GLASTONBURY Festival 2021 will not take place, prompting concern for other events, likeBoomtown.

In a social media statement, Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis said: "With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us.

"Tickets for this year will roll over to next year."

Boomtown festival is currently scheduled to take place on the Matterley Estate near Winchester between August 11 and 15.

It comes after a Boomtown organiser previously said it is unlikely many festivals would be able to survive if they did not go ahead in 2021.

Anna Wade, communications and strategy director of Boomtown Fair, said the consequences of festivals not going ahead in 2021 would be “pretty grave” for the wider industry.

She said: “The consequences, I think it is fair to say, are pretty grave. Most events or festivals, it is unlikely that we would be able to weather the storm of events not happening in 2021.

“Most event organisers have only one event. We are an independent festival.

“We only hold one event. That is one opportunity a year. That’s our product. That’s what we do. Without that, we don’t have a company, essentially.”

Boomtown has been contacted for a comment, but it has yet to respond.