The Pet Shop Boys’ hit-filled set seems to have been among many people’s Glastonbury 2010 highlights, with the Guardian’s Dorian Lynskey summing up the mood by calling it, “A masterclass in how to deploy a glittering back catalogue to maximum effect.”
So, we thought you might like to know that the band’s entire Glastonury 2010 performance is available on the bonus DVD edition of their new greatest hits CD, Ultimate, which is out this week. You can get it from Amazon by clicking here.
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.
The full colour scrapbook offers a 120-page look at the Festival over the years, with hand-written captions by Emily and Michael
You can now buy this limited edition book for the reduced price of £6 (a saving of 40% on the original price) from Oxfam’s website, by clicking here. £3.50 from each sale will go to aid Oxfam’s efforts in Haiti.
Please note the book was published just before the 2010 Festival, which is thus not featured.
Here are some examples of pages from the scrapbook:
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Click here to buy the book for £10 from Oxfam.
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National Express is, once again, one of the Festival’s official coach partners for 2011. If you take the coach, you’ll be dropped off at the Festival’s bus station with all your belongings, closer to the action than any other form of transport. Plus, of course, you’ll be doing your bit to keep CO2 emissions to a minimum. And prices are being kept at 2010 levels for next year.
Check out the list of departure points below. If you’d like more info, or want to book a ticket, click here to head to National Express’s Glastonbury page:
– Birmingham
– Brighton
– Bristol
– Basildon
– Birkenhead
– Blackburn
– Blackpool
– Bolton
– Bournemouth
– Bradford
– Burnley
– Cambridge
– Cardiff
– Chelmsford
– Cheltenham Spa
– Chester
– Colchester
– Coventry
– Darlington
– Derby
– Dewsbury
– Doncaster
– Edinburgh
– Exeter
– Glasgow
– Gloucester
– Grantham
– Heathrow Airport
– Hull
– Halifax
– Huddersfield
– Ipswich
– Leeds
– Leicester
– Liverpool
– Lincoln
– London
– Luton
– Manchester
– Middlesbrough
– Milton Keynes
– Northampton
– Norwich
– Nottingham
– Newark-on-Trent
– Newbury
– Newcastle upon Tyne
– Oxford
– Portsmouth
– Peterborough
– Plymouth
– Poole
– Preston
– Reading
– Sheffield
– Southampton
– Swindon
– Scunthorpe
– Southend-on-Sea
– Sunderland
– Swansea
– Taunton
A film by Banksy.
Picture by Sarah Snowdon
Applications are now open to trade at Glastonbury 2011 – click here to access the online application form.
For more information on Traders at Glastonbury, click here.
Tickets for Glastonbury 2011 sold out earlier today, after just over 4 hours (which, we’re pleased to say, is 8 hours quicker than last year). Thank you to everyone who was online and on the phone from 9am this morning.
We’re very sorry to those of you who didn’t get tickets, and acknowledge there were some issues with the website/phoneline due to the sheer volume of people trying to get through. We wish there was a way to fit everyone in who wanted to come.
Thanks for all your support. We’re looking forward to seeing those of you who got tickets next June.
Michael & Emily Eavis
Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2011 go on sale at 9am on Sunday, October 3rd, costing £195 (+ P&P and £5 booking fee).
You will be able to book up to 8 tickets per transaction by paying a £50 deposit per person, either online at www.seetickets.com/g2011 or on the booking line: 0844 412 4635.
There will then be no further payments taken until the booking site re-opens in spring 2011, when you will have a week to pay your balance of £145 per ticket, and to book everything else you might need (tipis, campervan tickets, parking, insurance).
To book tickets, you will need the registration number and postcode for each person for whom you are booking a ticket. As per previous announcements, registrations are now suspended until Monday. But you can check an existing registration by clicking here.
For full 2011 ticket information, please click here.
For the very latest info on ticket sales on Sunday morning, please keep an eye on our Twitter feed, at twitter.com/glastofest and below:
At this year’s Glastonbury, Solent Productions made this amazing Stereoscopic 3D film – watch it with classic blue/red 3D glasses to see it leap out at you…
The small but perfectly formed Climate Camp Tripod Stage, tucked away in a sunny corner of the Green Fields, was one of Glastonbury 2010’s secret pleasures. Highlights on the solar powered, semi-acoustic tiny stage included gigs from Sam Duckworth (of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.), ETC early bird winners My Luminaries, Robin Ince, Attila the Stockbroker, Lulu and the Lampshades and Dry The River.
All this and a nightly ceilidh (hosted by Green Kite Midnight) and some amazing performances conducted with kitchen utensils and old yogurt pots. Great fun if organiser’s Amelia Gregory’s magic megaphone lured you in there. If not, here’s a little film of some of the best bits (thanks for the kind words, Sam!).
If you’re hoping to buy a ticket for Glastonbury 2011, then you (and everyone you’re buying a ticket for) needs to be registered. Ticket registration will close at 9am on Friday 1st October, exactly 48 hours before tickets go on sale on Sunday 3rd October. The registration site is then due to re-open on the morning of Monday 4th October.
– Click here to register to buy tickets
– Click here to check whether you’re already registered (this link will also close for 48 hours from 9am on Friday 1st October)