Curtains for Glasto?

Festival organisers deny that this year is the last

14 Feb 08 - Emily Eavis has cast a shadow of doubt over the future of the famous festival, saying this year's 38th bash could be "the last".

Festival organiser Michael Eavis's daughter, who has helped run the event for the last eight years, said she discussed the shelf life of the festival with her father at Christmas. 

Emily Eavis said they were treating this year's festival, headlined by Jay-Z, as though it were the last.

"I kinda feel that we should ply everything into this as if it be the last." -   Emily Eavis

Asked whether Glastonbury has a limited time span, she told Orange World: "Yeah I probably do to be honest.

"We had a kind of retrospective time during Christmas, talking about it and whether it's a long term thing. I kinda feel that we should ply everything into this as if it be the last.

"It's a risky, risky business and it would be nice to think, to know that it could go on forever, (but) I don't know if that's possible."

Michael Eavis is denying reports, saying the phrase "treat it as if it is the last" is a family phrase and has been taken out of context.


Ruth Barnes