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The notoriously muddy Glastonbury festival takes place in Somerset, South west England. It features headliners Kings of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve alongside over 300 other acts including Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty and Massive Attack. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Disappointing? Glasto Just Seems Normal From Here Jun 28, 2008
Glen Hansard and Marketa Iglova, otherwise known as 'those two from that film called Once" grace the tiny acoustic stage. SHAKIN STEVENS - I mean, come on! How many pink suited Elvis-loving Welshmen have existed in this world? He's had his ups and downs but the comeback starts here.THE RACONTEURS - Jack White from the White Stripes other band bring some Zep-heavy riffs to the main stage. Straight after James Blunt, actually, which should be interesting. JAY Z - a small upcoming artist who needs... (Sky News)
Soggy Glastonbury starts rocking Jun 28, 2008
US rock band Kings of Leon have closed the first full day of the Glastonbury Festival, as more than 130,000 fans partied on the Somerset site. The band - three brothers and a cousin from Tennessee - topped the bill on the main Pyramid Stage. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Even the Queen is feeling the crunch as Jun 28, 2008
" That's hilarious. Royal finances are more transparent and give better value for money than the elected bit of the Government. william Haines, northwood, The Queen is glorious and worth every pennyAlbert Cooper, Norwich, NorfolkSurely the amount of tourism revenue and associated tax would more than cover the 40 million. Just having the monarchy in this country must generate attract an enormous number of foreign tourists.Michael, London, She should get down to B&Q and organise a bit of DIY -... (Times Online)
Scrapyard fire causes tailbacks ahead of Glastonbury Jun 27, 2008
Glastonbury Festival 2008. Smoke from a fire in a nearby scrapyard drifts across the festival site. (guardian.co.uk)
Pilton profits? Jun 27, 2008
And it is a decent money-spinner - doling out chocolate and sandwiches, hot drinks and water to many of the 20,000 people expected to use the station to get to and then depart from the Glastonbury Festival, held just a couple of miles down the road ... This seemingly inconsequential story about a small kiosk, two friendly locals, and a stack of sugary food and drink gives a small insight into the peculiar economy that is the Glastonbury Festival - one that is estimated to have generated more... (BBC News -- UK)
Sir Paul hits 3,000 in Russia Jun 27, 2008
Next weekend he will play the Glastonbury festival for the first time. SEE ALSO: 02 Jun 04 | Entertainment 21 Apr 03 | Entertainment 01 Mar 04 | Entertainment 13 May 04 | Entertainment 27 Feb 04 | Entertainment. (Yahoo News -- The Beatles)
Baby rescued from River Thames dies Jun 27, 2008
Glastonbury festival. Enjoying the sun, rather than mud, at Worthy Farm in Pilton ahead of Glastonbury Festival 2008. (Times Online)
Rain Greets Start Of Glastonbury Jun 27, 2008
The most over-hyped, hotly-debated Glastonbury Festival yet finally hits its stride today when the main stages all open for business ... The founder of the Glastonbury Festival says he is capping the fees paid to bands because he wants more money to go to charity. (Sky News)
The beat goes on Jun 27, 2008
The Glastonbury Festival has had more than its fair share of ups and downs in its 38-year history. On the eve of this year's festival, here is a guide to its best, worst and most downright bizarre moments. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Bill Murray, Paris Hilton, Wesley Snipes Jun 27, 2008
Despite heavy showers at the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, most fans were refusing to let the weather get in the way of the party, withacts like Kings of Leon, Pete Doherty, Jimmy Cliff and Fatboy Slim due to take the main stages this weekend. The event in Somerset is in its 38th year. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Does the Glastonbury Fest Still Rock? Jun 27, 2008
The farm is currently surrounded by the vast, temporary canvas city known as the Glastonbury Festival, a massive outdoor music and performing arts festival which the 72-year-old Eavis has hosted since 1970. Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, Leonard Cohen, Kings of Leon, Jimmy Cliff, Manu Chao, Fatboy Slim and hundreds of other acts will perform on over a dozen stages starting Friday. (Time.com)
