Glastonbury 2010

[deaths_friend]

^^

 

i guess i just never noticed in previous years. this is the first time im paying close attention to the whole process as (assuming next yr is a break year) i am planning on attending the next glasto in 2012. so trying to get my head around everything before i start planning my trip.

[Black Rose]

2012 is the next break year, so it doesn't clash with the Olympics

[deaths_friend]

oh well i'll guess i'll have to do every festival other than glastonbury that year! i did think it was a little suss having glasto in the same yr as the london games.

[MrMagpie]

Intense.

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/the-2010-line-up-is-revealed

[fietssleutel]

:surprised:

 

 

One day.. :shame:

[Black Rose]

Muse or Pet Shop Boys,

U2 or Flaming Lips

 

Damn you wee glastonbury for having so many good bands on...

[Italian Plastic]

Not a big fan of the headliners this year...

[secretspy]

:surprised:

 

 

One day.. :shame:

 

This!

[Black Rose]

Bring on the monorail

[mc_squared]

Bring on the monorail

 

What about the mud? Is that already being prepared?:P

[Mimixxx]

Lauren Laverne hosted a glasto preview show on 6 music today, including an interview with Michael Eavis. You can listen to it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00scdgy

[busybeeburns]

just seen this article too:

 

 

BBC6 Music does Glastonbury

 

Laverne has revealed that 6 Music will be the radio home of Glastonbury for its 40th year.

 

The digital station will dedicate 40 hours to continuous coverage, with live performances, exclusive interviews, festival news and material from the Glastonbury archives.

 

Laverne will join fellow presenters Steve Lamacq, Cerys Matthews, Craig Charles, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe and Tom Ravenscroft on-air. Festival headliners Orbital are also set to present a special show for 6 Music on Sunday 27th June ahead of their live festival set.

 

There will also be coverage on other BBC Radio outlets. Radio 1 will bring their listeners highlights from the festival with Fearne Cotton and Jo Whiley both presenting Glastonbury specials of their regular shows from the site.

 

Over on BBC Radio 4, they will focus on spoken word with the Glastonbury Poetry Diaries. Five poets appearing at the festival keep poetry diaries of their experiences. There will also be some comedy performances over the weekend.

 

Andy Parfitt, BBC's Controller of Popular Music, said: "6 Music will be back at Worthy Farm to offer the same breadth of coverage and capture all those quintessentially Glastonbury moments, from the headliners on the Pyramid Stage to the next big thing on the BBC Introducing stage. Complemented by Radio 1 and Radio 4's own take on the festival, BBC TV's consistently excellent capturing of the iconic Glastonbury performances and the extensive online offering, the BBC's coverage of this major cultural event will prove once again to be a must see/hear experience."

 

http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.5919

[Black Rose]

So does that mean less of the big stages and more from the smaller stages not covered by mainstream radio 1/2?

[fietssleutel]

Awesome. That's the only radio station I regularly listen to.

[Black Rose]

Last of the returned tickets went on sale today and sold out, so the tickets should be coming in the next couple weeks :D

[Black Rose]

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/pyramid-stage-openers-announced

 

Bah, so much for 'big' bands opening the pyramid stage up.

 

Rolf Harris, Tinchy Stryder & Yeovil Town Band

 

At least Rolf Harris will be a laugh :)

[Black Rose]

I can see me drifting towards this man friday night now

 

[Black Rose]

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/lineuptimes/

 

Now to make my list...

[mc_squared]

Glastonbury 2010: Thousands flock to the festival as temperatures soar

 

 

By Simon Cable

Last updated at 7:14 AM on 24th June 2010

 

 

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These days the hippies and new-age travellers are something of a minority at Glastonbury.

 

Instead the music festival is increasingly the preserve of the middle class – notably represented yesterday by gaggles of young women.

But there was no sign that they would make proceedings any more genteel – arriving as they did laden with alcohol.

 

Boot camp: These girls all brought their Hunter wellies yesterday, despite the promise of dry weather

 

 

Among them was Stacey Arrowsmith, proudly wheeling a teetering tower of beer and Diet Coke, while others were seen filling plastic bottles with vodka and wheeling crates of cider on to the site.

