He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British
Empire) in the 2007 Queen Elizabeth Birthday Honors List for his
services to the Glastonbury Festival.
[June 2020: On running the 2020 Glastonbury Festival] We have to run next year, otherwise we would seriously go bankrupt ... It has to happen for us, we have to carry on. Otherwise it will be curtains. I don't think we could wait another year.