Glastonbury The Movie (In Flashback) to hit UK cinemas 29th June

May 4th, 2012 No comments »

The original Glastonbury The Movie, revamped and re-edited with an extra 30 minutes of unseen footage is to hit British cinemas on 29th June.

From the film’s website.

The original Glastonbury feature film returns. Beautifully filmed in epic CinemaScope and re-edited from scratch with the benefit of 21st century technology for a new generation of festival fans, this revealing snapshot of British cultural history has an extra 30 minutes of unseen material and a crisp new state-of-the-art sound mix. If you were there you’re in it and if not we bet you know someone who is. So come and see if you can spot yourself (or your mum) in the movie that Academy Award winner Mike Leigh declared “a masterpiece” on its initial release.

Michael Eavis Warns of Risks of Pre-Booking Off-Site Accommodation

November 28th, 2011 No comments »

Michael Eavis issued a warning today to anyone wishing to attend Glastonbury Festival in 2013 to not pre-book 3rd party off-site accommodation.

This follows festival accommodation provider MyHab puling out of Glastonbury just a few days before the festival was due to begin earlier year, leaving many festival goers without the accommodation they’d paid for.

The Somerset dairy farmer issued this statement today.

Off-site camping facilities at Glastonbury have generally caused me problems, but even more so this year, 2011. One operator failed to deliver his site, having taken the money from unsuspecting purchasers, and left me with a £60,000 bill, as I couldn’t bear the thought of 3,000 people turning up here and being let down at the last minute. This wasn’t the first time people have been let down, and as a consequence of this we simply cannot allow the same problems to happen again in 2013, so we will no longer be giving out any information about these off-site accommodation providers and would encourage Festival-goers to use only the accommodation we provide.

The vast majority of Festival-goers happily spend their weekend under canvas, taking advantage of the camping fields which are included in the ticket price, and those who want a few more comforts can bring a campervan/caravan or stay in one of the Festival’s legendary Tipis. Information about official accommodation for 2013 will be available on our website when tickets go on sale next year, or by contacting our office by email office@glastonburyfestivals.co.uk or phone 01749 890 470.

Glastonbury Festival is not responsible for the provision of off-site accommodation or any arrangements made with third parties such as accommodation providers, so we would urge people to think before parting with their money.

Michael Eavis
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Kasabian want to headline Glastonbury 2013

September 28th, 2011 No comments »

Kasabian have said that they want to headline Glastonbury in 2013.

Guitarist Serge Pizzorno told the Daily Star,

“One thing I really want to do before all this ends is to headline Glastonbury as we’ve always had an incredible time playing there. The one thing you need to pull off a good Glastonbury headline show is fucking good tunes and we’ve got enough of them to do that.”

Lead vocalist Tom Meighan added,

“All we need is a phone call from Michael Eavis and we’ll be there for 2013.”

Glastonbury 2011 line-up released

April 14th, 2011 No comments »

The full Glastonbury Festival 2011 line-up has been announced on the Guardian’s website.

Pyramid Stage

Friday
U2
Morrissey
Biffy Clyro
B.B. King
Wu Tang Clan
Two Door Cinema Club
Metronomy
The Master Musicians of Joujouka

Saturday
Coldplay
Elbow
Paolo Nutini
Tinie Tempah
Rumer
The Gaslight Anthem
Tame Impala
Stornoway

Sunday
Beyoncé
Pendulum
Plan B
Paul Simon
Laura Marling
Don McLean
The Low Anthem
Fisherman’s Friends

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Full Glastonbury 2011 line-up to be announced “around 4.30pm” today

April 14th, 2011 No comments »

The full Glastonbury Festival 2011 line-up will be announced around 4.30pm today according to Natalie Jamieson of BBC Radio 1.

The radio presenter tweeted this today.

Full Glasto line up is out around 4.30pm Check www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury for all the details later!

http://twitter.com/#!/Radio1Natalie/status/58500581014249472

West Holts line-up revealed

April 13th, 2011 No comments »

The full West Holts (formally Jazz World) line-up has been released.

Friday 24th
Cee Lo Green
Chase and Status
Jimmy Cliff
Heliocentrics with Mulatu
Little Dragon
Gonjasufi
Dengue Fever
Ziriguidum
Plus, Shlomo will be doing rolling skits between bands

Saturday 25th
Big Boi
Janelle Monai
Aloe Blacc
Fools Gold
Omar Souleyman
Brandt Bauer Frick
Nicolas Jaar Live
Narasirato
London Afrobeat Collective

Sunday 26th
Kool & the Gang
Hercules and Love Affair
Go! Team
Duane Eddy
Bellowhead
Jah Wobble & the Nippon Dub Ensemble
Jamie Woon
The Hidden Orchestra

The rest of the Glastonbury 2011 line-up is due to be released at the end of April according to a previous tweet from Emily Eavis. Many acts have already self confirmed, you can find a list of these here.

The Vaccines self confirm for Glastonbury

April 8th, 2011 No comments »

London indie band The Vaccines have confirmed they’ll be playing at this summer’s Glastonbury Festival.

The band who came third in the BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll will be playing on Friday and Sunday according to their website.

Treetop Flyers win Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition

April 2nd, 2011 No comments »

Treetop Flyers have won the coveted Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition tonight at the Pilton Working Men’s Club.

The London based band had to compete against seven other acts who’d been whittled down from a long-list of 120 by forty UK music bloggers.

Judges were Michael & Emily Eavis, Nick Dewey (main stages programmer), Malcolm Haynes (Dance Village programmer), Steve Symons (West Holts programmer), Philippa Aylott (Radio One producer), Angus Baskerville (live agent), Paul Charles (agent/promoter/manager) and Chris Salmon (music journalist).

The other acts on the shortlist were

My Tiger My Timing
Emily and the Woods
My First Tooth
Twin Brother
Tristram
Louise And The Pins
J Treole

As winners, Treetop Flyer will play on a main stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, while the other short-listed acts have also been offered slots at the festival too.

Beardyman and UNKLE to play Glastonbury

April 1st, 2011 No comments »

Beardyman has confirmed that he’ll be performing with UNKLE at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

The beatboxer is booked to play on Friday June 24th according to his MySpace page.

Mike Oldfield and Steve Hillage to play Glastonbury’s Spirit of 1971 Stage

March 31st, 2011 No comments »

Mike Oldfield, Steve Hillage, Arthur Brown, Nick Lowe, Noel Harrison and The Edgar Broughton Band have been booked to play Glastonbury’s new heritage stage, the Spirit of 1971 Stage according to the This is Somerset website.