Glastonbury Festival has been confirmed to be returning in 2019 after taking a break next year to allow the farm land time to recover from the annual influx of music fans.

Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis

Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis

The iconic festival - which takes place at Worthy Farm in Somerset, South West England - will be back after a fallow year, which the music extravaganza takes to help with the upkeep of the site.

The event's official website has been updated to confirm the news that it will take a break in 2018, while fans will be excited to know it will be back the following year from June 26 to June 30.

This year's festival was a hit with punters as Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran all headlined the iconic Pyramid Stage.

The announcement comes after co-organiser Emily Eavis admitted that even though there's no event to organise for next year she and her dad, founder Michael Eavis, will still have a busy 12 months ahead.

She recently said: "Well the years off are normally quite busy actually... We spend a lot of time looking at everything and doing bigger, long-term projects. Looking at tickets and passes and things like that.

"There will be a lot of work to be done, but it's sad to think about it at the moment, because it's been such an amazing festival. I can't really remember one quite like this."

The disappointment in taking a year out has been echoed by Michael, who admitted over the summer that he was "already regretting" the decision.


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