The future of the Glastonbury Festival remains uncertain as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Event founder Michael Eavis can't promise if it the music festival will go ahead next year.
Glastonbury Festival 2020 was canceled as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. It was supposed to happen this summer but was moved - although it remains to be seen if it will take place in 2021.
According to Sky News, Eavis had to move heaven and Earth to make it happen, but it was still "wishful thinking."
Glastonbury Festival was supposed to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. It should have been headlined by the best of the bests like Sir Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar.
After this year's cancellation tickets were rolled out for the next event, which was believed to be in 2021. However, Eavis now says he's not sure if it would happen because of the "size of the festival," the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and the social distancing rules they had to impose.
In his interview with ITV News West Country, he said it might be quite OK to have 500 people attended the event. However, having 250,000 is another question. It is too many.
Despite that, Eavis is still hoping that they will be running the Glastonbury Festival next year and he will do everything to make sure it is. Eavis is confident the festival will survive despite the effect of the pandemic. However, he wishes fans can be patient as they may have to wait for another two years before the next event.
In June Eavis told The Guardian that they would go bankrupt if they could not hold Glastonbury Festival in 2021.
Eavis explained they did not have "unlimited resources." They only had enough to keep them afloat until the next Glastonbury Festival. Talking about the music industry in general, he is also confident that it would "come back stronger." He said the music scene could not be killed off just like that.
