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July 25th, 2008

Glastonbury 2009 Tickets Go On Sale Early - Eavis Excited To Outdo Jay-Z With Line-Up

Glastonbury 2008 was a bit of a mixed bag - with poor ticket sales meaning there were still places for the festival available on the day it started, but some outstanding performances from artists such as Amy Winehouse, Editors, and The Verve ultimately saving the day. The weather was also okay after an initial downpour.
Then […]

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June 29th, 2008

Amy Winehouse Punches Fan | Incident Puts Blemish On Brilliant Glastonbury Set

Amy Winehouse managed to show up for two gigs in two days, and put on incredible performances at both the Nelson Mandela Birthday bash in London on Friday, and the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday. However, she put a black mark on her record by punching fan while performing Rehab, the last song of her set […]

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June 27th, 2008

Glastonbury Begins - Michael Eavis Keen Until 2015 - Hails 2008 Line-Up As Best Ever

The 2008 Glastonbury Festival is finally upon us, with the first set of headliners set to take to the stage tonight. While the whole nature of the festival has been brought in to question over the past few months, Michael Eavis is convinced the festival has a future, and that this year’s controversial line-up is […]

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June 10th, 2008

Glastonbury Tickets On Sale At HMV Tomorrow - Duffy Plans To Camp At Festival

The 2008 Glastonbury Festival has had a tumultuous build-up, with complaints from many about the unnecessarily stringent ticket buying policy, and a distinct lack of enthusiasm over the line-up, with Jay-Z’s headline slot coming in for particular criticism.
This, as well as the lack of good weather, has lead to sales hitting a record low, and […]

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March 14th, 2008

Register For Glastonbury Festival Tickets!

Today is the last day to register for your chance to obtain tickets for the Glastonbury Festival.
Although tickets won’t actually go on sale until April 6th, everyone who wants to be in the queue, needs to have registered by midnight tonight (March 14th) or miss the chance until next year (if there is a […]

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February 16th, 2008

Will Glastonbury 2008 Be Last Ever?

Yes, if you take Emily Eavis’ thoughts on the matter as hard fact. No, if you take more notice of Michael Eavis’ denials on the whole business.
Michael Eavis has been organising the Glastonbury festival in the UK for 38 years now, but recently starting sharing the responsibility with his daughter, and now co-organiser Emily. The […]

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November 16th, 2007

Led Zeppelin Keen To Headline Glastonbury?

Led Zeppelin have apparently been discussing the prospect of headlining the Glastonbury festival in 2008.
According to this week’s NME, the band are keen to do it, and follow in the footsteps of The Who, headliners on the main stage last year. But at this moment in time it doesn’t look very liekly that a deal […]

By Dave Parrack -- 3 comments

October 2nd, 2007

Rolling Stones Mick Jagger Denies Quitting Touring | Not Too Keen On Glastonbury

Last month I reported that the Rolling Stones would be quitting touring after their last date on the A Bigger Bang tour.
Speculation was rife that after that show on August 26 at the London 02 Arena the band would quit performing live due to age.
Now Mick Jagger has come out and said that the […]

By Dave Parrack -- 3 comments

July 7th, 2007

Live Earth, Glastonbury & Diana Concert All Beset By Sound Problems

First it was Glastonbury, then the ‘Concert for Diana‘, now as I sit here watching the ‘Live Earth‘ concert coverage from London, it’s happening again. Why are all the big concerts suffering from crappy sound systems and technical problems?
Last month’s Glastonbury festival was a great success with most pundits and fans in attendance saying it […]

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