1999, noting that she received more backlash than Jay-Z.The rocker also described it as “one of the best moments of my life”.She was the first black British headliner of the festival, something that was not achieved for another 20 years until Stormzy took the main stage in 2019.Speaking on Edith Bowman’s Play Next podcast, Skin said the backlash against her headlining was “double” what Jay-Z faced when

Glastonbury is still aiming to go ahead in June 2021.Some reports over the last week had suggested that the festival could move to a September date, but Eavis has dismissed the idea today on social media.Writing on Twitter, she said: “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.”Eavis also gave an update on ticket re-sales following the cancellation of this year’s festival due to the ongoing

Michael Eavis has said he is “moving heaven and earth” to make sure that Glastonbury festival can go ahead next year.

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has said he is “uncertain” if next year’s festival will go ahead, but that he is “moving heaven and earth” to make it happen.Speaking to ITV News West Country, Eavis has said fans might have to wait until 2022 for the return of the festival, which was due to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary this year with Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar headlining.Speaking about the difficulty of ensuring social distancing, Eavis said: “500 people is

Arlo Parks performed on Worthy Farm yesterday (June 27) as part of the BBC’s The Glastonbury Experience 2020.The network has been broadcasting a series of special programmes from the Glastonbury site this weekend to make up for the cancellation of the festival.Parks played a stripped-back version of her recent track ‘Black Dog’, stood between a campfire and the Pyramid Stage structure.

Kylie Minogue said she has still not found the words to express how much her Glastonbury appearance last year meant to her.

Laura Marling performed in front of the Pyramid Stage as part of the BBC’s The Glastonbury Experience 2020 yesterday (June 27).The singer-songwriter was one of many artists set to feature on the bill for the Worthy Farm festival before it was forced to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.Marling played a version of her song ‘Strange Girl’, which features on her latest album ‘Song For Our Daughter’, in front of the Pyramid Stage structure, cows and a plane.

Lily Allen has reflected on her performance at Glastonbury 2014 saying it was “just before things really started to fall apart” for her.In a series of posts on Instagram, Allen was reflecting on her performances at Glastonbury over the years.

Glastonbury-goer or were gearing up for your first time on Worthy Farm, there’s no denying the cancellation of the 2020 edition hurts.

The Glastonbury festival is in danger of going bankrupt if the coronavirus pandemic forces another cancellation next year, organisers have warned.

Gengahr have dropped their cover of Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Love’ – you can listen to it below.The band, who originally performed the cover at London’s Maida Vale Studios in session for Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 earlier this year, have released their version ahead of Lamar’s cancelled Glastonbury Festival headline performance this weekend (June 24-28) following the coronavirus pandemic.Gengahr were also set to appear at Worthy Farm for the third time this weekend.Speaking about their take on the track,

Glastonbury organisers have shared a “virtual line-up” collating the upcoming coverage and online content that will be available in celebration of the festival’s 50th-anniversary.The Worthy Farm bash’s 2020 edition – due to be headlined by Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift – was cancelled in March due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.In the week that would have seen the gates being opened, an official breakdown of “the full festival experience” has today (June 21) been posted on