Within hours of arriving at the Somerset festival, many had posted messages to their friends on Twitter, with one claiming: ‘Too drunk already!’

Another wrote: ‘Glastonbury. Yeah! Drunk.’

However, there was no disguising the upmarket credentials of many of the fans.

Most of the young women among the 60,000 revellers who arrived at Worthy Farm were clad in designer Wellington boots, Topshop frocks and straw hats.

 

 

Trilby time: The hat is a must-have at the festival. Right, Stacey Arrowsmith wheeling a tower of beer

 

Hunter boots, costing £125 a pair and worn by Kate Moss during festival season, already appear to have become something of a must-have item at this year’s event.

Other must-haves are trilby hats as well as the Barbour jacket, worn by Fearne Cotton at the Isle of Wight festival.

Rolling up: Hannah Denny, 21, arrives at the festival

 

The music will not begin until Friday morning, but thousands arrived early after organisers agreed to show England’s football match against Slovenia on a giant screen.

Today Prince Charles will visit the festival as president of WaterAid, a charity which campaigns for sanitation the Third World and which is being publicised at the festival.

This year, music fans will be celebrating the 40th year of the event, with 140,000 expected to visit, each having paid almost £200 per ticket.

Many had been buoyed by the forecasters' predictions of high temperatures and sunshine for the three-day event, in place of the downpours of recent years.

Meteogroup is predicting the sunshine should hold out over the weekend, when headline acts such as Gorillaz, Muse and Stevie Wonder take the stage.

Forecaster Aisling Creevey said: 'It's looking really good. It's going to be dry, there will be some gentle south-westerly winds with maximum temperatures up to 21C.

'That's a little bit above the average for this time of year.'

Hundreds of different acts will perform over the weekend - from rock to jazz, hip-hop, trance and indie and everything in between.

 

The coveted Pyramid Stage headline slot has an eclectic mix this year.

Gorillaz - the animated, musical project which began life as a spin-off for Blur frontman Damon Albarn - will hope to impress the crowds on Friday after they filled U2's slot.

On Saturday, Muse will perform their stadium-pleasing heavy rock, while soul supremo Stevie Wonder closes the festival on Sunday night.

 

Other performers include Brit Award winners Florence And The Machine and Eighties electro stalwarts Pet Shop Boys appearing on the Other Stage.

Festival fashion: Playsuits and floral frocks with Hunger wellies are de rigeur at Glastonbury this year. Temperatures are predicted to soar this weekend

 

Here come the crowds: Thousands pour into Worthy Farm at Glastonbury Festival after gates opened at 8am on Wednesday

 

Upcoming acts Ellie Goulding, The xx and The Drums appear on the John Peel Stage - named after the late Radio 1 DJ.

Dance music aficionados can get their fill in the Dance Village - where live performances from N-Dubz and Kelis and DJ sets from Zane Lowe and Simian Mobile Disco are set to please.

Comedy, politics and theatre are all on offer too.

All 140,000 tickets to this year's event have been sold and in an attempt to ease traffic flow, which marred the opening of last year's event, the festival organisers opened up the site's car parks on Tuesday night.

Wellie wearers: The forecast is good for the 40th anniversary of the music festival. But canny campers know even a brief shower will turn the festival site into a mud bath

 

Everything but the kitchen sink: Music fans arrive with tents, gazebos, sleeping bags and all-weather clothing as well as plenty of alcohol as they search for the perfect camping spot

 

 

 

Thirsty work: Despite forecast of warm sunshine supplies for the weekend include wellies, hoodies and sleeping bags as well as shorts and plenty of cider - it is Somerset after all

 

 

 

Fashionistas flock in: Sunnies: check, wellies: check... the rest comes down to personal taste

 

On the opening day of last year's festival, there were tailbacks for miles and hours of delays as almost half of all ticket-holders arrived on the first day.

Avon and Somerset Police said the festival got off to a smooth start but said there were still the huge volumes of traffic filling the narrow country lanes surrounding the village of Pilton.

A spokesman said: 'It seems to be running smoothly, the only issue that we've been picking up is the traffic around the area.

'We had 15,000 vehicles on site by 10am, and there was still a lot to come.'

