Emily Eavis says they're still "quite a long way" from confirming if Glastonbury 2021 will go ahead

The 50th anniversary celebrations of the iconic Glastonbury Festival were due to take place this year before the coronavirus pandemic forced organisers to postpone their anniversary celebrations until 2021.

Whille speaking to the BBC, co-organiser Emily Eavis revealed that they're still a while off from knowing if they can host the festival next summer, "I can't tell you how much we'd love to welcome everyone back to the farm! It's been way too quiet here this year and we want to get people back here as soon as we possibly can. Obviously the vaccine news in recent weeks has increased our chances, but I think we're still quite a long way from being able to say we're confident 2021 will go ahead."

Eavis added, "We're doing everything we can on our end to plan and prepare, but there are still just so many unknowns and factors which are completely out of our control. What we definitely can't afford to risk is getting too far into the process of next year, only for it to be snatched away from us again. We lost millions this year, and we can't risk that happening again."

When asked about what support she'd like to see for festivals from the UK government, Eavis responded, "I think everyone - including government - wants there to be festivals next summer. But because of the huge uncertainty I just spoke about, and the fact that events take months to plan, there's a huge risk for organisers that they'll spend an awful lot of money and then see their events being cancelled for reasons completely outside of their control. And when those events go down, a huge number of jobs and livelihoods will disappear again too. So, for that reason, I would certainly love for the UK government to offer some kind of support for events in the case that they are forced to cancel."

Eavis also discussed livestreams as a possibility for next year, "We're actually looking into the possibility of streaming some things from here if we can't run the full show next year. We really want to get busy with planning some gigs - even if they're to be streamed!"

Her father Michael Eavis previously said of the 2021 festival in August, "The only certainty I think is the year after, 2022. To be perfectly candid, so we might have to wait for two years maybe. But I am still hoping and we are fighting and working at it all the time to make sure it happens next year."