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Glastonbury Opens Its Gates For First Time In 3 Years
Glastonbury has opened its gates for the first time in three years.The world-famous music extravaganza's co-organiser, Emily Eavis, has admitted it's "a miracle" they are able to put on the festival at Worthy Farm in...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 June 2022
Glastonbury's Small-scale September Gig Axed
Emily Eavis has confirmed Glastonbury's September event will no longer go ahead.After the Worthy Farm festival's main event was cancelled for a second year this summer, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there were talks...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 July 2021
Emily Eavis Promises Glastonbury 2022 Will Be Best Ever
Glastonbury Festival organisers Emily Eavis and her dad Michael Eavis are “gonna throw everything at 2022” to make the event the best one ever.The pair have lost two years of the world famous Worthy Farm...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 May 2021
Glastonbury Festival To Hold Two-day Event
Glastonbury Festival is set to hold a two-day event in September.Michael and Emily Eavis - who organise the world famous music festival - have been granted a license to host a special festival on Worthy...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 19 May 2021
Michael Eavis Considering Small-scale Glastonbury Event In September
Michael Eavis is considering hosting a smaller event in September after the 2021 Glastonbury festival was cancelled.The co-organiser of the world famous music extravaganza - who curates the lineup with his daughter Emily Eavis -...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 January 2021
Glastonbury Festival 2021 Cancelled Due To Coronavirus
The Glastonbury festival has been cancelled for a second year running due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Organisers Michael and Emily Eavis announced on Thursday (21.01.21) that the rescheduled 2020 festival - which would have been the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 January 2021
Emily Eavis Says It's Too Soon To Tell If Glastonbury Will Return In 2021
Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis has admitted they are "a long way" from being able to say if there will definitely be a festival in 2021.The 50th anniversary of the iconic event, which was sadly cancelled...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 December 2020
Michael Eavis Warns Glastonbury Might Not Return Until 2022
Glastonbury might not return until 2022.The world famous music festival's co-organiser, Michael Eavis - who curates the lineup with his daughter Emily - has admitted that, whilst they are doing everything in their power to...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 04 August 2020
Michael Eavis Wants Coldplay To Play Glastonbury
Michael Eavis is desperate to see Coldplay return to Glastonbury.The 84-year-old co-creator of the iconic festival can't wait to welcome the chart-topping band back to Worthy Farm, and has recalled how Coldplay came to play...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 June 2020
Glastonbury Runs Risk Of Bankruptcy If 2021 Festival Can't Go Ahead
Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis says the festival runs the risk of going ''bankrupt'' if they can't return next year.The world famous festival was set to see Sir Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar perform...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 June 2020
Glastonbury Cheese To Be Sold Nationwide
Glastonbury will be selling its own cheese nationwide. Worthy Farm in Somerset, the site of the annual musical festival, produces Worthy cheddar, which is sold locally but co-organiser Emily Eavis has revealed that the product...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25 June 2020
Emily Eavis Announces Plastic Bottle Ban From Glastonbury Festival In 2019
Glastonbury Festival is conspicuous by its absence from the calendar of the British summer of 2018. However, its organiser Emily Eavis revealed that a significant plan is afoot for when the prestigious festival returns next...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 16 February 2018
Glastonbury Festival Sells Out Despite Website Difficulties
Next year’s Glastonbury Festival has already sold out, with tickets being snapped up within an hour of going on sale.But it wasn't smooth sailing for fans trying to purchase tickets, as website SeeTickets crashed shortly...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 09 October 2016
Fatboy Slim's Festival Poop Fear
Fatboy Slim refused to eat for four days at the Glastonbury Festival because he didn't want to poop in the toilets.The DJ - whose real name is Norman Cook - made his 16th consecutive...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 25 July 2016
Glastonbury Gridlock: Festival Goers Have Been Stuck In Traffic All Day
Glastonbury Festival goers are facing a major traffic crisis as they make their way down to Worthy Farm in Somerset for the biggest greenfield event in the world. The musical line-up doesn't even kick off...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 22 June 2016
Glastonbury 2016 To Have First Women Only Venue The Sisterhood
This year’s Glastonbury will feature a venue open to women only for the first time in the festival’s history. Named The Sisterhood, the space will be hidden in the festival’s Shangri-La area and is described...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 05 June 2016
Michael Eavis Reveals Prince Was 'In Talks' To Headline This Year's Glastonbury
Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has revealed that Prince was close to performing at this year’s festival, which will now be headlined by Adele, Coldplay and Muse. Speaking to The Sun, Eavis said he was sad...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 31 May 2016
Is Glastonbury Moving Away From Worthy Farm For 2018?
