Glastonbury may have to move site in the future: Michael Eavis

Glastonbury has become one of the key dates in Britain's social calendar over the last ten years, but a major shake-up of the festival could be on the horizon.
Michael Eavis, the founder and organiser of the annual musical celebration, has admitted that it may have to move location in the future, reported Telegraph.
With just a week to go until the 2015 edition, which will see headline performances by Florence + The Machine, Kanye West and The Who, 79-year-old Eavis said that he does not own the entire site and, as a result, is finding it increasingly difficult to get the requisite commissions to stage the event each year.

"I'm always worried about the future, about the land not being available because I only own the middle bit," he revealed.
According to him, the place where the main Pyramid Stage sits belongs to the farm but the surrounding areas and campsite belong to other people. The solution, therefore, may be to move the festival to make it easier to organise.
"I may have to find a site that's bigger and is all under the control of one person. That's the ideal situation, so that might happen in the long-term."
The Glastonbury site is actually a functioning dairy farm during the months of the year when the festival isn't being organised or cleaned up.

Such speculation from Eavis will concern businesses in the area, for whom the festival which has been going since 1970 represents a huge economic boost.