Glastonbury: The best party on the planet Jun 26, 2008
The Glastonbury Festival was voted one of the best parties on the planet in a survey on the Rough Guide website ... Last year, the Glastonbury Festival was voted one of the best parties on the planet in a survey on the Rough Guide website beating out such events as the Trinidad Carnival, New Orleans Mardi Gras, Munich Oktoberfest and the Burning Man Festival. (Independent)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Jun 26, 2008
Fears are increasing that Amy Winehouse's poor health could prevent her from playing at the Glastonbury Festival. Senator Barack Obama has urged his biggest financial donors to help bail out his defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Glastonbury Festival fails to sell out Jun 25, 2008
Thousands of tickets are still available for the Glastonbury Festival with only a day to go before the gates open ... " Chrispin Aubrey, Glastonbury Festival spokesman External Links You might also be interested in Lesley Garner helps a retiring woman trapped in despair. Where to find the season's best designer shades. As China's economy soars will America's power decline? The great and the good pass verdict on the Brown year. Advertisement EDITOR'S CHOICE Advertisement Advertisement... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Got a flat mobile phone battery? Try dancing Jun 25, 2008
The portable kinetic energy chargers will be given a test run at the Glastonbury Festival this weekend, the world's biggest greenfield music and arts celebration. Orange said the prototype chargers weigh the same as a phone and are about the size of a pack of cards. (NEWS.com.au)
PS3 costs sony 3.3bn dollars - and it may struggle to earn the ... Jun 25, 2008
Help me choose the track I'll sing at the Glastonbury Festival. Grand Theft Auto, which was primarily developed by the Scottish company Rockstar North The UK needs game development staff. (guardian.co.uk)
How wedding couple sparked UFO alert Jun 25, 2008
The couple first saw the glow lanterns at the Glastonbury festival last year and thought they would make an ideal alternative to fireworks for their "mini festival" wedding party for 150 guests in a field near Cowbridge. Mr Thomas bought 100 lanterns on an internet auction site and set off about 30 - with guests making wishes - from about 2300 GMT on 7 June until 0200 GMT on 8 June. (BBC News -- UK)
Glastonbury tickets remain unsold Jun 25, 2008
About 3,000 tickets are still unsold for this year's Glastonbury Festival, a day before gates are due to open ... Amy Winehouse played two sets at last year's Glastonbury festival. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Winehouse begins gig rehearsals Jun 25, 2008 Bring on the horns Jun 25, 2008 Winehouse Dad's Overblown Diagnosis Jun 24, 2008 Wellies packed? Jun 24, 2008 Singer Winehouse has lung disease Jun 24, 2008 Bassey pulls out of Mandela gig Jun 24, 2008 Amy has emphysema Jun 24, 2008 Amy Winehouse's Father Clarifies Diagnosis, Sort Of: 'She Has A Small Amount Of Emphysema' Jun 24, 2008 Amy Winehouse Diagnosed With Emphysema, Singer's Father Says Jun 24, 2008 Jay-Z gets into the spirit of Glastonbury to silence critics Jun 23, 2008 Dad says Winehouse has emphysema Jun 23, 2008 Jay-Z Defends Glastonbury Festival Criticism Jun 22, 2008 Will Amy Winehouse pull up from her death spiral? Jun 22, 2008 Rapper says hip-hop 'should be respected like any other art form' Jun 21, 2008 Winehouse may have tuberculosis Jun 21, 2008 Winehouse 'still hopes to sing' Jun 21, 2008 Today's AthFest 2008 lineup Jun 21, 2008 Amy Winehouse Still Hospitalized, But Hopes To Perform Next Week Jun 21, 2008 Eco mobile phone recharging pod at Glastonbury Festival supplied ... Jun 18, 2008 Rhythm n' BoozeCan festivals catapult small drinks brands onto the main stage? Jun 17, 2008 Amy Winehouse's dad takes her to hospital after collapse Jun 17, 2008 Wind Power Harnessed At Glastonbury Jun 16, 2008 New Polanski Scandal Jun 12, 2008 Cut Copy Buckles Down For Extensive Tour Jun 12, 2008 Bitch and Famous Jun 12, 2008 Thousands of tickets for Glastonbury remain unsold Jun 11, 2008 Last Glastonbury tickets go on sale Jun 11, 2008 G-Last Chance Jun 10, 2008 Black Lips Talk About Touring With Raconteurs -- And What They're Not Allowed To Do Onstage Jun 9, 2008 