new fence details for Glastonbury revealed

Michael Eavis has been speaking to Radio 1, putting across the message that Glastonbury Festivals new security measures will make it impossible to get over or under the new fence.

£1M is being spent on the new fence, with a further £1/2M being spent on other security measures.

The fence itself is 12ft high (not the height of the so-called superfence that was considered last year). However, the fence is "mechanically much more substantial" than the fence that was used previously (as well as being slightly higher), with a 3ft overhang at the top, and a wide metal road built into it, allowing Land Rovers to drive round and properly patrol it.

Overcrowding at festivals is of course a danger, as was proved by the tragedy at Roskilde in 2000 when 9 people died. Glastonbury Festival is under threat due to excessive numbers present at the 2000 Festival, and has had to implement these new security measures to ensure that isn't repeated; excessive numbers at any future Festival will be the end for the event.

Want to go to Glastonbury 2002? You'll have to get a ticket - there is NO other option!

If you can't afford the ticket price (expected to be around £95), or would just like to help with the running of the Festival, it's possible to gain free entrance by volunteering as a steward.

Glastonbury Festival will only go ahead (28-30th June 2002) if it is successful in gaining a Public Entertainments License. The hearing for the license is expected to take place in the third week of January.

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