by Alexandra Pollard Staff | Photos by WENN

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Glastonbury may have to change location, says Michael Eavis

Worthy Farm may not host the festival for much longer

 

Glastonbury Festival may have to move location says Michael Eavis Photo: WENN

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis says the festival may have to move locations in the near future, saying, "I would love to stay but it's getting very, very complicated now."

Eavis, who founded the festival 45 years ago at Worthy Farm, Somerset, doesn't own the entire Glastonbury site, only "the middle bit." This has, in the past, led to issues with the surrounding farms.

In the past, some of the farms have attempted to sell car parking spaces in order to profit from the event, and have even offered "glamping" when, in fact, the facilities offered were merely basic campsites.

Speaking to Sky News, Eavis said, "I'm always worried about the future, about the land not being available because I only own the middle bit. Where the pyramid is and all the land around it is owned by other people, so that could be a problem long-term."

He continued, "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".

Glastonbury 2015 takes place between 24-28 June, and will be headlined by Kanye West, Florence + The Machine and The Who.

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