We’re pleased to announce that Keane will be playing a special set at the Avalon Stage on the Sunday afternoon of this year’s Festival.
The band, who recently topped the UK album chart for the fourth consecutive time with their Night Train EP, will perform an acoustic set at 4.35pm on Sunday 27th.
The Sussex trio weren’t originally due to perform at this year’s Glastonbury, as they have their own forest shows in Yorkshire and Staffordshire on the Friday and Saturday night of the Festival. But the band are huge Glastonbury fans and really wanted to come along and help celebrate the festival’s 40th Anniversary.
“We’ve been going to Glastonbury as punters for years now” says Keane frontman Tom Chaplin. “I love it there – we all do. The atmosphere simply cannot be beaten and it’s the best place to stumble upon all sorts of amazing acts.
“The Festival clashes with our UK Forest Tour this year but we really wanted to get involved with their 40th anniversary celebrations so, at the last minute, we’ve decided to play an acoustic set on the Avalon Stage on Sunday afternoon. We’ll be arriving during the early hours of Sunday morning, so will get to enjoy the last day of the Festival too.”
We’re very pleased to announce the line-ups for the Hub Stage and Club Dada, the two main venues in the wonderful Shangri-La. We’ve also just launched the Shangri-La Blog over on their section of the website, to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what they’re up to – click here to check out the first one.
The BBC today announced its television coverage of Glastonbury 2010, unveiling comprehensive and exclusive coverage from Worthy Farm.
From Friday 25 to Sunday 27 June, there will be programming across BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four and on four Red Button streams, complemented by live BBC Radio coverage from BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 1 and a host of offerings at bbc.co.uk/glastonbury.
Celebrating the festival’s 40th birthday year, the award-winning BBC television coverage comes together on BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four and on Red Button, to bring viewers three days of glorious live music across four stages.
Across the programming, viewers can enjoy live headline sets from the likes of Gorillaz and Muse; classic acts like Ray Davies and Jackson Browne; the hottest British acts from Dizzee Rascal to Florence and the Machine; experience Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg; and sample unsigned acts on the BBC Introducing stage.
They can also explore cutting-edge bands from the John Peel Tent and groove to music from around the world on the West Holts Stage, formerly the Jazz/World Stage.
In addition to these musical treats, viewers can meet the people who make Glastonbury what it is – the entertainers, circus and cabaret acts, the workers and the crowd that have made Glastonbury the world’s paramount live music festival – all brought to your armchair courtesy of BBC television, Red Button, Radio and Online.
Jan Younghusband, BBC Commissioning Editor, Music & Events, says: “It is a great privilege to be working with Glastonbury in this special birthday year.
“With the help of our expert presenters, we will bring one of the world’s greatest cultural events directly to the viewers over a weekend of live music entertainment across TV, Radio and Online.”
Mark Cooper, Creative Head, BBC Music Entertainment, adds: “We can’t wait to get back to Glastonbury, come rain or shine.
“Ever since the BBC’s first TV broadcast from Worthy Farm, back in 1997 when we captured Radiohead going live into Paranoid Android in a sea of mud, our TV team look forward to the challenge of filming as many stages as possible for as long as we can amongst a huge crowd of very happy people!”
BBC Two’s coverage is presented by Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne, Mark Radcliffe and Zane Lowe and combines live performances, festival highlights, interviews and special acoustic sets across the weekend.
With live headline sets from major artists, including Gorillaz and Muse, BBC Two also has extended highlights of each day’s events into the early hours of the morning.
Viewers can watch the best of the festival with a two-hour highlights programme on Friday 2 July at 11pm.
BBC Three programming is presented by Edith Bowman and Reggie Yates and kicks off the BBC’s television coverage on Friday evening with Vampire Weekend and Florence and the Machine.
They are followed by a transatlantic hip-hop clash with Dizzee Rascal and Snoop Dogg. Saturday’s coverage includes sets from Shakira, The Cribs, Scissor Sisters and Pet Shop Boys, while Faithless are covered live on Sunday.
BBC Three viewers are encouraged to share their thoughts about the live artists and guest interviewees on Twitter and Facebook, via their own dedicated Glastonbury hashtag. There is also a highlights programme on Monday 28 June at 7pm.