Carting the essentials: It's a long way from the carparks to the campsites... Revellers make the trip even though the music does not start until Friday

 

 

An innovative way to cart your supplies: Festival goers cart their belongings on trolleys and in wheelbarrows as they arrive at Worthy Farm in Somerset

 

She went on: 'Our advice would be to make sure you bring plenty of food and drink and be prepared for long queues.

'Everyone will get in eventually, it may just be a long wait.'

 

A spokesman said: 'If the weather is good - which it is expected to be - we expect more to turn up today than last year.

'We opened the car parks on Tuesday night in an attempt to ease the traffic jams we saw last year on the first day.'

In 2005, storms and flash flooding caused havoc at the site, with many festival-goers having to use their tents as makeshift boats to float around waterlogged areas.

In 2007, more rain ensured a similar mudbath, though a new draining system meant a repeat of 2005 was avoided.

 

Train to the festival: Castle Cary station is packed out as campers descend on the small town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparations: Festival-goers on their way to Glastonbury stop off at a shop in nearby Shepton Mallett to empty alcohol into plastic bottles - as glass is banned from the festival

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288915/Glastonbury-2010-Thousands-flock-festival.html#ixzz0rlKkHoDN

[mc_squared]

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/pyramid-stage-openers-announced

 

Bah, so much for 'big' bands opening the pyramid stage up.

 

Rolf Harris, Tinchy Stryder & Yeovil Town Band

 

At least Rolf Harris will be a laugh :)

 

Especially if he gets his "didgeridoo" out!:P

[iPsy]

:facepalm:

[mc_squared]

Hundreds of Glastonbury revellers treated for heat stroke as Britain prepares for 30C weekend

 

 

By Tom Kelly

Last updated at 4:58 PM on 25th June 2010

 

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Britain will sizzle in Mediterranean-style weather this weekend as temperatures soar into the mid eighties.

But the heat has already taken its toll on some, with 1,185 revellers at Glastonbury requiring treatment for heat-stroke and other sun-related ailments.

And if anxious England football fans weren't sweating enough already, the mercury is expected to hit the highest point of the year just as the team take the field to play Germany at 3pm on Sunday afternoon.

 

Enlarge Gimme shelter: These festival-goers hide from the blazing heat at Glastonbury in Somerset

 

 

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Cool it: An improvised shower keeps this couple (left) cool while Janine, Becky and Alisha from Reading opt for parasols to protect them from the sun's rays

 

 

Viewers back in Britain will bask in temperatures of up to 86F (30c), a full 50F (10c) higher than in Bloemfontein, South Africa, where the game is being played.

The heatwave is expected to continue for most of next week, with only occasional showers interrupting the sunshine.

Helen Chivers, forecaster from the Met Office, said: 'Much of the UK will be as hot as almost anywhere on the Mediterranean this weekend.

'There will be plenty of sunshine everywhere, with only a few brief showers in Northern Ireland and North-West Scotland.

'Sunday is expected be the hottest day of the year, with temperatures likely to hit the peak in the mid afternoon between 3pm and 4pm, which will coincide with the England game.'

John Newman, Head of Emergency Operations at St John Ambulance said people could take easy steps to avoid heat stroke.

 

He advised drinking water regularly whether you feel thirsty or not, wear a wide-brimmed hat and head for shade whenever possible. Stretching and flexing your muscles can help ease cramp brought on by dehydration.

 

Mr Newman warned: ‘Extreme heat can be dangerous, particularly for the very young and old, but by being prepared you can spot early warning signs of illness or care for someone who needs your help.

 

‘Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are the most serious problems to develop in a heatwave so it’s essential that people can spot the signs. These include headache, dizziness, a rapid pulse and disorientation.'

He said to treat someone suffering from heatstroke, remove with permission as much of their clothing as possible and dial 999 for an ambulance. Move them to a cool place and wrap them in a cold, wet sheet or a suitable alternative until their temperature falls.

 

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Hit the beach: Soaking up the rays on Newquay's Fistral Beach as Britain gets set for the hottest weekend of the year so far

 

 

 

 

The Greta River at Ashness Bridge in Cumbria is almost completely dry today, left, while the same view in June 2008, right, shows a full-flowing river

 

 

Bristol is predicted to be the warmest part of Britain tomorrow with temperatures likely to reach up to 28c (82F).