Hello Glastonbury! Are you ready to rock and recycle? Jun 8, 2008 Sizzling summer music festivals Jun 6, 2008 Duffy: Mick Jagger still sexy Jun 5, 2008 Coldplay's Kylie collaboration 'too sexy' for new album Jun 3, 2008 Summer's Hottest, Must-Not-Miss Shows Jun 3, 2008 Shirley Bassey leaves hospital after emergency stomach surgery May 31, 2008 T. Rex, the Kinks ... Stackridge? Return of unsung band that started it all off May 31, 2008 Sir Paul hits 3,000 in Russia May 31, 2008 Bassey 'recovering' after surgery May 28, 2008 Weather grounds Dame Shirley May 28, 2008 Here comes the sun? Glastonbury prepares for scorcher May 28, 2008 Green.view: No more pyrotechnics May 27, 2008 Ting Tings take top UK album May 26, 2008 Deep Weller: A rock god at 50 May 25, 2008 Amy Winehouse to play Glastonbury May 24, 2008 News Quote Of The Moment "People will love his performance. I hope the best for Jay-Z. My man 'Jigger' is going to get out there and prove them wrong." - R&B star Usher shares his thoughts on Jay-Z headlining Glastonbury Festival. May 24, 2008 Amy Winehouse confirmed for Glastonbury Festival May 22, 2008 Amy Winehouse to perform at Glastonbury May 22, 2008 How the Tate got streetwise May 11, 2008 Rocker Pete Doherty Freed From Prison May 8, 2008 Doherty released early May 8, 2008 'I'm getting out from the shadows' May 6, 2008 Pete Doherty released from jail May 6, 2008 Pete Doherty gets early release - after serving one third of his ... May 3, 2008 Crowded House to play Glastonbury May 2, 2008 Shakey meets Jay-Z at Glastonbury May 2, 2008 Honoring the Godfather May 2, 2008 Glasto unveils full line-up May 2, 2008 Beyonce, Jay-Z wedding confirmed Apr 23, 2008 Chasing the music of one moment Apr 21, 2008 Andy Cowan: Noises Off Apr 20, 2008 Glastonbury Festival announces more acts Apr 19, 2008 Music fans urged to catch a bus Apr 19, 2008 Editor attacks "has-been" Noel Gallagher Apr 17, 2008 Where's your guitar, Jay-Z? Apr 17, 2008 Oasis singer blames rap for festival's low sales Apr 16, 2008
She is due to perform at a gig to mark Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday and Glastonbury festival at the weekend. Her spokesman added it "looks likely" she will sing but they are awaiting "the final sign-off" from the doctors. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Mobile phone battery dead? Try dancing Jun 25, 2008
The portable kinetic energy chargers will be given a test run at this year's Glastonbury Festival, the world's biggest greenfield music and arts celebration that begins on a farm in Somerset on Friday ... Glastonbury Festival. (Yahoo News)
Aside from the upcoming Glastonbury Festival appearance later this week, Sexsmith also has a slot at the Edmonton Folk Festival in August. Unfortunately he won't be in his home and native land July 1 as he's performing in England at London's Trafalgar Square. (Toronto Sun)
Winehouse Dad's Overblown Diagnosis - E. Winehouse Dad's Overblown Diagnosis. (E! Online)
Every year I can, I go to the Glastonbury Festival and pick up a T-shirt or two as a memento. But last year's souvenir was unexpected and certainly unwelcome. (BBC News -- UK)
The star has now been in hospital for a week, but her father said she would perform at the Glastonbury Festival and Nelson Mandela concert this weekend. Emphysema is caused by lung damage and can start as mild breathlessness. (BBC News -- Health)
Last year she performed at Glastonbury festival, where she arrived in a helicopter and wore diamond-encrusted Wellington boots. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The 'Rehab' singer is due to perform at the Glastonbury festival on Saturday, as well as Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert in London on Friday, but her hospitalisation has cast doubt over her participation. Winehouse senior also asked her drug-using friends to keep their distance. (iAfrica.com)
In an interview with BBC 1 Radio, he again confirmed that his daughter will perform at the Glastonbury Festival in England on Saturday and that conducted since she at her home on June 16 have shown that she has a "small amount of emphysema.". Emphysema is an incurable disease that reduces the ability of the sufferer's lungs to expel air due to damage to tiny airways called bronchioles. (VHI.com -- Music News)
