Glastonbury Festival could be back on if a fresh application to the local council is accepted.

A fresh application to hold Glastonbury Festival next year has been submitted after a previous bid was rejected, a council confirmed today.

The Glastonbury Festival has been refused a public entertainment licence.

Thousands of music fans were left disappointed today after it was announced that one of Britain’s biggest summer music festivals had sold out.

The controversial Glastonbury Festival is set to continue for another five years following a deal struck between the organiser and a private promoter.

The Glastonbury Festival looks set to go ahead this summer after organisers convinced councillors to grant them an entertainment licence.

Councillors are meeting to decide whether to grant an entertainment licence for this year's Glastonbury festival.

Organisers of Britain's Glastonbury festival today welcomed news that police will not object to their application for a licence to hold the event later this year.