Glasto: Prosecution to go ahead

Objections lodged against next years license too!

By Neil Greenway | Published: Fri 22nd Dec 2000

Glastonbury Festival 2000

Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th June 2000
Worthy Farm, Pilton, nr Glastonbury, Somerset, England
£89 including booking fee and postage

Daily capacity: 80,000

It's been confirmed that Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis is to be prosecuted after too many people got in to this year's event. Mendip District Council - the licensing authority - has confirmed that it will take action over an alleged breach of the music festival's licence and a noise abatement notice. It's expected that both cases will be heard on the same day sometime in January.

The festivals official website says a license for next years festival was submitted on 15th December, but objections to a 2001 festival have already been received from some quarters. Unfortunately, that's all it says - it doesn't say whether these are objections sent to MDC regarding a license for a 2001 festival, or whether received by the festival organisers.

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