Glastonbury founder Sir Michael Eavis wanted to cancel the festival in the 1990s, his daughter Emily told the BBC.
Sir Michael founded the festival on his Somerset farm in 1970 and watched it grow into one of the most prestigious music events in the world.
In the 1990s, he attracted world-class artists such as Oasis, Bob Dylan and Radiohead, but the plan was to call it a day when he reached retirement age.
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“My parents always said, ‘This is the last one,'” Emily Eavis told the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast.
“Everyone thought it was some kind of trick to sell tickets, but it wasn’t. They really said, ‘Well, we probably won’t do another one.'”
At that time, the decision to expand the festival was made year after year, she said.
Only when Sir Michael’s wife Ruth died in 1999 did the event become a permanent fixture.
“My dad said, ‘Oh, I think he might need the festival now,'” Eavis told Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw. “Because they were going to retire and go on long cruises and things like that.
“My dad told me, ‘Listen, let’s keep it up.’
“I thought, ‘Yeah, I’ll help you.’ “I never thought I would still be here a few decades later.”
