Eavis Wants Glastonbury At Longleat

ITV news interviewed Eavis who said he would like to see Glastonbury move to Longleat grounds, which encompass 9,000 acres and holds a safari park. Eavis said that a big advantage of Longleat was that he would have to deal with only one landowner. He currently deals with more than 20, since not all of Glastonbury’s current site belongs to the Eavis family.

Eavis’ statements caused some confusion, since his daughter who books talent for the festival told the Guardian only a day earlier that the long-standing event would not move, but that the plan was “to do a show somewhere else with the same team behind Glastonbury.”

Emily Eavis first confirmed plans for a new event – “a music festival predominantly but it will have other elements which we already do at Glastonbury” – with the BBC in early May.

According to Eavis Sr., Longleat’s owners were “keen” to host the festival, but he emphasized that no agreements had been made and there was still “a long way to go.” He also said that the situation at Worthy Farm was “a bit unsafe at the moment.”

“I really do need an alternative site, no doubt about it,” he said, before adding, “It really worries me, it keeps me awake at night, not having anywhere else to go.”