The Glastonbury Festival 2009 held on between 24 and 28 June 2009. In marked difference with prior years, the 137,500 tickets went on sale on 5 October 2008, earlier than ever before, with pre-registered customers able either to pay in full, or place a £50 reserve deposit to be paid by 1 February. Tickets for the festival sold out. The full line up was lauched on 25 May 2009 and as well as headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young on the Pyramid stage. The Other stage was headlined by The Prodigy, Pendulum, Maxïmo Park, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. Other noteworthy artists were Fairport Convention (who played at the very first Glastonbury Festival), Doves, Lady Gaga, Jason Mraz, Nick Cave, Pete Doherty, Hugh Cornwell, Maximo Park, Status Quo, Madness, Dizzee Rascal, Crosby Stills & Nash, Lily Allen, Florence And The Machine. Spinal Tap one of a total of two shows universal on their Back From The Dead "World Tour".Originally expecting fine climate the forecasts were common and unwavering during the preceding week — three days of rain. However, after a heavy shower over Thursday night and Friday morning creating some mud, the second half of Friday and all of Saturday were sunny, very hot and dry. in spite of some heavy, thundery showers on Sunday night, Glastonbury 2009 defied the forecasts to enjoy some of the best ever Glastonbury weather.
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