It will be almost as hot at Wimbledon where British hopeful Andy Murray will be battling it out with Gilles Simon in his third round match.

Officials at the All England Club expect to sell 1,000 bottles of suncream, while tennis fans will enjoy 8,615 punnets of strawberries.

Another 19,200 bottles of water are expected to be drunk along with 15,384 glasses of Pimm's, 7,600 pints of draught beer and 1,500 bottles of champagne.

 

This hot Cocker spaniel struggled to find any water on a walk in the New Forest in Hampshire. The long dry spell has dried up many of the streams running through the National park

 

Over 100,000 visitors are expected to descend on Bournemouth in Dorset this weekend to enjoy seven miles of sandy beaches.

At Glastonbury the traditional rain and mud has already been replaced by hot weather which has led to 1,185 revellers requiring treatment for heat-stroke and other sun-related ailments.

More casualties are expected today as thermometers at the Somerset music festival top 25c (77F).

The hot weather has also melted new tennis courts in Totnes, Devon.

South Hams District Council was forced to close the Tarmac courts in Borough Park during the day because of fears the surface was 'softening' up.

Staying clear: The park's famous pelicans stay safely on the banks of the lake to avoid getting covered in algae. The animals were first introduced to the park in 1664 as a gift from the Russian Ambassador

 

It comes after the council spent £125,000 on replacing the surface of the courts last year following years of complaints that when they became wet the players kept slipping over.

The warm weather has also caused rivers and lakes across Britain begin to dry up.

The Greta River at Ashness Bridge near Keswick in Cumbria has virtually dried up, as have many of the streams running through the National Park in the New Forest in Hampshire.

It has also been announced that a hosepipe ban could hit the North West this summer.

Temperatures are expected to hit 30c in central London on Sunday, eclipsing the previous hottest day of the year on May 24, when the mercury reached 28.8c (84F) at Heathrow Airport and the Olympic Park in east London.

 

Golden glow: Festival-goers watch the sunset from hammocks at Glastonbury in Somerset

 

Basking in the sun: Tennis fans enjoy the warm weather at Wimbledon, which is forecast to continue into the weekend with Sunday reaching 30c

 

 

 

 

THREE-DAY FORECAST

 

Tomorrow

North

Min: 14c; Max: 22c

South

Min: 17c; Max 29c

Sunday

North

Min: 16c; Max: 25c

South

 

Min: 17c; Max: 30c

Monday

North

Min: 11c; Max: 25c

 

South

Min: 12c; Max: 29c

 

 

 

Weather forecaster Steve Ellison, from MeteoGroup, said the heatwave was caused by a ridge of high pressure across central and eastern England.

The warm weather is expected to last for much of next weeks although there may be some showers on Tuesday.

The recent spell of warm weather has also triggered a burst of algae on the surface of the lake at St James's Park.

Even the ducks appeared to be struggling to paddle their way across the water in the London park because of the sudden bloom of spirogyra.

According to park staff who have been monitoring the situation, the blanket weed floated to the surface when it became hot and sunny and will now be raked over and removed.

A Park warden said: 'The algae often comes when the weather's hot. We drained the lake last year to get rid of the silt and we hoped that we'd also got rid of the algae but it's back with a vengeance again this year.

 

'The public hate it but I think it looks like a Monet painting.'

A spokeswoman for the Royal Parks said the algae was not an unusual sight during the summer and its presence indicated clear water in the lake.

She said: 'It thrives in bright, warm conditions and it's a good indicator of clear water.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289558/Glastonbury-finale-Englands-World-Cup-clash-Germany--weekend-hots-up.html#ixzz0rtFj5w9Z

[deaths_friend]

bit of footage out of glasto

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkWpLkZ2NWQ]YouTube- Gorillaz - Stylo (Glastonbury 2010) HQ[/ame]

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6m1g3DI8pM]YouTube- Kele Tenderoni Glastonbury 2010[/ame]

[Black Rose]

*returns slightly redder than before*

 

What a weekend!

[SueDeNimes]

Hi Dave!

I was just wondering if you're back home already!

How was it?

Are you in the mood yet to tell a bit? :wacko: