Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has defended her decision not to screen England's first knockout game at Euro 2024 on Sunday afternoon.
Despite three lacklustre performances in their three games to date, the Three Lions have qualified for the round of 16 as champions and will face Slovakia in Gelsenkirchen at 5pm on Sunday.
In 1998, Glasto erected screens to show the World Cup but Eavis now thinks that screenings at the festival are redundant because of mobile phones.
"We used to have a screen here as no-one had any means of finding out what even the result was because we were so cut off from the outside," she said, in quotes carried by The Mirror.
"Now obviously, everyone's connected and I think you know it's a music festival. I'm sure if people want to see it enough they can check for results or whatever on their phones.
"But hopefully I'm encouraging people to put their phones away and and forget about the outside world."
Acts due to be performing while England take to the field include Avril Lavigne and Janelle Monae.
Neil Wilkes
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