Glastonbury 2010 Sold Out

Tickets have already sold out for Glastonbury Festival which runs for five full days from Wednesday 23rd until Sunday 27th June 2010 across a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset.

The scramble for tickets for this year’s festival started at 9am yesterday morning, with the whole allocation of tickets selling in just over 12 hours. Due to the speed with which tickets were sold, some confirmation emails took over 11 hours to be confirmed. For those who want to confirm they have purchased tickets, there is a ticket checking facility here.

Glastonbury Tickets On Sale Soon!

Tickets for next year’s Glastonbury Festival will go on sale at 9am on Sunday 4th October priced at £185 + £5 booking fee (plus £4.95 postage).

Next year’s event will mark the 40th anniversary of music and arts festivals at Worthy Farm, Somerset, where Michael Eavis first opened his gates for business in September 1970.

Glastonbury – Review

The weekend began ominously. Forked bolts of lightning threatened to bring down the hillside pylons, taking out the Pyramid stage along with many of the unprecedented 100,000 punters that turned up during the opening 24 hours.

Glastonbury Festival – Review

Ever wondered what Glastonbury is like on the other side of the fence? Ever wondered what a celebrity would have to say about Britians most famous festival? Wonder no more, because Dominic Masters, lead singer of British indie pop band, The Others, shares with wristband4festivals his weekend’s experiences.

Glastonbury digests Jackson’s death

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The BBC’s Lizo Mzimba reports from the Glastonbury festival on how music fans are taking the news of Michael Jackson’s death.

Skinner makes Glasto ‘crop circle’

Garage star Mike Skinner swapped the Streets for the fields as his face was pictured in a gigantic “crop circle” to welcome festival goers to Glastonbury.

The singer decided to make the huge work of art because he wants his face “to be seen from space”.

Glastonbury announce Jackson tribute plans

Glastonbury festival organiser Emily Eavis has announced that there will be a series of tributes at the festival held to Michael Jackson, who died in Los Angeles of a heart attack yesterday (June 25).

The festival is taking place from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th, with Eavis explaining that tibutes would be paid to the singer throughout the Worthy Farm site.

Writing on the official Glastonbury Twitter page, Twitter.com/glastofest, Eavis explained that tributes would be paid, but has not revealed specific details yet.

“So sad to hear the news about MJ,” she wrote. “There will be tributes all over the site all weekend. A truly great artist. Emily.”

Glastonbury reacts to Michael Jackson’s Death – The Guardian

Maximo Park in Glastonbury Grand Slam

Everyone’s favourite scissor kicking frontman will no doubt be celebrating this week after the news that not only will Maximo Park be the first band to play the brand new William Green Arena, but they’ll also be kick-starting the whole weekend.

The new arena is named after Micheal Eavis‘ granddad William Green, who first planted crops on the festival site. It will be housed between the Pyramid Stage and the Acoustic Field.

Artists confirmed so far include Bruce Springsteen and Blur. The full line up can be seen here.

Glastonbury Festival 2009 will take place at Worthy Farm, Pilton in Somerset between Wednesday 24th and Sunday 28th June.

Limited tickets are still available. Click here to buy.

Little Boots self confirm Reading and Leeds Appearance

In a recent interview with NME.com Little Boots confirmed that she would be playing a host of UK Festivals this year, including Bestival, T In The Park, Reading and Leeds and Glastonbury. She also quashed rumours that she would be playing this years V Festival.

She also said that she hopes her early fans don’t think that she’s sold out as she’s gotten more popular.

Little Boots is now the second artist to confirm for the Reading and Leeds festivals alongside Kings of Leon.

Reading and Leeds festivals take place this year between the Bank Holiday weekend of Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August this year.

Tickets for the festival go on sale on Friday 30th March at 7pm with the official line up and price details being made available only hours earlier.

Neil Young to headline Hard Rock Calling

Neil Young who is also set to perform at Glastonbury and the Isle Of Wight Festival, is set to play the Hyde Park festival alongside fellow aging rocker, Bruce Springsteen.

The self proclaimed hobo rocker, Seasick Steve is also set to appear with the latest NME darlings, Fleet Foxes, and The Pretenders.

Speaking about their appearance, singer of The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde said: “We would play a garden shed to be on a bill with Neil Young but Hyde Park – summer – with ‘The Loner’. This is what makes a thousand hours on tour buses all worthwhile. This is why people get in bands.”

Hard Rock Calling 2009 will take place at Hyde Park in London from Saturday 27th to Sunday 28th June.

Tickets for the Neil Young day will go on sale from Friday 13th March, priced at £45.

All passes for the Bruce Springsteen day have sold out.