The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• 'Nothing could be better,' says Glastonbury founder Eavis • 'This year everyone was in the mood,' says U2 manager When the U2 manager, Paul McGuinness, called the Glastonbury founder, Michael Eavis, last week, he did not have to use many words. "Michael, it is the call you have been waiting for ... " was more than sufficient to let Eavis know that his 26-year quest to get the...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
U2 HAVE been confirmed as the headline act for the Glastonbury festival’s 40th anniversary next year. It will be their first appearance at the Somerset festival, which began in 1970.
The Celebrity Blog , Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity... (Free subscription) | yesterday
U2 are to headline next year's Glastonbury Festival, helping the event celebrate its 40th anniversary with their first appearance there. The band will lead the line-up at the Somerset show on Friday 25 June. It will be their first festival gig for more than 25 years and will see them make a ...
NEOTOPIA (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Okay, so the chance is a zillion to one. And that's despite the fact we're only up against about twenty other bands, as I type. There's a competition on for up-and-coming bands to play at next year's big Somerset shindig: More bands are latching onto this window of opportunity - so our chances plummeting from a zillion to a tring-quintillion. Still, that link looks impressive, doesn't it?
Executed Today (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Letter to Thomas Cromwell from his man in Somerset,* Richard Pollard, a local gentry type making out well under the Dissolution of the Monasteries: Pleaseth it your lordship to be advertised, that … the same 15th day [of November] the late abbot of Glastonbury went from Wells to Glastonbury, and there was drawn through the town [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
In summer, the Glastonbury festival may grab the headlines, but in winter, it is the extraordinary sight of 2m starlings that draws the eye on the Somerset Levels, coming together in fluid clouds that swirl back and forth in the last of the light before diving to roost in the reeds below.
Bob the Birder (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Purple Sandpiper, Draycote Water : Photo taken by Dave Hutton Purple Sandpiper : Photo taken by Max Silverman Purple Sandpiper with Dunlin, Draycote Water :Photo taken by me with a very small camera! Friday 6th November 2009 It had been a difficult journey fom the depths of deepest Somerset. We had foolishly let the Sat nav take the strain and it simply wasnt up to it, guiding us through the back streets...
Called to the bar (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Here’s an experiment: on the way back to Somerset from a tasting (ooh look there’s Newbury dashing past), I decide I want a drink with my packet of crisps. Arkells 3B, Strongbow, Carlsberg or Guinness? What a choice, and all in cans. I plump for the latter, I haven’t drunk it out of a can for years and recently have been enjoying the odd pint at various rugby clubs as I follow my...
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
A mystery English celebrity living in Monaco has commissioned the ultimate in heavy metal - a classic electric guitar plated in 24-carat gold. The Fender Stratocaster was sent to a precious metal specialist firm in Glastonbury, Somerset, for plating costing a "four-figure" sum. Expert Graham Baker, 50, had the job of stripping the aluminium guitar down and layering it with gold plate. He...
ExpoSay (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Lily Allen wants to build a country house in Glastonbury. The 'Fear' singer has been a regular at the Somerset town's famous music festival since she was a child, and now wants to build a house nearby - with a tent built on the side.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Lily Allen wants to build a country house in Glastonbury.The 'Fear' singer has been a regular at the Somerset town's famous music festival since she was a child, and...
Caroline's Miscellany (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Like a cousin to Glastonbury Tor, Burrow Mump rises unexpectedly from more level countryside and is topped by a church. Both words, 'burrow' and 'mump', mean hill - which perhaps emphasises just how striking its appearance is. Despite appearances, the hill is a natural one; it has probably been used as a place of worship for the past millennium. There have also been attempts to associated it with King...
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Lily Allen wants to build a country house in Glastonbury. The "Fear" singer has been a regular at the Somerset town's famous music festival since she was a child, and now wants to build a house nearby - with a tent built on the side. Lily told Q magazine: "My plan is to build a yurt on to the side of my country house." "You have the house for traditional living and, of course,...
Nan Hawthorne's Booking the Middle Ages (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Helen Hollick is the author of the Pendragon's Banner Trilogy, the latest of which is book two, Pendragon's Banner . You can read a review of the book today at That's All She Read and a full treatment next week on Historical Novel Review . In honor of the Pendragon's Banner blog tour, Ms. Hollick was kind enough to time travel to late tenth century Enlgand to meet with Kerrick Trevalyan, a Cornish...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Tickets for the 2010 Glastonbury Music Festival in Somerset have sold out.
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