I think we've got a good vibe." "The first year back after what we've been through will be the most amazing party," says Emily Eavis. "We all need it, the public need it, we all need that kind of connection. Emily Eavis says there are male execs in music industry who insist on speaking to her fatherSpeaking days before the start of this year’s event, Eavis, 40, who has been booking acts at Glastonbury for half her life, said she was often the only woman in meetings with music moguls.Some male executives still insisted on speaking to her father, Michael Eavis, 83, who co-created the festival at the family’s Worthy Farm in Somerset, she said.“The live music world has been so male-dominated,” she told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. “I go to meetings with just tables of men. Emily Eavis, who grew up on Worthy Farm, has been helping her father Michael organise Glastonbury since 1999
Emily Eavis is gutted the weather is so good on what should have been Glastonbury's 50th anniversary.The iconic festival's organizer has admitted she's not best pleased about the glorious forecast for this weekend, which would have marked five decades since the inaugural event.Speaking on Jessie Ware's 'Table Manners' podcast, she said: "The worse thing on these sunny June days it just feels really, really quiet for us because we're used to the buzz at this time.
It's the best festival in the world." She grew up on Worthy Farm, Somerset, the site of Glastonbury Festival.In 1985, at age five, she performed Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star on the Festival's Pyramid Stage immediately before The … 86.8k Followers, 334 Following, 446 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Emily Eavis (@emily_eavis) Speaking about everything from the cancellation of Glastonbury 2020 and how it affected the whole Glastonbury team, to her most memorable Glasto-moments throughout the years – whilst looking ahead as to what’s in store for next year’s instalment of the iconic festival.“So logistically, it’s a little bit complicated because we’ve already pencilled-in many of the acts for 2021. Emily Eavis is gutted the weather is so good on what should have been Glastonbury's 50th anniversary. "Logistically it's a little bit complicated because we'd already pencilled in many, many of the acts for 2021... so we're trying to work out how much we can fit into next year.Eavis said she "really hopes" Paul McCartney can return to headline the Pyramid Stage next year, but admitted the festival faced "choppy waters" in preparing for 2021. The daughter of Glastonbury founder, Michael Eavis, Emily is responsible for the festival's modern incarnation. "You know, it's the highlight.
© 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. "It's a little bit unknown as to where we're going to be, so we're optimistic - but we're not going too far down that road at the moment.
"I'm really pleased the BBC have managed to put so many sets up because... we never watch the coverage when everyone else is watching at home.
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She organises the festival these days with her dad. "We use about 20 farms in total so he meets the landowners and does a lot of that work. "It would sort of be alright if it was anything other than Glastonbury," he told BBC Breakfast, "but Glastonbury for us, especially as a band, we always set out hearts on it. "We're going to be catching up on loads of old sets online," said Eavis.