Glastonbury 2020 Cancelled - I am sorry to be the bearer of this news.

[Quark]

2 minutes ago, Chrisp1986 said:

These forums will be dead 3 days after the announcement.

Guessing you've not been here for a fallow year then? Theres new music to discuss, 2021 headliners to guess, simpsons memes to post...

Loads to stay for

[Suprefan]

2 minutes ago, Chrisp1986 said:

These forums will be dead 3 days after the announcement.

But the incubation period for the newest coronavirus thread hasn’t come full circle! Can’t be dead yet!

[jparx]

4 minutes ago, Chrisp1986 said:

These forums will be dead 3 days after the announcement.

Nah, all steam ahead for 2021.

In a way it'll be nice to actually be excited about the festival again, even if it's 15 months way!

[Hugh Jass]

I feel strangely ok about it all to be honest. Maybe it’s because this has been expected for a while or it’s because there are bigger things to worry about right now than a music festival, but this is a shit thing that is affecting the entire planet. There’ll be much worse happening to other people than us.

[Wellyboot]

2 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

I legit thought you were talking about actual gold, as a  financial safe haven against fiat.

😆 I just lol'd

[D-Low]

Must keep the faith that they follow suit like Blue Dot honouring tickets. It's all we have left

[Matt42]

I physically can’t type anything... I feel throttled. I don’t know what to say at all. I feel numb, I’m not distraught but I’m just stone faced.

It won’t sink in until the following months roll in and the weather gets warmer, yet we’ve got nothing to look forward to. I feel at this point we have an entire year under lock down and this will fundamentally affect people’s public mood. We have to fight how fucking depressing some things are about to get.

From now, I’m vowing myself to no longer engage in the negative. I’m going to try and find a positive in anything that happens, even if things factually get worse. It’s not ignoring reality, it’s trying to find ways to fix reality. Let’s work together, let’s love eachother, let’s reach out to those who need it. Young people... let’s step up and help those older than us.

Before this happened we were in an incredibly divided society. Let’s emerge out the other end unrecognisable and more compassionate towards eachother. Let’s all work together and make things better.
 

WE DO live in a society, because when shit gets as bad as this, we only have one thing left.... and that’s eachother.

Thats my say.

[Superscally]

4 minutes ago, kabillion said:

Hoping we keep our tickets. I'd love to get back my Worthy View money though.  

You will, don't worry.

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, Chrisp1986 said:

These forums will be dead 3 days after the announcement.

Theres are plenty on here all year round ... come and join the build up to 2021 ..

[stuartbert two hats]

19 minutes ago, D-Low said:

I'd be equally devastated with a rescheduled date. I'd never get the time off work.

Not sure why people are slating others for feeling deflated though. This festival means everything to me. I've never been one for holidays or going abroad often so this was technically my annual break away. I work all year and so many factors have to align for me to be on the farm from time off work, family health, gaining a ticket. To have it snatched from us in such cruel circumstances that are completely out of our hands is devastating.

Ah, let's give everyone some slack. Some of us are gutted about the festival, some of us are more frightened about losing their livelihoods or lives.

You can all vent on here as far as I'm concerned, I'm here for you as much as a person typing on a message board can be (admittedly not much)

[Radiochicken]

Hits hard this. Always the thing in the diary that gets me through the hard days. So sad 😭😭

[Claire0406]

3 minutes ago, darrylbrown30 said:

Sad Sad times. think I will still go to the farm on that weekend with a few cans of cider. take a walk around and just think what could have been

I think there will be quite a few people that will do the same!  

[strummer77]

4 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

Yeah...much more professional to let it slip to one of your kids and have them leak it on Insta eh?

You're prob right though.

There’s not a huge pressing need to let a council know really. It doesn’t impact on the organisation of the event. You’d tell the acts and suppliers first I think. And they’re a close family clearly.
 

I’m surprised it’s on social media but the council not knowing is a red herring. They may well be informing them tomorrow. 

[Kalopsia]

6 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

thanks for your support. Because of support like yours I can ensure the forums definitely aren't going anywhere.  

Just purchased mine also, been using this for too long and not giving back, thank you. 

[Andy0808 v5]

Vowing now to go Gold on Friday when I’m paid, give me a reason to remain positive staying on here.

Not the news I wanted just before a fourth night shift. 😭

[GlastoCast]

I'm definitely going to be having days and days of sadness if this is confirmed...

Any suggestions for podcast topics we can crack on with, if the festival is cancelled for 2020? Talking about it for the cast is probably the only thing that will keep us going...

[Superscally]

Any chance this is going to be like Istanbul at half time? Imagine the scenes when Michael pulls off that double save in extra time...

[parsonjack]

In better news I bought 9 toilet rolls and a bag of penne this morning

Winning 👍

[Sketchead]

Would be hugely reckless for it to go ahead, so makes sense. I've not been for a few years and don't have a ticket for 2020 but I imagine and think it'd be the right thing to do to let current ticket holders hang on to those for 2021 should they wish to.

[oneeye]

[efcfanwirral]

1 minute ago, strummer77 said:

There’s not a huge pressing need to let a council know really. It doesn’t impact on the organisation of the event. You’d tell the acts and suppliers first I think. And they’re a close family clearly.
 

I’m surprised it’s on social media but the council not knowing is a red herring. They may well be informing them tomorrow. 

It wasnt open social media though, it was Facebook which can only be seen by people you've chosen to accept 

[Pinhead]

8 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

thanks for your support. Because of support like yours I can ensure the forums definitely aren't going anywhere.  

This is actually the best news I have heard today. Thanks Neil.

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, D-Low said:

Must keep the faith that they follow suit like Blue Dot honouring tickets. It's all we have left

Blue Dot is an un-sold out festival that is depending on the return of people for the next festival. Glastonbury has no such problem, and everybody’s 2020 tickets are now invalid as they are for a nonexistent festival. I know it sucks for people to think that their October ticket success was for nothing, but thats unfortunately just how it’s fallen this year. I’d be shocked if tickets were carried over. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

2 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

In better news I bought 9 toilet rolls and a bag of penne this morning

Winning 👍

I can relate. Managed to get toilet roll this morning for the first time in a week and realised it would probably be the highlight of my week.

[Waynolol]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

Blue Dot is an un-sold out festival that is depending on the return of people for the next festival. Glastonbury has no such problem, and everybody’s 2020 tickets are now invalid as they are for a nonexistent festival. I know it sucks for people to think that their October ticket success was for nothing, but thats unfortunately just how it’s fallen this year. I’d be shocked if tickets were carried over. 

There are people that would be astonished if ticket holders didn’t get first choice on 2021 too, it’s been done to death. Nobody knows, the voices are louder for them to not carry over because more people don’t have tickets than do