Glastonbury is cancelled

Glastonbury Festival 2020, the event's 50th anniversary, has been cancelled.

It is the first major UK festival to be called off and could trigger further festival cancellations across Europe.

Organisers apologised to 135,000 pre-paid ticketholders: "We understand that it is not always easy to secure a Glastonbury ticket, which is why we would like to offer all those people the chance to roll their £50 deposit over to next year, and guarantee the opportunity to buy a ticket for Glastonbury 2021."

"Again, we’re so sorry that this decision has been made. It was not through choice."