Michael's beard named decade's best

Michael Eavis's beard has been voted Beard of the Noughties!

200 members of the beard campaign group, the Beard Liberation Front made the decision.

"Michael Eavis is a true hirsute icon of the Noughties and he beat Castro to the accolade by the merest whisker," organiser Keith Flett told the Telegraph.

You can read the rest of the story on their website here.

Labels: Beard, Eavis, Michael

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Relive Glastonbury 2009 On New Years Eve

On New Years Eve, the BBC is offering two chances for you to relive Glastonbury Festival 2009.

There will be a few Glastonbury highlights included in the Top of the Pops review of the year in pop. That's at 6:30pm on BBC1.

In the early hours of the new year you will also be able to watch a two-hour long highlights program of Glastonbury 2009. That's on BBC2 at 1.15am.

Thanks for reading!

Labels: 2009, BBC, TV

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More Self-Confirmations For Glastonbury 2010

More acts have confirmed that they will be making appearances at Glastonbury Festival 2010.

Most have done so via their official Myspace pages, which to be perfectly honest, doesn't help a great deal of people these days!

Brassroots, House and techno star Jamie Jones and Vicious Disco have all announced that they will be playing at the 40th anniversary bash.

Check out our line-up page for all the latest line-up statuses. We're trying to keep it updated as much as possible this year, as in previous years its been a little lax...

Labels: 2010, Brassroots, Jamie Jones, Line-up, Self-Confirmed, Vicious Disco

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Merrry Christmas From Glastonbury Fest

From everyone here at Glastonbury Fest (err that's just me) We hope that you have a wonderful Christmas.

We also hope to see you back here in the new year when Glastonbury news and rumours will certainly start to heat up.

Labels: 2010, Merry Christmas

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"Saturday Night Is Confirmed" Reveals Emily

Emily Eavis has spoken to the official Glastonbury website and has commented on some of the news that has been hitting the headlines over recent weeks.

When asked about the headlining acts she commented "Well, Saturday night is confirmed. And for Sunday night, we're looking at three main options right now. That's all being sorted out at the moment."

(Current voting here predicts that the Rolling Stones will be confirmed next. You can vote in the sidebar on the right.)

She also commented on the World cup explaining that, "The(England)game on the Wednesday night will definitely be showing on the Pyramid Stage screens. The other game, which it looks like they'll be playing on the Saturday or Sunday, obviously won't be on the Pyramid. But it will be shown on site somewhere, we're just not quite sure where yet."

To read the rest of the interview follow this link here.

Labels: 2010, Eavis, Emily, Headliners, News, World Cup

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Kasabian Dumb Down Glastonbury Hopes

Alt Rockers Kasabian have dumbed down the idea of them headlining Glastonbury festival 2010.

Speaking recently to 6music, frontman Tom Meighan announced their plans for the summer and revealed his thoughts on Glastonbury.

“If Michael Eavis calls, you come. If you don’t, you don’t but I can see him getting really massive established bands like the Stones.

“It’s the 40th Anniversary. I don’t think he’d pick us anyway to headline it. He’s gonna pick established bands that have been around over 30 or 40 years.”

Interestingly modest, but I think that there is still a chance they could perform despite them not headlining.

Labels: 2010, Headline, Kasabian, Line-up, Rumour

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Jedward To Approach Glastonbury Organisers

X factor twins Jedward are rumoured to appear at Glastonbury festival 2010.

The twins have allegedly asked their manager to approach the organisers of Glasto in the hope that they will scoop a slot.

A source for the News of the World revealed the following information:

"Festivals are massive business and the twins can do well on on that circuit. No festival wants to miss out on getting the hottest acts.

"The boys been speaking to a lot of very keen organisers and hope to tie up some big deals in the next couple of months.

"Everyone wants a piece of them at the moment."

You can read the rest of the story here.

Labels: 2010, Jedward, Line-up, Rumour

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Glastonbury 2009 Most Watched Music Concert on Interactive

Glastonbury Festival 2009 has topped the BBC music concerts stats, for the most interactive views.

The BBC recently published a list of the most popular (in terms of audience) and Glasto came out on top!

here are the rest of the results

1. Glastonbury 2009 - 6.06 million
2. Electric Proms - 2.56  million
3. T In The Park - 2.05 million
4. Reading and Leeds Music Festival -  1.85 million
5. Robbie Williams on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - 1.19  million

Labels: 2009, BBC, Interactive

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Glastonbury Festival to show England World Cup match

Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis has confirmed that there will definitely be an England World Cup game broadcast during the festival this summer.

She confirmed the news over the popular networking site Twitter.

England are due to play Slovenia in their final group game of the World Cup at 3pm on the June 23; which is the same day the festival opens to the public.

"Yes, we'll be showing the Wednesday game on the Pyramid screens," she tweeeted in response to a follower.

She, or the festival have not yet confirmed if any of the other England games will be shown.

Labels: 2010, Eavis, Emily, Twitter, World Cup

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Glastonbury Dismiss Fleetwood Mac Rumour

Glastonbury festival organisers have dismissed claims that Fleetwood Mac will headline the 2010 festival, deeming it 'unlikely' to happen.

