'Longleat probably won’t happen any more' Eavis confirms

[glasto-worker]

Marquess of Bath and his son Ceawlin do not agree on Glastonbury plans

Founder Michael Eavis wanted to hold festival at Longleat from 2019 But he admitted it is unlikely to move there now due to the disagreement 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3782276/

well that makes things very uncertain - it would have marked my 40th Anniversary of Glasto even although its not at Worthy farm.

so time will tell if there is a Glasto 2019 and where it will be held.

 

[jonodillieono]

Posh snobs, imagine not agreeing with glasto

Edited September 10, 2016 by jonodillieono

[CaledonianGonzo]

Got to be a repercussion from what went down this June.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Key bit so as to to give the Mail any more page hits:

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This summer, Ceawlin and Emma went to Glastonbury, which became a quagmire because of rain.

‘Ceawlin and Emma don’t like the mud,’ Eavis says. ‘They saw the mud at its worst. They were supposed to come and see it all cleaned up on September 1, but they didn’t turn up.’

He adds: ‘They let me down gently about their decision. I went round to their house and we had a very long discussion. They said to clean up all that mud they’d have to restrict the whole of the operations at Longleat for about three months, and it’s too expensive.’

 

 

Edited September 10, 2016 by CaledonianGonzo

[Platt073]

I think this is good new, it wouldnt/couldn't be anything like glasto anyway.

[Michaels denim shorts]

I heard that Eavis is trying to use the Great Dorset steam fair  site as an alternative. 

[Matt42]

I'm worried about the future of the festival, not gonna lie

[Avalon_Fields]

Does this decision make it more likely 2019 will now be a fallow year?

[Pinhead]

Good riddance!

[Pinhead]

Ceawlin was never going to agree imho - not 'easy money' enough for him. Dorset Steam Fair site is huge and may make a better fit tbh.

[Ohinever]

Don't understand this. One minute it's "we were only moving for the fallow year*,  next" we want to move the festival". 

 

Which is it? 

Edited September 10, 2016 by mooro

[Chazwozza]

Both. And neither.... Until it happens. Schrödinger's festival innit?

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, mooro said:

Don't understand this. One minute it's "we were only moving for the fallow year*,  next" we want to move the festival". 

 

Which is it? 

Depends whether it's Emily or Michael speaking, respectively.

[EighteenSixty7]

"Ceawlin"

[Room to sway]

26 minutes ago, sunnydaysblue said:

Is it a dispute with the farmers nearby that's causing the possibly of Glastonbury moving/being no more?

Also pollution I think

[oneeye]

My goodness, if I had a garden the size of longleat I would be begging to have Glastonbury come visit; reeks of inexperience.

[Ommadawn]

1 hour ago, oneeye said:

My goodness, if I had a garden the size of longleat I would be begging to have Glastonbury come visit; reeks of inexperience.

I guess he makes far more income from Longleat then he ever would from hosting the festival. It's not really their type of thing really is it?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

28 minutes ago, Ommadawn said:

I guess he makes far more income from Longleat then he ever would from hosting the festival. It's not really their type of thing really is it?

I'd have thought that the Marquess of Bath would be up for it - a chance to roam his lands and get his hands on another wiflet or two. Maybe that's the reason why his son wasn't so keen.

[Ohinever]

When I knew Ceawlin back in school days,  I'm pretty sure he used to muse that one day he'd like to close Longleat to the public and live in it as a private house again,  so I'm not so surprised he wasn't so keen. 

 

To be fair before anybody calls him a snob,  he went to a local primary and then secondary school. I don't remember him being anything other than decent and polite. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

42 minutes ago, mooro said:

When I knew Ceawlin back in school days,  I'm pretty sure he used to muse that one day he'd like to close Longleat to the public and live in it as a private house again,  so I'm not so surprised he wasn't so keen. 

 

To be fair before anybody calls him a snob,  he went to a local primary and then secondary school. I don't remember him being anything other than decent and polite. 

He would seem to have a fine stance when it comes to racism.

[dumski]

12 hours ago, Michaels denim shorts said:

I heard that Eavis is trying to use the Great Dorset steam fair  site as an alternative. 

I hope not, the roads couldn't cope. It's busy already and the capacity is about 25k compared to 150k+ OUCH

[eFestivals]

11 hours ago, mooro said:

Don't understand this. One minute it's "we were only moving for the fallow year*,  next" we want to move the festival". 

 

Which is it? 

there's Michael and there's Emily.

My understanding (which could be wrong) is that Michael is keen to see the farm restored to be just a farm before he leaves this earth, because to him it's the farm that is his real legacy to hand on to his descendants.

(to take that idea further still, I reckon he hopes that Emily's eldest will grow up to be the farmer that continues the family farm.)

I know for certain that Michael and Emily have different ideas of what the future should be (I'm less sure of the specifics of the differences tho I have some rough ideas), so it's not too surprising that there's different messages that come from them.

[Ohinever]

An interesting dichotomy, and certainly explains the inconsistencies in statements. 

 

I was on the farm a couple of weeks ago,  and Michael stopped in his Landover to say hello.  With him were his two grandsons so you may be on to something with him hoping to enthuse the younger generation with a love of farming. 

Edited September 11, 2016 by mooro

[sheffieldlady]

I'm sure the farm and the festival can doc-exist peacefully together. I know nothing about farming but I am assuming dairy farming isn't as profitable as holding a sold out festival which is in high demand each year. It would be a great shame if the festival was to move, it wouldn't be Glastonbury, it would be a brand new festival. 

For now, I will take it with a pinch of salt and wait for developments. The future of the festival does seem a little insecure though

[MadScientist]

It wasn't meant to be from 2019 onwards was meant to be a one-off in 2018. They saw the state of the fields this year and said they weren't impressed so... Boo