BBC Four’s coverage is hosted by Mark Radcliffe and includes sets from a discerning blend of heritage artists and critically acclaimed favourites. Friday’s programming showcases Corinne Bailey Rae, Willie Nelson, Seasick Steve and Groove Armada, while Saturday sees performances from Jackson Browne and The National. Sunday sees sets from Jack Johnson, Norah Jones and Toots & The Maytals.
BBC Four’s coverage is preceded on Sunday 20 June (9pm) by the two-hour documentary Glastonbury at 40 – From Avalon To Jay-Z, which celebrates all of the iconic things now associated with this great performing arts festival.
Red Button coverage includes performances from all four stages during the festival, with 6 Music presenters Craig Charles and Cerys Matthews appearing on all streams. The BBC Introducing stage is also showcased on the Red Button each day.
The BBC’s dedicated website – bbc.co.uk/glastonbury – launched on 7 June with a major new section called Archive. Archive mines the BBC archives showing highlights from every year of the festival to date. Audiences are invited to add their own Glastonbury memories.
In conjunction with 6 Music listeners, there is an online vote on the greatest Glastonbury performances. The results are announced on Thursday 24 June.
A Glastonbury quiz goes live at the end of this week and can be accessed via the site and on mobile and Facebook.
During the Festival, the site will offer live streaming across the weekend, visualising 6 Music’s activities plus several performances.
Following the weekend’s coverage, there are extended highlights of 60 performances from the Pyramid, Other, John Peel, West Holts and BBC Introducing stages. The iPlayer broadcasts are also aggregated into the site.
Full television/Red Button transmission details (not confirmed): Sunday 20 June
BBC Four: Glastonbury at 40 – From Avalon To Jay-Z
9-11pm
Friday 25 June
BBC Two: 10-10.30pm and 11pm-2am (Saturday 26)
BBC Three: 7pm-10pm and 2.15-3.15am (Saturday 26)
BBC Four: 9pm-12.00midnight
Red Button: Sky and Virgin 7pm-11.20am (Saturday 26)
Freeview: 9.10pm-9.40am (Saturday 26)
Saturday 26 June
BBC Two: 4-5.30pm/10.30pm-2am (Sunday 27)
BBC Three: 7.45-11.45pm/2-3am (Sunday 27)
BBC Four: 9-11pm
Red Button: Sky and Virgin, 4.30pm-11.40am (Sunday 27)
Freeview: 10.30pm-10.50am (Sunday 27)
Sunday 27 June
BBC Two: 4-5.30pm/10pm-2am (Monday 28)
BBC Three: 8.50-10pm/2-3am (Monday 28)
BBC Four: 7-9pm
Red Button: Sky and Virgin, 4pm-2am (Monday 28)
Freeview: 10.10pm-2am (Monday 28)
Monday 28 June
BBC Three: highlights programme
7-8.30pm
Friday 2 July
BBC Two: highlights programme
11pm-1am
For those of you outside the UK, we’ll be giving info on BBC Worldwide’s broadcast plans as soon as we get it (but you will be able to listen to 6 Music’s coverage online).
If you’re planning to come to this year’s Festival by car, you will need a car park ticket.
Car park tickets are available to buy through Seetickets, priced at £15 (plus £1.50 postage) from 0844 412 4635. Please note, the last day to book car park tickets from Seetickets is Monday 14th June.
For full info on the various ways to get to the Festival, check out our Getting Here section.
As you probably know, this year’s Glastonbury Festival will take place during the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa.
England’s last group game, against Slovenia on Wednesday June 23, will be shown on the Pyramid Stage screens (kick off 3pm).
Should England qualify for the knock-out stages (fingers crossed!) their last 16 game will also be shown live at the Festival, though not on the Pyramid Stage – which will be busy with bands by that point!
The game will either be on the Saturday evening at 7.30pm (if England win their group) or on Sunday afternoon at 3pm (if England are runners up in their group).
Please keep an eye on the big screens, Information notice boards, the website and the @glastofest Twitter acount to find out when/where the game will be shown.
Apologies to those of you coming from far afield, but no other games from the World Cup are due to be shown during the Festival.
