Michael Eavis: 'I'm on a par with Kate Winslet and Gordon Brown!'

• Michael Eavis says handover to his daughter has begun • 'Chaotic dairy farmer' tells of event's highs and lowsHe has famously vowed to keep going until his 80th birthday. But Michael Eavis, 73, the eccentric dairy farmer and host of the world's best-known music festival, has announced plans to hang up his boots to make way for a "new generation" headed by his daughter, Emily, and her fiance.Sitting at Worthy Farm's kitchen table, the Glastonbury festival's headquarters for the past...

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