Glastonbury’s location is as iconic as the festival itself with Worthy Farm playing host to the infamous five-day spectacular since June 1970. Every five years, Glasto has a fallow year to help regenerate the land...
By Charlotte Court in Music / Festivals on 13 April 2016
Is Glastonbury At Risk From The Gas Main At Worthy Farm?
Glastonbury Festival could turn into Gas-tonbury according to new reports suggesting the event may have to be moved away from its usual venue of Worthy Farm due to increasing fears over a gas main running...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 23 November 2015
Coldplay To Headline Glastonbury For Record Fourth Time
Coldplay are reportedly set to headline Glastonbury for the fourth time.The 'A Sky Full of Stars' hitmakers are said to have been signed up by organiser Michael Eavis to close the legendary music festival on...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 October 2015
Glastonbury 2016 Tickets Sell Out In Just 30 Minutes
Tickets for next year's Glastonbury festival have sold out in just 30 minutes. The 118,200 standard tickets went on sale at 9am on Sunday morning (October 4th), at a price of £228 plus £5 booking...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 04 October 2015
Skepta Honored At Aim Awards 2015
Skepta took home the top gong at the AIM Awards 2015 last night (08.09.15).The 'Shutdown' rapper was recognised for his Outstanding Contribution to Music at the ceremony that celebrated the independent sector's most important...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 September 2015
Miley Cyrus For Glastonbury?
Miley Cyrus is in talks to appear at Glastonbury Festival.The British festival's organisers Michael and Emily Eavis are reportedly keen on seeing the 'Wrecking Ball' hitmaker take the Pyramid Stage alongside Flaming Lips lead singer...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 04 September 2015
Dave Grohl Returns To Action On A Throne
Dave Grohl made his live comeback while sat on a throne on Saturday (04.07.15).The 46-year-old rocker broke his leg while performing on stage in Sweden last month, but returned to action in unusual circumstances as...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 06 July 2015
Glastonbury Boss Skipped Kanye West's Set
Eavis, who founded the festival in 1972 and now runs it with his daughter Emily, came under fire for booking the hip-hop star for the 2015 event and more than 130,000 angry fans...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 June 2015
Could Glastonbury Be Moving To London?
Could the Glastonbury Festival one day be moving to London? An idea to temporarily relocate the legendary festival has been floated by Labour MP Gareth Thomas, who has suggested that the British capital would host...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 29 June 2015
China Issues Warning To Glastonbury Festival Over Dalai Lama
China has issued a warning to the Glastonbury Festival organisers over their booking of the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader is to give a talk at this weekend's festival to promote a message of...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 June 2015
The Charlatans To Play Secret Set At Glasto?
Tim Burgess has hinted The Charlatans are going to play a secret set at Glastonbury.The band's frontman took to Twitter earlier this week and cryptically posted a photograph of a pair of wellington boots alongside...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 June 2015
Foo Fighters 'To Headline Glastonbury In 2016'
Foo Fighters will reportedly headline Glastonbury in 2016.The iconic rock band were scheduled to headline the world famous festival this year, but were forced to scrap the idea after lead singer Dave Grohl broke his...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 June 2015
Michael Eavis Wishes Frank Sinatra And Elvis Had Played Glastonbury
Michael Eavis wishes Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley could come back from the dead to play at Glastonbury.The musical festival's founder has revealed if he could choose any artist from their heyday to play at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 June 2015
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