Glastonbury ticket owners question ‘hasty’ decision to cancel following Reading and Leeds announcement

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In January, Glastonbury Festival’s organisers announced that the event has been cancelled for a second year running, and would return in 2022 after taking another fallow year. “Bet @glastonbury regret being so hasty,” one twitter user wrote, with another adding: “Looks like Glastonbury were a bit quick to cancel rather than push back eh?” Despite no further statement from organisers, it’s no stretch to assume that it would be logistically impossible for the festival to proceed as normal this year. A note accompanying the full statement from father and daughter team Michael and Emily Eavis 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. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Reading and Leeds music festival have become the first mass-scale summer events to signal a return following the prime minister’s post-lockdown roadmap.