Worldwide Festivals

Okay..im not going! the tickets were sold out in 4 days! :o :( But the line up is so perfect! Friday METALLICA INCUBUS * FLOGGING MOLLY ALTER BRIDGE * SAT2D PORCUPINE TREE * JONATHAN DAVIS Saturday FOO FIGHTERS KAISER CHIEFS * EDITORS * KT TUNSTALL * MOKE THE VERVE * STEREOPHONICS *NOVASTAR * BAD RELIGION GROOVE ARMADA * JUSTICE Sunday RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE *ALANIS MORISSETTE * RACOON GAVIN DEGRAW * FICTION PLANE COUNTING CROWS * SERJ TANKIAN THE HIVES * CAVALERA CONSPIRACY THE WOMBATS * ROISIN MURPHY SAYBIA * PETE MURRAY * KATE NASH PATRICK WATSON

Diamond was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1984 US singer Neil Diamond is to perform at the Glastonbury Festival, organiser Michael Eavis has confirmed. The 67-year-old crooner, famed for hits like Sweet Caroline and Cracklin' Rosie, will play the event on Sunday. Mr Eavis, 72, organiser of the festival since 1970, said: "Neil Diamond is for people closer to my age." Registration to obtain tickets for this year's event, which takes place at Pilton Farm in Somerset from 27-29 June, opens on Friday. At last year's festival, Dame Shirley Bassey performed on Sunday and wore diamond-studded wellington boots to combat the muddy conditions. …

Before you’re permitted to buy a ticket for Glastonbury Festival 2008 you must first register online or complete a registration form. Organisers of Glastonbury will continue with the campaign to end touting, by making it essential for potential gig goers to register with the Festival before they are allowed to purchase tickets. Those who want to register are required to supply contact details and a standard passport photo and can only do so in February. Registration begins February 1st from 9am to the February 29th until midnight. Be aware that tickets will feature the photo you submit and if you’re buying for friends or family they will all have to register sepa…

I have heard some rumors about them adding an East coast show in August. Anyone else heard anything about this?

Glastonbury gears up for 2008 festival Ticket details for this year's event are announced Ticket details for this year’s Glastonbury festival have been announced by the organisers. Tickets will go on sale to the public on April 6 - as in recent years this is a Sunday. In an identical move to last year, applicants will have to register their photo and contact details at Glastonburyfestivals.co.uk or by filling in a photo registration which will be made available at camping store chain Millets. Each registrant will be issued with a unique identification number which will correspond to their photo. The photos will then be printed on each personalised ticket…

The Police to top bill at Isle of Wight Festival Last updated at 12:16pm on 26th November 2007 Comments Classic rockers The Police were confirmed today as headliners for one of the country's top music festivals. The band, fronted by Sting, will perform at the Isle of Wight Festival, following on from the Rolling Stones who topped the bill at this year's event. Isle of Wight Festival promoter John Giddings said: "It's a coup to get The Police for the festival. We're very happy to have the biggest tour of the last two years stopping by the Isle of Wight." The Police, famous for hits Roxanne and Every Breath You Take, are currently touring Central and…

The man's death is not being treated as suspicious, police said A 26-year-old man has died in Yeovil District Hospital after a suspected drugs overdose at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. The man, believed to be from the West Midlands, was found unconscious by festival staff in the Park Farm area of the site early on Saturday. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset police said that a full post-mortem examination would now be carried out. His death is not being treated as suspicious, he added. 'Tent thefts' Police said crime at the festival at this stage was "slightly down" on 2005 but the number of arrests were "well up". The spok…

Glastonbury looks to ditch 'middle-aged, respectable' clientele Last updated at 13:00pm on 12th July 2007 Comments The organiser of Glastonbury Festival wants to attract younger people to next year's event after claiming it had become "too middle-aged" and "respectable". Michael Eavis said the decision to sell tickets online for this year's event had attracted an older clientele, at the expense of teenagers. Around 40 per cent of tickets will be sold via phone lines next year to help get youths back to the legendary three-day event in Somerset. Scroll down for more... Plenty of exuberance on display from Glastonbury crowds this year, but for organi…

