Last night, Michael Eavis was honoured with the Freedom of Glastonbury, having been nominated by the Mayor of Glastonbury, Councillor Jon Cousins, and deputy mayor, Councillor Serena Roney-Dougal, in appreciation of his services to the town and the local economy. Michael was formally made a Freeman of Glastonbury at the ceremony at Glastonbury Town Hall.
In the past, a Freeman held various privileges, but these days the award is mostly symbolic – 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.
