Michael Eavis hopes to remain at the helm of Glastonbury Festival for another decade

Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis has told the BBC's Newsbeat, (here), that he's not quite ready to hand the day-to-day running of the event over to his daughter, Emily.

Farmer, Michael Eavis, 75, tells the BBC that he hopes to keep at the helm of the festival for at least another decade, although he realises that one day, he will have to hand over the mantle of organising the Festival to his daughter Emily, who is already involved in the planning of the event.

Eavis said, "There has to be a time doesn't there? Maybe I've got another ten years possibly left in me. I'm feeling cock-a-hoop and I've got no signs of giving up at the moment but I certainly need all the help I can get. Emily will be in a good place to take the show on eventually."

After this year's festival Eavis revealed he had invited Irish rockers U2 back to the Festival after they were forced to pull out last year, and he also says that they they still have not officially confirmed they will appear in 2011. Eavis said, "We don't know yet. We're obviously planning all sorts of things."

For those who are hoping the acts will be announced before tickets go on sale on Sunday, Eavis lets slip that the Festival won't announce the headliners until all the tickets are sold, he avowed, "The three headliners are incredibly impressive - I deliberately want to announce them after the tickets have been sold".

The dairy farmer added, "The headliners next year are absolutely fantastic - I can guarantee that. It'll be on a par with this year, and possibly slightly better even."

Festival organiser Michael Eavis also explained that Glastonbury Festival fallow year in 2012 was handy because there wouldn't be enough police available for the Festival due to the London Olympics. Eavis explained, "We can't get police because all the police are in London. The Olympics fits in with our cycle quite nicely."

There are now only a few hours left for those wanting to buy tickets to register.

In order to buy a ticket festival goers must be registered, with online registration only taking a few minutes, this needs to be completed before tickets go on sale. Ticket registration will close at 9am on Friday 1st October, exactly 48 hours before tickets go on sale on Sunday 3rd October. The registration site is then due to re-open on the morning of Monday 4th October. Online registration for 2011 can be carried out by clicking here.

It is important to note that those who registered their details online in 2008 are still have valid numbers for buying tickets for 2011, as long as they are showing as valid here, if not those wanting to buy tickets will need to re-register.

Everyone aged over 12 on Wednesday 22nd June 2011 (when the Festival starts) who plans to the come the Festival, must register. Children aged 12 and under do not require tickets and do not need to register.

Registration requires providing basic contact details and uploading a passport-standard photo. Once the photo has been approved, registers are sent a unique registration number that will need to be quoted to book a ticket. To register click here.

Registration does not reserve or guarantee you a ticket when they go on sale, but if you don't register you will not be able to buy a weekend ticket for Glastonbury Festival 2011. If you opt to save this information you will be able to use your registration number again in future years. Make sure the e-mail address you provide is one to which you will have long term access.

This weekend tickets for next year's Glastonbury Festival will go on sale at 9am this Sunday, 3rd October 2010, priced at £195 (+ £5 booking fee and P&P). Fans will be able to book up to 8 tickets per transaction by paying a £50 deposit per person. It will not be possible to pay for a ticket in full in and only deposits will be taken.

For more detailed registration and ticket information click here.

If you want to check what your registration number is, or when your registration is valid until, click here.

Next year's Glastonbury runs for five full days from Wednesday 22nd until Sunday 26th June 2011 across a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset. Expect something like 2,000 performances at 50 or so venues including music, cabaret, theatre, circus, a fantastic Kidz area, poetry, green crafts and information and loads, loads more ... much more than just the music, so make sure you check it all out!

No acts are confirmed as yet, but as usual eFestivals will bring you the very best-sourced rumours, allowing festival-goers to see who is playing long before the bands are formally announced - keep your eyes on the Glastonbury 2011 rumours, updated as we receive information.

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