A new music festival catering for up to 90,000 people over three days is being planned for Swansea's Singleton Park. Promoters say established international and Welsh artists will play indie, rock and dance music on multiple stages at the event next July. They say the aim is to develop Fflam - Welsh for flame - into Wales' answer to Scotland's T in the Park. The event has been welcomed by Swansea Council which said it would put the city on the "music festival map". The festival, which will run from 13 - 15 July, is being promoted by Straight Music Ltd, which has worked on UK tours for the likes of Eminem and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Director John Curd said: "Our aim…

Music festival off as floods hit An indie music festival in Oxfordshire has been postponed after heavy rain left much of the site under several feet of water. The Truck Festival was due to have hosted acts such as Idlewild, Jack Penate and Lethal Bizzle this weekend. But a statement said the camping, parking and audience areas were "underwater and dangerous". Meanwhile, organisers of the Glade dance festival in Berkshire have said their event will go ahead. Gates were closed after severe weather on Friday, but were later re-opened. Truck, which is often described as a smaller Glastonbury because of its friendly atmosphere, was expecting 5,000 fans. Tick…

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A day of concerts across the globe intended to exceed Live Aid in scale and ambition is to be held this summer to highlight the issue of climate change. Organisers of the event, scheduled to take place on 7 July, hope to amass a worldwide television audience of two billion people in order to present the message about global warming. The series of co-ordinated concerts in seven cities - London, Washington DC, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and Kyoto - is expected to be announced today by the former American vice-president Al Gore, who is now a figurehead of the campaign against climate change. Promoters of the event, which will be branded "SOS", yesterday pro…

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Iggy Pop closed The Other Stage on Saturday night with a typically manic performance. He jumped into the crowd during his set and had to be removed by security. The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers wore a lurex suit for his set. The American band rounded off Saturday night's line-up on the Pyramid Stage. Earlier, Birmingham quartet Editors appeared on the Other Stage with their more soberly dressed frontman Tom Smith. As the party went on around them, organisers did their best to clear the mud. But like this young music fan, most festival goers were dirty but not defeated by the conditions. Scottish singer Paolo Nutini performed a soulful set on …

Many revellers face a long journey back home Thousands of people were delayed leaving the Glastonbury Festival on Monday because of bad weather. Cars and camper vans got stuck in the mud as the rain continued to fall, and tractors were drafted in to tow vehicles out of the car parks. Police handed out 3,000 space blankets to those trying to get home, and the Red Cross were treating queues at the railway station at Castle Cary. It was also reported that some buses had failed to turn up. One concerned mother said: "My son was on a combined ticket with coach and has spent nearly seven hours waiting in the cold and rain without shelter for a coach back to Co…

Everything is sucked out using a hose and a vacuum tank GLASTO TOILET TRIVIA 3,220 toilets in total 540 more than 2005 70 toilet sites 700 metres of urinals 64 female "she-pee" urinals 35 disabled toilets 22 toilet-emptying tractor crews The basic, often-overflowing Glastonbury toilets are the stuff of legend, like the music and the mud. And the crews who empty and clean them have the least desirable jobs at the festival. So what is life like on the front line with the toilet teams? Our candid feature leaves no stone unturned. At a block of portable toilets, a man in a white waterproof suit charges into one of the makeshift loos with a large gree…

And its not U2 or Muse Michael Eavis confirmed to NME this morning that following the huge success of this years Glastonbury, plans are in motion for another in 2008 and a band has already been booked to headline. Eavis won't comment on who it is but has already confirmed that it will NOT be U2 or Muse, saying 'we don't need U2'. Interestingly Thom Yorke has been spotted at the Glasto festival over the weekend, so Radiohead are a strong possibility along with Coldplay who last headlined back in 2005. Other rumours (mostly made up by myself) include The Rolling Stones, Oasis, David Bowie, Sir Paul McCartney and R.E.M