Millets have been selling their camping equipment at the Festival for a number of years now, but they’ve launched a new Buy and Collect service for 2010 giving Festival-goers the chance to order equipment online or in store and pick it up at Glastonbury.
They’ve selected a range of 101 quality products which can be pre-ordered in store or online, then collected from the Glastonbury Millets Stand at J7 Market, which is situated between the Pyramid Stage and the John Peel stage. The stand will be open for collections (and onsite sales) from 8am until midnight each day during the Festival (Wed 23 June to Sunday 27 June).
The Buy and Collect offer is limited to the first 500 orders, with the last order date being Wednesday 16th June.
Please note, we’ve agreed to this new service because we wanted to make things a little bit easier for people to bring all their camping equipment/food/drink etc to the Festival. However we want to reiterate that we really need you to TAKE ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT HOME with you. So, please make sure if you do use the service, you leave room to take your new gear home.
We’ve worked with Millets to ensure that all the products being made available for Buy and Collect are quality items, which will serve you well for festivals for many years to come. The intention is absolutely NOT for people to order a tent to collect at the Festival and then leave it here on the farm. We’d be very grateful if you’d respect that (that goes for everyone and all their equipment). Thanks folks.
Celebrating 40 years of the Festival, the Glastonbury scrapbook features exclusive material from the personal archives of the Eavis family, from tickets and posters to pictures and personal messages tracing the event from its beginnings in 1970 through to the multi-stage extravaganza of today.
Full colour and with hand-written captions by Emily and Michael, the Scrapbook is a 120-page look at the Festival over the years.
You can buy this limited edition book now for £10from Oxfam’s website, by clicking here. £7.50 from each sale will go to aid Oxfam’s efforts in Haiti.
Here are some examples of pages from the scrapbook:
Some of you have been in touch enquiring about the status of your Glastonbury ticket delivery, so we wanted to give you an update. All UK tickets purchased through Seetickets are being sent out DX using DX secure mail service. All tickets must be signed for on delivery.
A number of you received an email on May 21st advising you that your tickets would arrive in 2-3 days. Unfortunately, this email (triggered by the tickets arriving with DX) was sent prematurely. Please don’t panic if you received this email but have not yet received your tickets. We are really sorry for any confusion this email caused.
Once DX has scheduled your delivery, you will receive a dispatch e-mail in advance to let you know that your tickets are coming. The email will include a DX tracking number (NOT your Seetickets booking reference number) which you can use to track your tickets on www.thedx.co.uk/glastonbury.
If you haven’t yet received your tickets or your dispatch email, please don’t worry, you will receive them soon. Over half of the ticket orders have already gone out, but deliveries are expected to continue up until Saturday, 19th June.
If you have any questions regarding the delivery of your tickets but have NOT yet received a dispatch email from DX, please use Seetickets’ online order tracker using your Seetickets booking reference and email address, If you HAVE received a dispatch email from DX, but have yet to receive your tickets, please email DX at Glastonbury@securemail.co.uk, quoting the tracking number from your DX dispatch email (ie, not your booking reference).
The Stonebridge Bar is open for music, booze and socialising every day in The Park from 1pm. As ever the music policy spans everything from psychedelic rock n roll to reggae; from charity shop records to ‘60s girl group pop, going through to house, disco, dancehall, baggy classics, dancefloorsoul and more.
It’s a brilliant beer tent with a great soundtrack by day, and an alternative dance party by night that is now in its 4th year in The Park. Some old favourites will be returning including DJ sets from Fourtet, The Heavenly Jukebox, Greco-Roman, Joe Hot Chip, Ross Allen, Bridgwater Reggae Soundsystem, Hip Hop karaoke‘s Saturday afternoon open mic. and, of course, the now legendary BaggyMondays Thursday night session – hear their 2009 crowd in fine voice in the video below…
Other DJ sets over the weekend include Jamie from Klaxons, Micachu, Jamie from The xx, The Heatwave, Optimo, Lowlife, StuartPatterson and Dave Hill and loads more.
