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Michael Eavis has revealed that the Glastonbury Festival was nearly scrapped after bands complained it had become too commercial.
He said: “Last year I thought that maybe we’d got to the end and we’d have to bite the bullet and fold it all up. A lot of the bands were saying Glastonbury had become too big, too muddy and too horrible. At one time the bands used to come on board.”
The Glasto organiser was prepared to abandon the fstival until he confirmed Bruce Springsteen for this year.
He said “I was prepared to walk away. But to come back from the dead of last year to sell out this year is amazing. Getting Springsteen as a headliner is so exciting. I saw him play two-and-a-half hours in Cardiff and that’s what turned me on to the idea of having him. I’d never seen him before although I’d heard the occasional record. I was so blown out by him I had to make it happen.”
Michael says he has learnt his lesson and will be returning to the festival’s rock roots after being criticised last year for inviting rapper Jay-Z to headline to Pyramid Stage.
He added: “I don’t think we’ll ever go down the pop route for getting a headliner for Glastonbury. Madonna hasn’t been asked by us.”
