'Three biggest bands' set for Glastonbury 2011

[Black Rose]

If it's like last year the full-ish line-up will come out early May time, with the actual stage times to come out nearer the festival.

[The Final Track]

Full line-up has been released. It looks good

[Black Rose]

Resale is this Sunday.

I'm guessing they had quite a few cancellations by releasing the full line-up early.

[NumbersGirl]

Really? They made it sound like there would hardly be any left a little while ago.

Not that it really matters to me, since I'm not going.

[Black Rose]

How many people must have just forgot to pay the balance in that one week?

[deaths_friend]

it's incredible. i've never been to this festival but i still get excited about it every year. with less than a week to go. here are the full set times for the two main stages.


Pyramid Stage, Friday
U2 22:00-23:45
Morrissey 20:00-21:15
Biffy Clyro 18:15-19:15
B.B. King 16:30-17:45
Wu-Tang Clan 15:00-16:00
Two Door Cinema Club 13:30-14:30
Metronomy 12:05-13:00
The Master Musicians of Joujouka 11:00-11:40

Pyramid Stage, Saturday
Coldplay 22:15-23:45
Elbow 20:15-21:30
Paolo Nutini 18:30-19:30
Tinie Tempah 17:00-18:00
Rumer 15:30-16:20
The Gaslight Anthem 13:45-14:45
Tame Impala 12:15-13:15
Stornoway 11:00-11:45

Pyramid Stage, Sunday
Beyoncé 21:45-23:15
Pendulum 19:45-21:00
Plan B 18:15-19:15
Paul Simon 16:30-17:45
Laura Marling 15:00-16:00
Don McLean 13:30-14:30
The Low Anthem 12:10-13:00
Fisherman's Friends 11:00-11:45

Other Stage, Friday
Primal Scream 22:30-23:45
Mumford & Sons 20:45-22:00
Fleet Foxes 19:10-20:15
Bright Eyes 17:35-18:40
The Wombats 16:10-17:05
The Vaccines 14:50-15:40
The Naked & Famous 13:30-14:20
Brother 12:15-13:05
Chipmunk 11:00-11:50

Other Stage, Saturday
The Chemical Brothers 22:30-23:45
White Lies 21:00-22:00
Friendly Fires 19:30-20:30
Jimmy Eat World 18:00-19:00
The Kills 16:30-17:30
Jessie J 15:00-16:00
Twilight Singers 13:30-14:30
Treetop Flyers 12:20-13:00
Alice Gold 11:00-11:50

Other Stage, Sunday
Queens of the Stone Age 22:00-23:15
Kaiser Chiefs 20:30-21:30
Eels 19:00-20:00
TV on the Radio 17:30-18:30
Bombay Bicycle Club 16:00-17:00
Noisettes 14:30-15:30
Cold War Kids 13:05-14:00
Clare Maguire 12:00-12:40
Dan Mangan 11:00-11:35

[deaths_friend]

seems like i'm the only one who is interested. so i'll just talk to myself.

i finished exams this week and nothing to do so i made a hypothetical timetable for myself.

FRIDAY

12 - 12:40 Stonefield
1:30 - 2:30 - TDCC
Until 3 - Miles Kane
3:30 - 4:30 - Jenny and Jonny
5 - 6 - Katy B
6:10 - 7 - I am kloot
7:10 - 8:15 - Fleet Foxes
8 - 9:15 - Special Guests
or
8:45 - 10 - Mumford
10 - 11:45 - U2
11:45 - 12:15 - Crystal Castles
?????????? - Fatboy Slim

SATURDAY

12:15 - 13:15 - Tame Impala
13:15 - 13:50 - Yuck
2 - 2:45 - The Gaslight Anthem
3 - 3:45 - Pulled Apart by Horses
4 - 4:40 - Patrick Wolf
4:50 - 5:40 - Warpaint
6:10 - 7 - Warpaint
7:45 - 9 - Special Guests
or
8:15 - 9:30 - Elbow
10:30 - 11:45 - The Chemical Brothers
11:45 - 12:15 - Wild Beasts

SUNDAY

1 - 1:40 - Foster the People
2:00 - Cold War Kids
3 - 4 - Laura Marling
5:30 - 6:30 - TV on the Radio
8 - 9 - Lykke Li
9:15 - 10:25 - City + Colour
10:30 - 11:15 - Queens of the Stone Age

i know most of it is quite ambitious.

[mc_squared]

Glaston-buried: Fans drown in sea of mud and the music hasn't even started yet


By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 5:37 PM on 23rd June 2011

Festival fans were contending with muddy mayhem at Glastonbury today after yesterday's torrential downpours turned the 900-acre site into a quagmire.

Every inch of Worthy Farm has become a mud bath as early arrivals gear up for the beginning of the main event tomorrow.

Welly-clad music fans put on brave faces despite hundreds of tents flooding and treacherous conditions underfoot.

Welly-clad music fans put on brave faces despite hundreds of tents flooding and treacherous conditions underfoot.


Quagmire: A festival-goer carefully walks through a puddle. There'll be a lot more where those came from


Desperate measures: Site workers try to suck mud from the market areas close to the Pyramid Stage in an attempt to dry them before the main event begins




Dare to bare: With conditions this bad, the only solution is...shorts. As small as possible, so there's less to get a soaking. Negotiating tricky patches with aplomb will be the order of the weekend for the best dressed festival goers

Tent city: Aerial view of the Glastonbury Festival taken today. Over the course of a few days Glastonbury becomes the home to thousands of party goers creating a temporary town twice the size of the city of Bath








FESTIVAL FORECAST

THURSDAY: Worthy Farm saw some showers this morning, but these have now moved away leaving a dry day with lots of sunny spells.

However, it will still be breezy at times with temperatures up to around 18C. Tonight will be a dry but chilly night with temps around 11C.

FRIDAY: As the festivities begin in earnest they weather will be dry with more sunny spells.

Unfortunately as the day progresses the cloud cover will increase, meaning there is the chance of a shower in the afternoon and a wet evening looks likely – so wellies are definitely needed.

WEEKEND: The weekend weather is looking good with some warm temperatures in the low 20’s and even up to 25C on Sunday with more sunny spells – so time for the sun tan lotion.

It will be breezy but again the nights are looking dry with temperatures of 12C on Saturday night and 15C overnight on Sunday.


Glastonbury Festival organisers in tractors have been dumping tonnes of straw and bark onto the ground in a bid to combat the boggy conditions.

A week of wet weather has saturated the 1,100-acre site and turned large areas into a huge bog with mud up to eight inches deep.

Revellers were woken in the early hours of yesterday morning by torrential rain beating down on their tents.

But the rain and mud failed to dampen the spirits of the festival-goers - who took turns to dance and dive through the mire.
Egged on by his mates, 17-year-old student Tom, from Kent, performed headlong dives on demand to cheer up arrivals trudging through the sodden 900-acre site.
Countless efforts left him caked in mud from head to toe, with dairy farm sludge stuck in the braces on his teeth.

But he declared with a grin: 'If I run out of clothes, I'll just do it naked.'
His dives received roars of approval from hundreds of onlookers along with the group of friends he was camping with.

Best friend Callum Burgess, also 17, said: 'I'm supposed to share a tent with him but he can sleep outside. Look at the state of him.'
Chris Darch, 24, from London, said: 'It bucketed down with rain at about 5am and made the site look like the Battle of the Somme.
'It's not what we wanted but everyone seems to be making the best of it. The kids are playing in the puddles, the adults are dancing in it and one mad lad even performed a dive through the mud.'

In for a penny... Tom Wilder, 17, from Kent, gets into the festival spirit and performs a dramatic slide in the Glastonbury Festival mud
Having far too much fun: Spirits are high despite the deluge. And welly manufacturers must be having a field day too



Baling out: Market traders lay straw down in market areas close to the Pyramid Stage. Ach! is that a speck of mud on my leg? (right) It certainly is.




The half-mud princesses: Flower child Mila from Wales arrives in her floral carriage, aka pushchair, while four-year-old Lyra Warrilow from Rugby enjoys her third Glastonbury dressed as a princess. Spot the handy waterproof all-in-one under that sparkly skirt





Those tiger feet: A pride of big cats take the necessary precautions with their paw-wear. But where's the sunshine?


U2 'TAX DODGE' PROTEST




U2's Glastonbury set will be interrupted by an 'unmissable' protest against the band's alleged 'tax dodge', campaigners vowed today.
Direct action group Art Uncut is plotting a 'visual spectacular' during the Irish band's headline appearance on the Pyramid Stage.
The protest is expected to involve a giant inflatable let off by the group. Placards will also be held up declaring 'Bono tax dodger' and 'Bono pay up'.
The group is staying tight-lipped over details of the protest but campaign member Anna Walker, 32, said: 'Everyone there will see it.
'If the BBC do not broadcast it, there is little doubt that it will have been an editorial decision.'
Fellow campaigner Charlie Dewar added: 'U2's multimillion euro tax dodge is depriving the Irish people at a time when they desperately need income to offset the Irish government's savage austerity programme.
'Tax nestling in the band's bank account should be helping to keep open the hospitals, schools and libraries that are closing all over Ireland.
'Bono is well known for his anti-poverty campaigning but Art Uncut is accusing him of hypocrisy.'


A total of 177,000 revellers are expected to attend the festival, which gets underway in earnest on Friday when the music starts on the main stages.

U2, Morrissey and Biffy Clyro will take to the famed Pyramid Stage on Friday night as the festival gets into full swing.

Coldplay will headline the main stage on Saturday night and Beyonce on Sunday. Acts appearing on other stages include Chipmunk, Chase And Status and Primal Scream.

Avon and Somerset Police said 36 arrests were made on Wednesday - the opening day - for a variety of offences including possession of drugs, theft and assault.
A quantity of drugs, some believed to be Class A substances and legal highs, were recovered and taken away for examination.

Inspector Chris Morgan said: 'We are pleased with the way the festival has been going so far.

'It is early days but reported crime is lower than the same time last year but our proactive patrols have made a higher number of arrests - demonstrating our determination to ensure that all festival goers have a safe and happy time here - despite the mud.'

There are eight regular police officers and 40 special constables patrolling the site at Worthy Farm near Pilton, Somerset.Diving face down through Britain's biggest mudbath, teenage reveller Tom Wilder ensured the Glastonbury cheers started early.
Clouds cleared over the Pilton hills last night, but the rain returned this morning and is due for a reprise later today - the best weather is not expected until Sunday.

More than half the ticket-holders for the sold out event will have squelched their way to the site by tonight. But early arrivals' efforts to secure prize camping spots were confounded by yesterday's monsoon-like conditions.
Hundreds of tents were flooded within a few hours as torrential downpours began shortly after gates opened and fans began streaming in.








Treacherous conditions: Festival goers traipse through the mud around an ice cream van at the Glastonbury Festival. Anyone for a 99?








That sinking feeling: One happy festival goer enjoys her mud bath, left, while this colourful character, middle, seems less impressed by the goo underfoot. Meanwhile someone else, right, looks as if he's had a bit too much of everything, not just mud

Campers hauling their bags and beers along the slippery thoroughfares were even told to pitch tents on hills to escape the worst of the wet conditions.

Marc Saunders, 31, from Bath, pitched his tent in driving rain with his five-year-old daughter Sam and wife Sarah.

He said: 'We say it's "go hard or go home". We're thrilled to be here, the place is magical - even in the mud.' Another early arrival, 19-year-old James Street, from Belfast, was caked in mud from head to toe after slipping in a puddle.


Go hard or go home: Muddy revellers chill out at the stone circle during the evening celebrations at Glastonbury last night. Finding a high spot out of the mud was a good plan



Nearly there lads, watch it doesn't all fall out...A group set off to pitch their tent. Have they got the kitchen sink in there?



He said: 'I'm drenched, obviously. But it's great just to be here with my pals. Legendary place, legendary line-up. We're not interested in the headliners - there's so much more to see.'
The first of the main acts take to the Pyramid Stage tomorrow, when the wet weather is expected to return. Among a host of theatrical events at the site will be Glastonbury's own version of La Tomatina.

Other new elements for this year include The Spirit of 71 stage, with acts that played at the festival 40 years ago.


It started well: Festival goers and assorted druids cheer as they gather at the Stone Circle to see the sun set at Worthy Farm, Pilton

Beyonce, who fell in love with the Somerset festival after watching husband Jay-Z perform three years ago, is believed to have cleared her diary to party in Pilton over three days.

Rapper Jay-Z is even money with bookmakers Ladbrokes to join his wife on stage this Sunday.
When Somerset farmer Michael Eavis organised the first festival 41 years ago, he combined a typical pop festival with a more traditional harvest-type event.

[mc_squared]

So Glastonbury fans really are getting older! Gran proves she's no stick in the mud



By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 9:18 AM on 24th June 2011


If you think music festivals should remain the preserve of the young, look away now.
Undeterred by the mud, rain...and throngs of youngsters, this grey-haired Glastonbury fan pushed what appeared to be a walking frame through the crowds yesterday.
She and thousands more had descended upon the 900-acre site at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, which was churned up by a second morning of torrential rain.

Pensioner pop? A grey-haired woman pushes a walking frame through crows of young festival fans at Glastonbury yesterday

Many were left queuing to buy wellies, umbrellas and waterproof ponchos, but as you might expect from the older generation, this lady looked well kitted out.
The festival begins in earnest at 11am today when bands take to the main pyramid stage. Up to 170,000 are expected to attend
But although fans seem undeterred by predictions of another downpour tonight, the weather has already caused some problems. On-site medics have treated dozens – many of whom have hurt themselves slipping over in the mud.

[mc_squared]

Anybody up for some MUDford and Sons later?

[Black Rose]

I'm feeling a little bit better at not going this year

[Juanma]

[mc_squared]

Confirmed line-up for the GlastonBURIED "mudfest" 2011:

Mudford & Sons
Coldclay
Goo-2
Two Door Swim-ema Club
Morrisea
Wetronomy
Paul Swimon
Fisherman's Friends
Sleet Foxes
The Womboats
Shipmunk
Eels
Yuck
Laura Marlin
Fatboy Swim

[mc_squared]

As expected, U2's set was awesome. Very impressive indeed!
However, Bono should have done a "Chris" and sung "Where The Streets Have No Drain", "In The Name of Flood", or "Rainday, Floody Rainday"...........

[Italian Plastic]

what i've seen of Beyonce's set has been amazing

not kidding?