According to Avon & Somerset Police, the 2005 Glastonbury Festival was "one of the safest in the events history".
Excluding drug offences, reported crime fell by 19% compared with 2004 (with 304 recorded offences in 2005). Total recorded crime (including drug offences)...
In 2004, Glastonbury Festival introduced its "unsigned" competition, to give unsigned bands a fair chance to play at the Festival.
Over 2,500 bands entered - every entry was listened to! - and a number of acts of different genres were selected to play in front of Micha...
There's lots of reports flying around about a proposed festival in Ibiza next year, with the Glastonbury Festival name being associated with it.
This seems to be nothing more that a wish by the Ibiza event's promoters for their event to be thought of as similar to Glas...
Yet another fantastic Glastonbury! A very big thank you to Michael Eavis and all the hard-working staff who made it all happen and (mostly) kept it happening through those horrible conditions.
There were of course many fantastic performances over the weekend, and we'll...
Basement Jaxx have been confirmed as the replacement headline act for the Sunday at Glastonbury, after Kylie had to cancel due to illness.
Also playing on the Sunday are Primal Scream, who'll play in the slot before them.
It's good to see that Glastonbury ha...
Glastonbury Festival is to "join hands" to draw attention to the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign.
They're asking that everyone joins hands at 4pm on the Saturday, whereever people are on the si...
Despite Glastonbury Festivals' own website recently confirming that The Killers would be playing the Sunday headline slot on the Pyramid Stage, the article has now been removed, and the situation has changed again.
Currently, The Killers are NOT going to be playing on ...
A message on the official Glastonbury Festival website has now confirmed The Killers as the Sunday night headliner on the Pyramid Stage, as Kylie's replacement.
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Kylie is suffering from breast cancer, and she's cancelled her upcoming 20 dates in Austrailia, from 19th May until 14th June as well as her headline slot at Glastonbury Festival on Sunday 26th June.
Her tour company said ""She will undergo immediate treatment and cons...
Manchester-based independent label Concrete Recordings are to release a second ‘Glastonbury Unsigned’ compilation album in aid of Shelter on June 6th 2005.
The competition is organised by the Glastonbury Festival Office, who use the competition as a way of dealing with...
Orange will be selling "a few hundred" Glastonbury Festival tickets via Orange handsets tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, starting at 9:30am.
These tickets are not extra tickets, spare tickets or returned tickets, but are allocated to Orange by the Festival as part of their ...
We can now confirm that the official line-ups will be announced on Monday morning, and of course they'll all be here for you to read. Check back first thing on Monday!
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All tickets for Glastonbury have sold out, in record time of around two hours. Sorry if you're one who missed out.
For the very best line-up information, check out our Glastonbury rumours, and listen to those bands using ...
Tickets for this year's Glastonbury Festival are on sale from 9am today ONLY via www.aloud.com or by telephone on 0870 165 2005.
See here for the full ticket buyi...
The White Stripes have confirmed their appearance at this year's Glastonbury Festival on their website.
All it says is that they're appearing on Friday 24th June, which of course we all already knew. They'll be the headliner on the Pyramid Stage that night, with The Ki...
Tickets for this year’s Glastonbury Festival - taking place between the 24th – 26 June 2005 - will go on sale this coming Sunday, 3rd April 2005, at 9am, priced at £125.00 (plus £4 booking fee and P+P).
Tickets for Glastonbury Festival will only be available via ...
Glastonbury Festival is to have a 'silent disco', reports the BBC.
It's to be done using a free set of headphones complete with bass, volume and treble controls, which will be given to people at the dance tent after the main music curfew*, meaning they can have the mus...
All the finals have now taken place, for the bands competition to win slots on some of the stages at this year's Glastonbury Festival.
Two weeks ago it was the finals for the Jazzworld Stage, which was won by Moya, and the Dance final winners were The Bellagios. There'...
Cockney legends Chas 'n' Dave are to play at Glastonbury Festival, according to their website.
It says they'll be playing the Acoustic Stage on the Saturday. They may 'Rabbit', but there's good news for any Arsenal fans, as they say they're "Tottenham Hotspur fans and ...
Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis was on Radio 2's Jonny Walker show yesterday evening, and he revealed a few more of the bands that will be at Worthy Farm in June.
He again mentioned Brian Wilson and Kylie, and also confirmed Van Morrison, The Undertones, a...
Terry Reid - a 60's legend, who turned down the vocalist slot in Led Zeppelin (and recommended Robert Plant to Jimmy Page), who supported the likes of Cream and the Rolling Stones (Terry was at the infamous Altamont concert), and who in the early 70s released the classic 'River' ...
The DVD "Glastonbury Anthems - The Best Of Glastonbury 1994 To 2004" is now available to order via Amazon, prior to its release on 21st March - and at a discount of £4.50!!
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The full ticket buying information for this year's Glastonbury Festival has been revealed, and as expected photo ID will be required for entrance.
Tickets go on sale at 9am on Sunday 3rd April, 2005, priced at £125, with car park tickets costing £5, and campervan field...
Eric Clapton is to headline Glastonbury Festival in 2007, according to an exclusive story on Teletext's Planet Sound.
Michael Eavis last night told them that Eric had phoned him, and asked to come and play. But as the acts are already booked for this year, he's had to ...
One of the bands set to appear at this year's Glastonbury Festival has a 13-year old as one of it's members.
Liverpool indie/folk band Tiny Tin Lady, which...
Michael Eavis has confirmed some acts for this year's Glastonbury, reports the Wells Journal.
He confirmed to them that Kylie as the last act for the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night, and told their reporter, "Those people who might come along on Sunday to see Kylie Minog...
