Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis knighted
The 88-year-old, who was previously awarded a CBE in 2007, has been recognised for services to charity and music in the New Year Honours List
News By James Hanley | 30 December 2023
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has received a knighthood in the 2024 New Year Honours List. Listed under his full name, Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, the 88-year-old has been recognised for services to charity and music.
He was previously awarded a CBE in 2007.
The English dairy farmer, who gave a keynote interview at the 2017 International Festival Forum, began running music events in Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset in 1970 and has gone on to build Glastonbury into one of the…
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