Festival confirms 2020 event due to feature Paul McCartney,
Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar will no longer take placeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Glastonbury festival, which was due to celebrate its 50th anniversary year in 2020 with headliners including Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, has been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The festival confirmed via
Twitter on Wednesday that the event, which was set to take place from 24-28 June at its usual home of Worthy Farm in Somerset, was off “following the new government measures announced this week – and in times of such unprecedented uncertainty – this is now our only viable option”.