Comedian Malcolm Hardee - one of the regular comperes for the Cabaret Marquee at Glastonbury Festival - has died. His body was found by Police in the Thames yesterday, after friends had reported him missing from his barge in Rotherhithe.
He'll probably be best remember...
The Daily Mirror is today reporting that Kylie is to headline the Sunday on the Pyramid Stage at this year's Glastonbury Festival. Is this new news? Nope.
eFestivals ...
BBC Online is reporting that Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis has told them he's to issue photo ID this year to ticket purchasers in a bid to beat touts.
The report says that the cards will include a photograph of the ticket-holder plus an electronic chip w...
Following the announcement of U2's European dates for their Vertigo tour, there's much speculation on whether they'll be playing Glastonbury this year after all.
The announced dates have them playing at Croke Park, Dublin, on the Friday of Glastonbury (24th June), with...
We've tracked down some of the bands you can expect to see on the Pyramid Stage (and when!) at this year's Glastonbury Festival.
On Friday night, we expect Keane to be the act that plays before the headliner (or perhaps the third from last). Michael Eavis saw them at t...
Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis had just been interviewed by Stuart Maconie on Radio 2, where he talked about the plans for a year off in 2006, as well as saying how ticketing is to work for this year's Festival.
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dodgy reporting from all ... except eFestivals :-)
(added Tuesday 18 January 2005)
We mentioned to beware of other reports of the licence hearing.
OK, so it's a minor matter ... but still, the BBC and just about everyone else misreported the vote for the licence at the hearing last night, whilst eFestivals did not.
As we correctly reported...
Glastonbury Festival 2005 was granted a licence this evening, meaning that the Festival will go ahead this June.
On his way into the licence hearing, organiser Michael Eavis told us that "this will be the easiest yet" ... but in some ways, it wasn't all so clear-cut. T...
The Public Entertainment Licence hearing for this year's Glastonbury Festival is happening tonight. The application is for a Licence for 150,000 people, with 112,500 weekend tickets on sale to the general public, 3,500 Sunday tickets for locals, and 34,000 passes ...
Tonight is the Public Entertainments Licence hearing for this year's Glastonbury Festival, without which the Festival can't go ahead.
As the only website that's been consistently present at these hearings over the last few years, we will - as ever - bring you that impo...
Glastonbury Festival has teamed up with EMI to create the first Glastonbury DVD compilation, to be released on Monday 21st March.
Called "Glastonbury Anthems – The Best Of 1994 to 2004", it contains performances from the last ten years, voted for inclusion via the Fest...
A public meeting was held tonight at Mendip District Council's offices, prior to the actual Public Entertainments Licence hearing on 17th January, when hopefully the licence will be granted. The meeting gave locals a chance to voice concerns and reservations about the proposed 20...
According to an article on the Bristol Evening Post website, Michael Eavis has said that ex-Beach Boy Brian Wilson is to bring a Smile to Glastonbury next June....
It's been known for a while that Glastonbury's New Tent is to be renamed the John Peel Stage, as a tribute to the DJ who sadly died earlier this year.
On top of that, we understand that its location is to move, into the space that has been occupied by the Dance Tent - ...
A 28 year old woman has received a nine-month suspended prison sentence at Leicester Crown Court after pleading guilty to charges relating to false claims made last April that she could supply Glastonbury Festival tickets.
Sara Hambridge, of Leicester, took £3,021 in p...
The hearing which considers whether to grant Glastonbury Festival a Public Entertainments Licence, which was due to take place next Monday, 6th December, has been postponed.
The Licensing Board of Mendip District Council will now meet on Monday 17th January to consider...
The latest issue of Time Out (the London listing's magazine) has a question and answer type interview with Michael Eavis.
He explains that things have been busy since the last Festival in June, clearing up Worthy Farm to make it fit for cows, and booking bands - of whi...
According to today's Sun - so it must be true - Kylie is to play at Glastonbury next year. They say that she'll perform second to last on the Saturday, before Outkast who are to headline.
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Information received by eFestivals from two different sources very strongly suggests that Status Quo are to play at next summer's Glastonbury, as part of their 40th anniversary tour.
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Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has told the Bristol Evening Post that both The Undertones and Outkast will be appearing at next summer's Festival.
Following the sad death of John Peel last week, and the announcement that the New Tent is to be renamed the John Peel...
Glastonbury Festival has submitted its Public Entertainments Licence application to Mendip District Council for a Festival in 2005, to take place from Friday 24th June until Sunday 26th June. As usual - providing the licence is granted and the Festival goes ahead - the gates are ...
Glastonbury's New Tent is to be renamed the John Peel Stage, according to a report on BBC News.
"It's very appropriate because it's all the sort of music that John would have chose...
The University of Bath is to give Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis and honorary doctorate.
He's to be awarded a Doctor of Arts degree on December 13, for his services to the arts at a ceremony at the Assembly Rooms in Bath.
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Following the success of this year's Glastonbury band competition - where five bands won a slot on one of the five major stages at the Festival - the competition is being repeated for 2005.
All the winners this year gave great performances at the Festival, and some hav...
Jean Michel Jarre was interviewed on BBC Breakfast this morning, and said he's to play at Glastonbury Festival next summer.
He said similar in an interview a few weeks back, but it was poo-poo'd by the Festival, who made noises about it being too early to be booking ac...
According to the BBC News website, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has asked the Police to investigate whether 500 forged tickets were sold for this year's event.
The Festival sold out of tickets through the official agents in less than 24 hours this year, and many...
At this year's Glastonbury Festival, Nowhere Near the Garden won an opening slot in the New Tent via a competition with Sennheiser, manufacturers of electro-acoustic solutions (such as microphones).
Now on the Sennheiser website it's saying that Liverpool band Boa hav...
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