Glastonbury will return next year as organisers confirm 2026 will be the fallow year
Glastonbury 2026 cancelled to allow Worthy Farm recovery: Organisers confirm fallow year plans
Glastonbury Festival won't be happening in 2026, it's been confirmed. The event, held at Worthy Farm, Somerset, will be taking one of its traditional "fallow" years to allow the land to recover from the thousands of revellers who attend the music spectacle.
Emily Eavis, 44, the organiser and daughter of founder Michael, 88, told The Sun: "(It will) give the land a rest. The festival before a fallow year is always a fun one to plan, because you almost have to fit two years into one."
She added: "We're already in talks with some acts for it. It's exciting! " Glastonbury usually takes a break every fifth summer, with the last one being in 2018 before it returned the following year. This year's final day saw Shania Twain, 58, take the coveted Legends Slot before SZA born Solana Imani Rowe aged 34, closed the show on the Pyramid Stage.
Emily expressed her gratitude for this year's event, saying: "I really would like to say thank you to everyone who's made this year so special." She continued: "It's got to be the best one yet. Every single one of our vast, incredible crew is crucial to making this event work."
She also praised the festivalgoers, stating: "And, of course, it simply wouldn't exist without the participation of the kind, brilliant, respectful festivalgoers." She concluded by saying: "I think people here show a better way to live, and that they do take a little bit of that back to the outside world with them. It honestly restores your faith in humanity."
Coldplay's Saturday (29.06. 24) night set saw them bring on Parkinson's-battling Michael J Fox, 63, in a wheelchair to tell him as he held a guitar he was the reason they became a band in an apparent reference to his guitar playing in 'Back to the Future'. Dua Lipa played the Pyramid Stage the previous night and revealed to a 100,000-strong crowd: "I've written this moment down and wished for it and dreamt of it and worked so hard."
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