With the diagnosis in hand, Winehouse said there's no medical reason why his daughter shouldn't be able to perform her scheduled shows at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebration on Friday and the Glastonbury festival on Saturday. In fact, he said that in the past, live performance and work have helped keep Winehouse away from drugs. (VHI.com -- Music News)
There won't be a stretch Hummer in sight when multimillion dollar hip-hop artist Jay-Z makes his much awaited appearance at Glastonbury festival this week. The VIP arrangements in place for the rapper include a Land Rover tour of Worthy Farm, the muddy dairy fields where 72-year-old farmer Michael Eavis hosts Britain's largest and best-known festival. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
" He called on drug dealers to help her recovery by refusing to supply her with crack cocaine. There is no medical reason why she shouldn't be able to perform at the Glastonbury Festival next weekend, he added. In the past, work has helped to keep her away from drugs. "If she hadn't done recent shows in Moscow and Portugal she could have been dead by now," he said. "She abstains and regulates her drug use when she has to do a show ... " (Reporting by Peter Griffiths; editing by Kate Kelland)... (Yahoo News)
Published Saturday, 21st June, 2008 at 11:21 AM. has responded to the ongoing criticism of his headlining slot at Glastonbury next weekend, Saturday June 28th. (AngryApe)
Winehouse is supposed to perform at the Glastonbury Festival and the Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert next week. Now someone has dug up this photo of Amy as a schoolgirl and which shows her stunning transformation - through hard drinking and drugs - from a fresh-faced teenager into a bedraggled 24-year-old woman who appears to be in a death spiral. (Courier Mail)
Glastonbury Festival News - Festivals Guide 08 - NME.COM - News, Reviews, Line-Ups, Photos, Videos, Information and More. Saturday, 21 June 2008. (NME.com)
Amy is scheduled to play Nelson Mandelas 90th birthday concert in London and the Glastonbury festival in Somerset this month. Her spokesperson said the singer still plans to honor the commitments but only if doctors will let her. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Amy Winehouse still hopes to perform at the forthcoming Glastonbury Festival and Nelson Mandela concert, despite her ongoing treatment in hospital. The 24-year-old Rehab singer is undergoing tests after fainting at home on Monday afternoon. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
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News reported that the singer, who continues to undergo unspecified tests at a London hospital, is committed to taking the stage next Friday at London's Hyde Park for an all-star concert honoring Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, and then performing at the Glastonbury Festival the next day. "At present she still intends to perform at her two scheduled dates next week," a U.K. spokesperson announced on Friday. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Eco mobile phone recharging pod at Glastonbury Festival supplied by Orange ... Orange has announced they are launching a freestanding wind powered mobile phone charging station which will be put at this years Glastonbury Festival ... Orange worked with Gotwind, a renewable energy company to make the recharge pod an evolution of the Orange portable wind charger tested at the Glastonbury Festival 2007. (Phones Review)
" 'Festival mood' The festival route to marketing can do wonders for building a brand, says Matthew Langley, marketing director of Brothers Cider, which began with a small stall at the Glastonbury festival in 1995 and last year sold hundreds of thousands of pints of its pear cider at the event, and others including Bestival and The Big Chill. Brothers is targeting a wider audience. "Festivals are great for us because you can completely engage with your customers and have a proper conversation... (BBC News -- Business)
"Wino is one of the confirmed acts for next week's Glastonbury festival but let's hope she now gets the help she needs and stays at the clinic for as long as it takes to get properly better... Sponsored Links Advertisement Latest showbiz videos You need Flash Player 8 or higher to view video content with the ROO Flash Player. to download and install it. Recommended Searches Search Showbiz Site Directory. (Mirror.co.uk)