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has praised festival-goers' spirit after heavy rain blighted the three-day event. Mr Eavis, who began the festival on his Somerset farm in 1970, said the weekend had "gone very, very well, in spite of the rain and mud". But conditions have improved, with the sun shining for Dame Shirley Bassey's set on the main Pyramid stage. The Who and Kaiser Chiefs are also on the bill for the festival's final day. "It's a pity about the rain, but it seems to be a regular feature of the English summer, so the festival compensates for it," Mr Eavis told reporters. "Someone phoned me from Spain and said they would swap all the …

The Killers gave a glittering performance US band The Killers headlined Glastonbury Festival's second full day as festival-goers shrugged off muddy conditions on the site. The 177,500 revellers on the Somerset site are coping with more rain as the final day of the event gets under way. The Who, Kaiser Chiefs, The Gossip, the Chemical Brothers and Dame Shirley Bassey are among the acts due to play. Meanwhile, a 26-year-old man from the West Midlands has died after a suspected drugs overdose. He was found unconscious by festival staff in the Park Farm area of the site near Pilton during the early hours of Saturday morning. Rain and mud The weather …

And the forecast for Glastonbury is... very muddy Last updated at 11:52am on 18th June 2007 Comments (1) Carry on regardless: the festival's founder, Michael Eavis A record 180,000 people will attend Glastonbury this year - and they are all going to get wet. The forecast for the music festival is rain, more rain and thunderstorms. As the gates open at the Somerset site on Wednesday, fans can expect light showers, followed by heavy showers the next day. By Friday - when the festival officially begins -there will be driving rain with thunder and lightning. And the forecast for those staying home is no better, with deluges expected in London…

The Who, The Killers and Arctic Monkeys will be headlining on the Pyramid Stage during the three-day event. Among the more than 200 acts listed are Rufus Wainwright, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, The Gossip, Paul Weller, Chemical Brothers and Shirley Bassey. The festival, which starts on 22 June, will be the largest yet, with an extended capacity of 177,500.

Mr Eavis and his land had a year off in 2006 to recover The gates have opened for this year's Glastonbury Festival, and founder Michael Eavis spoke ahead of the event about its expansion, line-up and future. "Go on, fire away." Mr Eavis, speaking from his Somerset farm where he founded the festival 37 years ago, is in a hurry. "I haven't got much time, okay? Just start talking." Glastonbury has become a British summer institution, its legend stretching far beyond the music scene, and is returning after a year off. And there are just days to go. We start talking, quickly, about whether there is a danger that the festival could become too big. The even…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/webcam/webcam1.shtml Sorry our webcam has broken. It had been happily working until Tuesday before the festival. We will try and fix it but as it is at the top of a telegraph pole it is going to be hard for us to get at it. :inquisitive: You can look back over the archive at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbcglastonburywebcam

A handful of tickets went missing during postal delivery Music fans whose Glastonbury tickets went missing in the post have been assured they will be able to attend this weekend's festival. Organiser Michael Eavis told BBC Radio One that the 70-80 people affected have been contacted, and will receive duplicate passes at the gates. Royal Mail says it is carrying out an "urgent investigation" into how the £145 passes were misplaced. The festival has now opened its doors, with the first act playing on Thursday. Largest ever London-based singer-songwriter Beans On Toast opens proceedings on the Left Field stage, which promotes political activism. Act…

What makes a perfect festival anthem? A great, soul-stirring melody? A simple lyric that everyone can sing along with? Or is it simply a question of timing – that glorious, unplannable collision of time and place, when a band catches a wave of mainstream exposure, and find themselves playing for a 50,000-strong crowd on the very day their album rockets to Number One? Whatever it is, some tracks never fail to spark utter mayhem when unleashed at festivals. Here’s our Top 5… Hey Jude There’s no excuse for not knowing the words to that epic outro… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv1wf27GE0c The Scientist Coldplay’s majestic, wide-screen tearjerker was custom-mad…