Glastonbury Festival

U2 to rock Glasto

The Sun (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

IRISH rockers will headline festival next June after Michael Eavis seals the deal

Blur - Blur Crowned Festival Kings

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

BLUR's comeback at this year's (09) legendary Glastonbury festival has landed them a top award.The Britpop pioneers stunned fans with their performance at the June (09)...

Blur Win Best Festival Headline Slot at Awards

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK The Sunday night headlining gig at this summer's Glastonbury Festival by reformed Britpop godheads Blur has been declared the Best Headline Performance of 2009 at this year's UK Festival Awards. And, adding a cherry to the band's year, singer Damon Albarn (pictured) also bagged the Festival Fitty gong at the awards ceremony which was held at the O2 in London...

Why UK smokers should fear the Lisbon Treaty

Freedom To Choose (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

Here is a chilling quote via the Telegraph : 'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board' Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, said that the passing of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, should accelerate moves towards a common European position in international economic institutions. He said: “People say that the EU is not a country and only countries can have IMF seats, but that...

Filming at Glade Festival!

Hayley Clarke Media (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Southampton Solent University students were given the exciting opportunity to be a part of Glade, the electronic dance music festival for the third year running. The festival, a spin off from the larger Glastonbury festival, has been attracting an eclectic mix of open minded individ uals since it first blasted out its electro beats four years ago. After working for the festival in 2007 as part of the...

Reporting from Glastonbury festival!

Hayley Clarke Media (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

In 2008 I was part of the documentary team, reporting from across the site to create a feature about the festival's Green Issues. You can view the video on the Solent University 'Gogglebox' About the project: The Solent at Glastonbury experience was organised by Southampton Solent University's very own Glastonbury veteran Dave Poulton. Students from the Faculty of Technology's Media Technology course...

Jay-Z Refutes Noel Gallagher Team-Up Reports

Latest Oasis News With stopcryingyo (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

Jay-Z has refuted reports that he will be teaming up with former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher in near future. The rapper clarified that his comments about a possible project were misinterpreted. “It was an offhand comment, someone asked me if I would work with him. I don’t have any problem, so I said anything is possible,” the Daily Express quoted him as saying. He added: “It’s...

• Oasis - Jay Z Dismisses Gallagher Collaboration Rumours - Contactmusic Ltd
• Jay-Z dismisses Gallagher collaboration rumours - Daily Star

Jay-Z Offers Chance of Collaboration to Noel Gallagher

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

Filed under: News , UK Jay-Z has extended an olive branch in Noel Gallagher 's direction saying that he would have "no problem" with a potential collaboration, even though nothing is actually in the pipeline. The former Oasis star was highly critical of Jay-Z's inclusion as a headlining act at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival , prompting the rapper to open his show with video footage of Noel's...

Motorhome Hire, Glastonbury Festival Motorhome Hire

Winnipeg Real Estate (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

There are some important points you should note regardless of whether you bring your own vehicle or take advantage of one the companies that offer Gl 1 Vote(s)

John Paul Jones Suggests Led Zeppelin Reunion Isn't Likely

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Although Robert Plant sparked speculation this week that a Led Zeppelin reunion could happen at 2010's Glastonbury Festival, the band's bassist, John Paul Jones , suggests a regrouping isn't likely. In a new interview with the BBC , Jones -- currently playing in the supergroup Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and Josh Homme -- says that after the legendary...

Rod Stewart, Robert Plant Stoke Reunion Rumors

kingblind (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

Whenever news gets slow, it seems Faces, Led Zeppelin, and many more classic rock band reunion rumors start taking over the internet. These days, however, the artists themselves aren’t doing much to quell the gossip—If anything, they’re fueling it. “[Faces had] a reunion… in London without me because I’m promoting this album, and they’re got Paul Rodgers to...

Jarvis Cocker Says Pulp Won't Reform for Glastonbury 2010

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , UK Jarvis Cocker has denied his old band Pulp are reforming to play the Glastonbury Festival next year. Cocker had been quoted by the People newspaper saying the band would be playing the 40th anniversary of the festival. But he told the Guardian on Wednesday the story just wasn't true. He told the paper he could "categorically" state "Pulp have...

Jarvis Cocker - Cocker Dismisses Pulp Reunion

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

JARVIS COCKER has ruled out a PULP reunion at the Glastonbury festival, insisting comments he made about performing at the 2010 event were "twisted" in the media.The...

Parsing The Pulp, Part II: No, The Band Is Not Getting Back Together At Glastonbury

Idolator (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

Yesterday's cheeky Jarvis Cocker soundbite about the possibility of Pulp reforming for next year's Glastonbury Festival sounded pretty much like a "we're not playing" blow-off to these ears, but apparently other people didn't pick up the nuance, running with "OMG PULP REUNION" stories as fast as their content-management systems would let them. So Jarvis has released a statement...

Led Zeppelin to reunite for Glastonbury 2010?

Piano Covers Online Blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

Led Zeppelin fans still hoping for one more reunion of the famed megagroup may have a glimmer of hope by the confirmation that singer Robert Plant is considering a slot at next year's Glastonbury festival . Since the band last reunited at London's O2 Arena in December 2007, talk of a full-fledged reunion tour has dogged Plant, Page and John Paul Jones (John Bonham's son Jason manned the kit at that...