Glastonbury will happen this year, but in a different format. The organisers disclosed how they will set up the globally known festival, which was supposed not to take place for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this year, the event will be an uninterrupted 5-hour live stream happening on the 22nd of May in its original venue, the Worthy Farm.
The festival will include performances from Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Wolf Alice, Idles and many more, and will be directed by the Grammy-nominated film-maker Paul Dugdale. The shows will take place in all the most iconic spots of the festival: the Pyramid Stage, the Stone Circle and the famous south-east nightclubbing corner.
One of the organisers, Emily Eavis, also promised ‘very special guest appearances and collaborations’, with the show being ‘like the festival without the people. We are hoping this will bring a bit of Glastonbury to your homes and that for one night only people all over the world will be able to join us on this journey through the farm together.
Tickets are already on sale and are sold for £20, with the proceeds supporting Glastonbury’s three main charity organisations: Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid. Ticket sales will also guarantee the festival’s comeback in 2022, the organisers announced. Indeed, the cancellation of the 2020 edition cost the event £5m and thousands of job positions, whereas this year early cancellation helped in reducing the losses.
‘We know we’re not going to recoup £5m, obviously, but we will be able to make a bit back,’ Eavis explained. ‘Staging Live at Worthy Farm will cost a lot of money, I can’t give an exact figure because we’re not even there yet, but I think we’ll be able to make a significant donation to the festival pot and to our charities, so that’s really all that matters.’ The festival will also put for sale a commemorative poster that will support the stage crews and workers who have been struggling throughout this pandemic.