Rumours of the band headlining (absolutely no pun intended there) the festival were started on gossip website Holy Moly.

"Fleetwood Mac have been booked to headline Sunday Night at next year's 40th Glastonbury festival," stated the website.

However an anonymous Glastonbury festival representative has since told popular music magazine NME, that this is unlikely to happen.

They didn't comment on whether or not the band would be there as a none headlining act.

Source

Labels: 2010, Fleetwood Mac, Headline, Rumour

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Rihanna Wants Glastonbury 2010 Slot

Singer Rihanna has confirmed that she would 'love' to perform at the Glastonbury festival 2010 when she's in the UK next year.

She expressed her interest in the Somerset gig during a press conference at the Westfields Centre in London this week.

'I would love to be there. Even if I'm not headlining I would love to be there, ' she said.

'The tour starts in the Spring, so we will be in the UK then. We will probably be back in the summer.'

Labels: 2010, Rihanna, Rumour

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Wurzels Confirm Glastonbury Festival Return

The Wurzels have confirmed that they will again be appearing at Glastonbury Festival.

The fans favourites announced the news in an interview with 'What's On Somerset' Magazine.

"They are booked to appear again next year but there is much to do before then." the magazine states.

You can read the whole interview on page 14 here.

Labels: 2010, Confirmed, Line-up, Wurzels

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Dub Pistols Self Confirm Glastonbury Festival 2010

The Dub Pistols have confirmed that they will be playing at Glastonbury Festival 2010.

The announcement was made via their official Facebook. You can see it here.

Thanks to Glasto.biz for the info.

Labels: 2010, Confirmed, Line-up

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Squeeze Confirm Glastonbury Festival Performance

Squeeze have confirmed that they will be making an appearance at Glastonbury Festival 2010.

Chris Difford made the following statement on Hampshire radio station Wave 105.2:

"We are going to tour next year as Squeeze... What's happening is Glenn (Tilbrook) and I are going to write together in April... and then in the summer we're going to do some festivals including Isle of Wight and Glastonbury."

Labels: 2010, Confirmed, Squeeze

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Pearl Jam Rumoured For Glastonbury 2010 Slot

Pearl Jam have been all over the festival rumours lists this year, and its no surprise that they have now ended up a rumour for a Glastonbury slot.

The band have confirmed that they will be headline Hard Rock Calling 2010 on its opening night.

The gig takes places in London's Hyde park on the same weekend as Glastonbury 2010 and this has fuelled rumours that Pearl Jam will pop over to us and make their Worthy Farm debut.

Got any thoughts on this news? Please leave a comment and let us know.

Labels: 2010, Line-up, Pearl Jam, Rumour

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Strokes For Glastonbury Festival 2010?

The Strokes could be making an appearance at Glastonbury Festival 2010 following the news that they will be reforming next year.

The reform will take place in January 2010 after lead singer Julian Casablancas ends his solo tour.

The band have already confirmed that they will be playing at the Isle of White festival and Rockness which both take place over June 11th, 12th and 13th, making them candidates for a place at Glastonbury 2010.

They have also revelead that more festival dates are on the cards, however I can't find a source for this at the moment.

The alt-rock band are also have a new album out in time for the summer of 2010.

Labels: 2010, Line-up, Rumour, Strokes

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The Operation Self-Confirm Glastonbury 2010 Slot

The Operation have self-confirmed that they will be making an appearance at Glastonbury Festival 2010.

They've listed that they will be appearing in the Fluffy Rock Cafe in the Green Field.

The band confirmed this on their official Myspace page which you can visit here.

Labels: 2010, Confirmed, Line-up, The Operation

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U2 Delighted With Glastonbury Headline Slot

Irish Rockers U2 have revealed that they are excited about headlining Glastonbury Festival 2010.

Shortly after their confirmation this week, Bono added the following statement:

"Everyone in the band is very excited about it.

"We'll certainly be well-rehearsed, we'll be coming straight from the tour."

Muse look set to steal the next headline slot, and the Rolling Stones are rumoured to take the third.

Thanks for reading, more news soon!

Labels: 2010, Bono, Muse, News, Rolling Stones, Rumours, U2

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Glastonbury Ticket Information

Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2010 have currently sold out, with more believed to be released at random intervals in the new year.

Official Glastonbury organisers have stated that they will not announce when the tickets go back on sale but will let word of mouth do the work.

The best thing you can do is bookmark the official ticket page and check it daily throughout the new year.

I will try to do our absolute best to help, but I can only be at the computer so many hours of the day.

Buying

Do not buy Glastonbury tickets from anywhere accept the official ticket vendor see tickets. You can view the page here: official ticket page.

Touts are rife on the internet and you need to be vigilant. If in doubt ask the official website, or contact us here.

Glastonbury tickets are none refundable and cannot be used by another person.

Deposits

Glastonbury again gave the option of paying a £50 deposit on a Glastonbury ticket. If you change your mind about going you will receive £40 of it back.

The remainder of the ticket price has to be paid off any time before February 28th 2010.

For more in-depth ticket information I really advise you read the official ticket page here.

Labels: Ticket Info, Tickets

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