Coronavirus forces cancellation of Glastonbury 2021

COVID-19 forces cancellation of Glastonbury 2021

By: Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Updated: January 21, 2021 - 8:52 AM

Summer plans are already changing due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the organizers of the Glastonbury music festival announced the event will be canceled for a second year.

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Tickets for this year’s concert, which normally takes place in June, will be valid next year, Huffington Post reported.

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With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us. Tickets for this year will roll over to next year. Full statement below and on our website. Michael & Emily pic.twitter.com/SlNdwA2tHd
— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) January 21, 2021

Last year would have marked the 50th anniversary of the music festival and had acts like Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar slated to perform, BBC News reported.

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