Music fans attending this year's Glastonbury Festival will be able to make the most of any wind to charge their mobile phones ... The mobile pod is a further trial of renewable energe options, with a view to ultimately powering elements of the Chill n' Charge tent at future Glastonbury Festivals. (Sky News)
They say Madonna has asked not to have her ridiculous Africa documentary shown at the Glastonbury Festival. The given reason. (Fox News)
The band returns to U.K. audiences with a June 26 performance at the Glastonbury Festival, before tackling an itinerary that includes July bookings at San Francisco's Download Festival and at Chicago's Pitchfork festival. But don't hold your breath for a follow-up to "In Ghost Colours" in the near future. (Billboard.com)
Her documentary the catchily-titled 'I Am Because We Are' had its planned premiere at the Glastonbury festival canned because nobody really wanted to see it. "Poor ticket sales for the festival put her [Madonna] off. After talks with the organisers it was decided the festival was not the right venue to showcase the film," says a source. (iAfrica.com)
There may be just over two weeks to go before the first act strikes up from the Pyramid Stage but thousands of tickets still remain unsold for this year's Glastonbury Festival. The event, which saw a desperate scramble for the 177,000 weekend wristbands last year, has been hit by an unexpected decline in demand. (Independent)
Tickets for the Glastonbury festival will go on sale in HMV music stores today in a final attempt by its organisers to sell out ... The Guardian sponsors the Glastonbury festival. (Guardian Unlimited)
THE final tickets for this year's Glastonbury Festival go on sale in HMV stores tomorrow. Until now, the briefs were only available online, with music fans having to pre-register and provide photo ID.. (Glasgow Daily Record)
On the live front, the band is looking forward to England's Glastonbury Festival at the end of June; August dates at Lollapalooza in Chicago and at Brooklyn's McCarren Park Pool with pals Deerhunter and King Khan; shows later in the year in India, Brazil and China; and maybe somewhere even more exotic. Black Lips' label, Vice Records, and its parent magazine have long had a reputation for guerrilla journalism in extreme locales. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Organisers at the Glastonbury Festival, which has long embraced the eco-lifestyle, have launched the 'Love the Farm - Leave No Trace' initiative this year, which includes giving out free, biodegradable potato-starch tent pegs to campers and ensuring all food outlets use wooden instead of plastic cutlery and cups made of compostable material. The ever-popular 'green police' will also return. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Anthony Devlin / APThe Glastonbury Festival is held on June 27-29 on the Worthy Farm in Pilton, England. Acts include: Jay-Z, Leonard Cohen, Dirty Pretty Things, Vampire Weekend. (MSNBC -- Travel)
She will be performing across Europe in June and July, including appearances at the Accelerator festival in Sweden, Glastonbury festival in the UK and the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Type Size. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Martin was also quizzed over his views on the controversy surrounding another of Coldplay's collaborative partners, Jay-Z's headline slot at this year's Glastonbury festival. "It's just proof that a great portion of the world are idiots," he said. (Mirror.co.uk)
Glastonbury Festival. The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. (ABC News)
The star, who wowed audiences at last year's Glastonbury festival in diamante-encrusted wellington boots, has enjoyed chart success since the late 1950s. She sang the Bond theme tunes for Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker. (guardian.co.uk)
Glastonbury festival ... Almost four decades after they played the first song at the first ever Glastonbury festival, the flared trousers have gone, as has most of the hair, but in a musical turnaround that critics failed to predict (or, for the most part, notice) Stackridge are back ... Eager to impress, they turned up early and, the Kinks having pulled out, were asked to open the festival by Worthy Farm's enterprising owner, Michael Eavis, who still runs the Glastonbury festival today. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Next weekend he will play the Glastonbury festival for the first time. SEE ALSO: 02 Jun 04 | Entertainment 21 Apr 03 | Entertainment 01 Mar 04 | Entertainment 13 May 04 | Entertainment 27 Feb 04 | Entertainment. (Yahoo News -- The Beatles)
