Glastonbury Festival’s move to Longleat is off, leading to fears over future

Glastonbury Festival’s long-term future is in jeopardy after a proposed site move to Longleat looks to have fallen through.

Michael Eavis has revealed the news in a new interview with The Telegraph, saying: “Longleat probably won’t happen anymore. They let me down gently about their decision. I went round to their house and we had a very long discussion. They said to clean up all that mud, they’d have to restrict the whole of the operations at Longleat for about three months and it’s too expensive.”

The future of the festival at its home of Worthy Farm looks to be in danger due to concerns over the safety of a gas pipe.

Glastonbury Festival was set to take a fallow year in 2018, holding a special event at Longleat.