Michael Eavis has been honoured with the Freedom of Glastonbury
Glastonbury Festival founder and co-organiser Michael Eavis has been honoured with the Freedom of Glastonbury.Glastonbury Town Council voted unanimously back in March to make Eavis a Freeman of Glastonbury after he was nominated by the town’s mayor, Councillor Jon Cousins, and deputy mayor, Councillor Serena Roney-Dougal, “in appreciation of his services to the town and the local economy”.Eavis was formally made a Freeman of Glastonbury during a ceremony last night (May 3) at Glastonbury Town Hall.As the festival site notes, “in the past, a Freeman held various privileges, but these days the award is mostly symbolic”.A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)“However, according to tradition, as a Freeman of Glastonbury Michael has now been conferred the right to run his sheep through the centre of the town,” they added.In a statement issued back in March, Cllr. Cousins said: “I can think of no one more fitting of receiving this honour.