Among her most recent gigs was one at last year's Glastonbury festival, where she arrived in a helicopter and wore diamond-encrusted wellington boots. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Bad weather forced Dame Shirley Bassey's helicopter to land in a school field in Surrey as she was flying home from the Glastonbury Festival ... Michael Eavis, organiser of Glastonbury Festival, said he hoped the ordeal had not put too much of a dampener on Dame Shirley's experience of the music event. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
But this year's Glastonbury festival is preparing for a scenario of blue skies and scorching sun ... The Guardian is a sponsor of the Glastonbury festival. (Guardian Unlimited)
Festivals such as Lollapalooza, an American summer institution, and Britain s massive Glastonbury Festival have switched to biofuel-powered generators. The organisers of last summer's Oshega Festival in Montreal went one step further: they hired Hydro Quebec to supply their main stage with emission-free geothermal energy. (The Economist)
The Ting Tings' brand of jagged pop music built them a dedicated following, notably when their appearance at last year's Glastonbury Festival was broadcast on TV.. They came third in the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll in January, and last week went to number one with the single That's Not My Name. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Since meeting at the Glastonbury festival in 1994 as Oasis was breaking through, the two have formed a mutual admiration society with Gallagher a guest on Weller's Stanley Road album of 1995 and Weller returning the favour, playing guitar on the Oasis hit Champagne Supernova later the same year. Weller has also roped in Graham Coxon, a member of Oasis's Britpop arch-rival Blur on 22 Dreams as well. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Emily Eavis from the Glastonbury festival has told Newsbeat that Winehouse will be fit to play the show. She said: "I have total faith, I think she'll come and deliver. "This is one of the biggest sets of the summer, supporting the most anticipated artist at Glastonbury in the past 38 years. (BBC News)
R&B star Usher has waded into the row over this year's Glastonbury festival ... The founder of the Glastonbury Festival says he is capping the fees paid to bands because he wants more money to go to charity. (Sky News)
Amy Winehouse has been confirmed as the 'very special guest' appearing at Glastonbury Festival just before rapper Jay-Z.. It's long been rumoured that the troubled singer would play the festival, especially after Jay-Z said he'd like to duet with her at the bash. (Mirror.co.uk)
LONDON - Amy Winehouse will perform at this summer's Glastonbury Festival. She will play the festival's main Pyramid Stage on June 28, just before headliner Jay-Z, it was announced Wednesday. (MSNBC -- Music)
Artist Invader uses ceramic tiles to create colourful computer-game avatars in public spaces; JR and Jonathan Yeo are photographers, and while Banksy certainly likes his stencils, installations such as the Portaloo Stonehenge Boghenge at last year's Glastonbury Festival and the painted pachyderm in Live Elephant in the Room from his Barely Legal exhibition held in LA in 2006 (which made his name in the US and netted him $3m in sales) are key to his work. Street Art often depicts goods, fashions... (Guardian Unlimited)
His release means he is free to play on the Park Stage at the Glastonbury Festival late next month. Latest comments on this story. (Sky News)
He is due to appear at the Glastonbury festival at the end of June. AFP Digg Copyright 2002-2008 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
When Rufus brought her on stage at last year's Glastonbury festival to duet on Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, she was no longer just "my sister Martha", but an acclaimed singer in her own right. Does she see herself differently. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Had he served the full term, he would have missed his scheduled appearance at the Glastonbury festival. Today on Guardian/Music06. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