Here’s the full line-up:
Thursday
1-3am – Optimo
11.30pm-1am – Frank Broughton & Michael Cook (Lowlife)
10-11.30pm – Baggy Mondays
8-10pm – Autodisco
6.30-8pm – Ultimate Power
5-6.30pm – Mark Boyd and Matt Foney (The Social)
3-5pm – Carl and Danny (Heavenly Jukebox)
Friday
2.30am-5am – Greco-Roman ft Joe Hot Chip, Drums of Death + Ross Allen
1-2.30am – Jamie xx and Micachu DJ set
12-1am – Jamie (Klaxons) DJ set
8pm-12am – break
6-8pm – Bridgwater Reggae Soundsystem vs Broader Than Broadway
3-6pm – Stuart Patterson and Dave Hill (Deviant vs Rootical set)
1-3pm – Coyote (Is It Balearic?)
Saturday
3-5am – The Heatwave
2.30-3am – Silver Columns (live)
12-2.30am – Four Tet DJ set
8pm-12am – break
6-8pm – Riddim and Soul
4-6pm – 5 A-sides
2-4pm – Hip Hop Karaoke
1-2pm – The Endeacott Family
Sunday
2-4am – Heavenly Jukebox presents HVN JBX
12-2am – Very Special Guests
8pm-12am – break
7-8pm – RackNRuin
5-7pm – Man Like Me (DJ set)
3-5pm – Mr Shiver (Size Doesn’t Matter)
1-3pm – Jeff Barrett (Heavenly Jukebox)
We’re very pleased to announce the full 2010 line-up for the Rabbit Hole, the much-loved underground venue in The Park.
Once again the fevered imagination of the White Rabbit has concocted a psychedelic smorgasbord to titillate the palate of even the most seasoned Festival adventurer. The Rabbit Hole invites you to the land of the unexpected, from tea party to trance party, dormice to disco dancefloors, caterpillars to kicking live bands.
Explore a warren of underground magic that combines live music, theatre, disco and the all new “Peoples Palace ” cinema extravaganza. As usual an entourage of batty thespians awaits you with riddles, carrots and magic potions to test your wit and determination to gain entry into the inner worlds down the rabbit hole.
And all this on top of an incredible line-up of cutting edge, underground music hand picked to delight, inspire and reinvigorate you after this long winter of hibernation, including Saturday’s very special Annie in Wonderland bill, curated by legendary Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale and featuring a host of treats from across Glastonbury’s 40 years – including DJ Mad Mick (who played the very first record at the very first Festival) and Freebase, the supergroup featuring Peter Hook (New Order), Andy Rourke (The Smiths) and Mani (Stone Roses).
Here’s the full line-up:
Thursday (Opening night Party with Flying Rhino DJs)
1am James Munroe
11pm George Barker.
10pm Grantly.
Midnight Special; Live set from Elvis (the real one)
Friday
6am CLOSE
4.30 Bunny Come
2.30am Transpersonals
12.30 The Mad Cows
11pm TBA
9pm. 360
8pm The Soap Dodgers.
7pm Tin Roots
6pm The Tailors
5pm Poppy and Friends
4pm Bryony Fry
3pm Aishling
2pm Rory H
1pm Freddie Page
12.noon. Bert Miller and other animals Resident Dj (best Dj in the world) Poshratz.
Saturday. “Annie In Wonderland”
6.am CLOSE.
4.am The Egg
3.am dj Doorly
2.am Dreadzone
12.30 Freebass
11pm. dj Far Too Loud
10pm Space Ritual
8.00 Quintessence
7pm Dj Mad Mick
6pm Marsupilami
5pm Dan Mangan
4pm Gabby Young And Other Animals.
3pm Pete Lawrie
2pm Skinny Lister
1pm Jamie Burke Guest Djs
Sunday
5am CLOSE
3am Dubble Head
12.30 6ix Toys
11pm Secret Special Guest
10pm Elvis(The Real one)
9pm The Travelling Band
8pm Perhaps Contraption.
6pm Rabbit Foot Spasm Band
5pm Babeshadow
4pm Troy Ellis And The Long Shots
3pm Sound of Rum.
2pm Lion Child
1pm Josh Thorner
12.30pm Hot tin Cat
12noon Georgie Pope (acoustic Harp) Resident Dj (best Dj in the world) Poshratz.
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