Glastonbury Festival is aiming to go ahead in June 2021, as planned, says Emily Eavis, the co-organiser of the festival and daughter of its founder, Michael Eavis.
On Twitter, she addressed rumours that the festival was to move to September next year.
"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," she tweeted.
Previously, her father had said the status of the 2021 event was "uncertain" because of the coronavirus.
Organisers were forced to cancel the 2020 event in June, which would have been the 50th anniversary of the festival. Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Diana Ross were set to headline the event, with Dua Lipa, Lana Del Ray and FKA Twigs also set to perform.
At the time, organisers said: “We were so looking forward to welcoming you all for our 50th anniversary with a line-up of fantastic artists and performers that we were incredibly proud to have booked.”
Eavis also cleared up any confusion about ticket resale opportunities, writing: "We’ve moved our ticket resale back from October to April, because so few people have asked for a refund (next year’s Festival remains sold out), meaning we don’t have enough tickets to resell. Plus, we’ve extended the free cancellation deadline until the end of January."
Glastonbury Festival, which takes place in Somerset, south-west England, is attended by 200,000 people, with more than 1,000 acts on the bill.
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