The early release means the Babyshambles singer, a former boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss, can play at the Glastonbury Festival next month. He was said to be planning "a massive party" to celebrate. (Daily Mail)
Crowded House, James Blunt and The Fratellis will be among the acts performing at this year's Glastonbury Festival, organisers announced today. The Editors, The Raconteurs and 1980s star Shakin' Stevens will also join previously announced headliners The Kings of Leon, US rapper Jay-Z and the Verve at the famous British music and arts festival. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tickets are still available for this year's Glastonbury Festival. The first names that jump out are the most incongruous - James Blunt, Crowded House and Shakin' bleedin' Stevens will share a bill on the main Pyramid Stage on the Saturday. (BBC News)
The band is working on a follow-up to Generous Men and will tour in Europe this summer, appearing at the Glastonbury Festival in England in June and opening a date for R.E.M. in July. Branford Marsalis. (The Augusta Chronicle)
The full line-up for Britain's Glastonbury festival was unveiled on Tuesday, as organisers voiced hope that extra "surprise" acts will help sell tickets after criticism of rapper Jay-Z as headliner. For the first time since 2002 tickets for the key European music festival failed to sell out within hours of going on sale this month, amid criticism of the decision to choose the US rapper. (iAfrica.com)
He was president of hip-hop record label Def Jam until he stepped down in December, and will headline the Glastonbury festival this summer. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
It would be very easy to go and listen to say a very famous symphony or to the Glastonbury Festival or something, but what I wanted was a song that was somehow the equivalent of going to see the Eiffel Tower. " Cue John Cage. The avant-garde 20th-century composer's four-page work is being performed in Halberstadt, Germany, on a specially built pipe organ in an old monastery. This single performance of the work will last 639 years (the length of one note alone will last 70 years). "It's a very... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The fuss over the news that Jay-Z is to headline this year's Glastonbury festival has caught me by surprise. When I first heard, I thought Jay-Z was a natural fit the world's biggest hip-hop star at the UK's most forward-thinking music festival. (Independent)
More acts have been confirmed for this year's Glastonbury Festival today including The Ting Tings, Biffy Clyro plus Reverend And The Makers. Also confirmed for the John Peel stage this year are Jamie T, The National, The Cribs, The Tings Tings, The Futureheads, Reverend And The Makers, Band of Horses and Spiritualized. (Mirror.co.uk)
It calls on artists, managers, promoters and record companies to follow the example of bands such as Radiohead, who have pledged to tour closer to conurbations to reduce travel, and Glastonbury festival, which reserves a percentage of tickets for bus passengers. They vowed to work together on a number of schemes after an audit from the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute calculated that the sale of music products and live music performances in the UK created at least 538,0000... (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
He hit back at Gallagher made about the arrival of hip-hop music at Glastonbury Festival being "wrong", describing the rocker's views as "reactionary". The guitarist suggested yesterday that Jay-Z's addition to the Glastonbury bill was the reason behind the lower number of ticket registrations for this year's event. (Digital Spy)
When Amina Taylor heard the hip-hop star was heading this year's Glastonbury festival, she thought she'd go for the first time ... The rumblings about American hip-hop star Jay-Z's headline turn at this year's Glastonbury festival just got louder. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
MAX NASH / AFP/Getty ImagesBritish rock musician Noel Gallagher blasts the decision to book rapper Jay-Z as the headliner for the Glastonbury festival, a cornerstone of Britain's music calender ... The outdoor Glastonbury festival is a cornerstone of Britain's music calendar ... Glastonbury Festival co-organizer Emily Eavis said the 38-year-old festival had a long history of attracting rap acts, including Cypress Hill and The Roots. (MSNBC -- Music)
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