Year off for Glastonbury in 2006

There will be no Glastonbury Festival in 2006.

Organiser Michael Eavis said he wanted to give the village a break from the disruption.

The festival was last rested in 2001 over safety fears. Overcrowding led to the festival being fined and the new “super-fence” being built.

Eavis added he wanted to “stand back and get new ideas” for 2007, according to BBC online.

“Every fifth year since 1987 we’ve taken it off – It’s like a fallow year in farming terms,” he said.
“It’s a good chance for the cows, the farm, the farm workers and villagers to recover.
“So they come back the year after the fallow year with renewed energy, strength and imagination.”

Eavis said during the year break he planned to build a reservoir for the festival.

“We found a spring on the farm that can provide all the water for the festival, so this is very thrilling for us,” he said.

This year’s festival will feature noise patrols to help keep levels down for local residents.

The 2005 event was granted a licence by Mendip councillors, who voted 12 to 4 in favour of it.