Friday 23 September 2011

Coldplay's performance at Glastonbury in 2011


Coldplay's performance at Glastonbury in 2011 for best festival's headliner's name.

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6 Music DJ Shaun Keaveny said of Coldplay's winning performance: “To witness Coldplay at Glastonbury this year was like welcoming an old mate back to your local pub.

“Coldplay are as at home on the Pyramid Stage as any band on the planet - and effortlessly pounded the crowd into a euphoric singalong. New songs and old songs all flowed into one as the sun set on a glorious Glasto Saturday evening.”

Wednesday 17 August 2011

Glastonbury organizer Michael 'Eavis defended the call

Welsh and UK farming unions in Wales today to ban Chinese lantern festival Glastonbury organizer Michael 'Eavis defended the call.

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Lanterns
, fireworks, often seen as a gentler alternative is already banned in Germany and Australia.


Mr
Eavis said they pose threats to crops and livestock and flying lanterns, tents during the festival, is worried about.

He said: “I would like to see them totally banned.

“I am surrounded by farmers and when Glastonbury Festival takes place, it’s sky lanterns they get angry about. For several years now we have banned them being sold at the festival, but people still bring them on site within all their camping gear.

“It’s an absolute disaster when they let them off, if they were ever to land on a tent they could start a fire that would set off a domino effect, as the tents are pitched so close together at the festival.”

Normally a string of lanterns on the frame are constructed of paper increased. A wax candle which they fly for 20 minutes and he can climb a mile in the sky before they disintegrate that enables contains.

Mr Eavis said, “They are also a real danger to both cattle and sheep as the metal frames fall down into long grass and end up being cut into small sharp needle-like sections by the forage machinery, when making hay and silage for the winter fodder”.

FUW’s new president Emyr Jones said: “Consumers are always talking about maintaining the welfare of livestock and then they let these things go up and, inevitably, they come back down on to our farmland.”

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has joined 2012 Olympic Games

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has joined a campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games, Manufacturing commodity support workers rights.

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Mr Eavis anti-poverty charity War on Want is presented to £71,000.

These are
countries such as
China, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 'sweat shop' support for a campaign against the exploitation of workers to be used.

Mr Eavis said: "The only sweat we want to see at the 2012 London Olympics should come from the athletes."

He added: "The abuse of workers in sweat shops runs totally counter to the Olympic ideal of fairness, and no companies found guilty of such abuse should be part of the games."

Workers Beer Company in 2011 Glastonbury Festival charity, Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Union Council, which is owned by the money raised comes from.

"It is important that the merchandise to be used at the Olympics in London is sourced from ethical suppliers," said Spencer Barnshaw, secretary of Battersea and Wandsworth TUC.

War on Want executive director John Hilary said: "We are thrilled that Michael Eavis has thrown the weight of the Glastonbury Festival behind the campaign for a sweat-free Games.

"Companies must not be allowed to wrap themselves in the Olympics flag if they are not prepared to live up to the ideals of the movement."

Monday 11 July 2011

Glastonbury 2011 fashion hits and misses (Photos)




Paul Simon perform at Glastonbury Festival 2011 - Video

Watch Paul Simon perform So Beautiful Or So What track from his Pyramid Stage set at Glastonbury Festival 2011.

Glastonbury music festival for Jersey each year

Glastonbury music festival for Jersey each year, dozens of fans made ​​their way to Somerset.

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Jersey
in 2011, two fans were performed by bands who have been involved.

A Glastonbury regular band Booker and Jersey Live Jersey Live in 2009 by Martin Elbourne's stage set was seen.


The band's frontman Chris Nutter said it is a wonderful chance to get their music was in the hands.


He said: "Nothing really comes from one gig normally, but we are going to use it as leverage to get new gigs, higher profile gigs with higher profile bands.


"Just use it as build-up really, build it up from there."


Max Cleworth math punk band that was an incredible experience.


He said: "The whole festival was just unreal, obviously playing was surreal and really fun, we were all really scared just before it but once we got into it it was OK."


The band's set was broadcast live on the BBC Red Button, screened just after a repeat of U2's set.


Mick Jagger's brother in front of a guerrilla gig the band played Glastonbury city center.


Craig Welsh plays drums for Top Buzzer and said they just wanted to promote the album.


He said: "Our album has just come out so we are on tour at the moment around the UK.


"On Sunday we had the day off so we thought we're all together, we have this album to promote, we should set up somewhere and just play.


"It was the hottest day of the year, we thought there is a shindig going down in Glastonbury, why don't we play there."

Glastonbury another "three or four years" may take place only

Glastonbury another "three or four years" may take place only, according to organiser Michael Eavis.

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The Worthy Farm owner claimed that the festival is "way out" as music to their fans are growing bored.

Eavis told The Times, "Partly it's economics, but there is a feeling that that people have seen it all before".

He commented, "We've probably got another three or four years. Womad and Latitude are not selling out".

Eavis has claimed that the festival in 2008, particularly its financial problems encountered.

He added, "We sell out only because we get huge headliners. In the year Jay-Z played we nearly went bankrupt".

Sunday 10 July 2011

Radiohead, Primal Scream and U2 perform at Glastonbury Festival














Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis revealed that tragedy into an otherwise excellent festival

Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis revealed that tragedy into an otherwise excellent festival was a suicide.

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Politician Christopher Shale was found dead in a portable toilet, backstage at the festival on Sunday morning.


Police have already ruled as cause of death in suspicious circumstances, but they are continuing with their investigation.


However, Eavis insisted the death was a suicide.


He says, "I'm told it was a suicide situation... It's very, very sad. I can't say too much about it."


Shale, chairman of a local Conservative Party and British Prime Minister David Cameron was "great friend".

Beyonce UK albums chart in the UK Glastonbury Festival after winning the show

Beyonce UK albums chart has raced at the top, this new 4th release in the UK Glastonbury Festival after winning the show has debuted at number one.

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The pop superstar's traditionally rock-orientated event is the last weekend (27Jun11) gig headlined the main stage audience wowed critics and won and the success of this festival of music, old and new has helped to boost sales.

First Beyonce discs reappeared in the top 50 as his former band Destiny's Child # 1 Biggest Hits album is I Am Sasha Fierce and Dangerously In Love.

Monday 27 June 2011

Pulp performed a surprise gig at the Glastonbury Festival

Pulp performed a surprise gig at the Glastonbury Festival on 25th June.

Jarvis Cocker is a band's frontman, who will perform on The Park Stage in the same slot filled by Radiohead on 24th June.

Pulp at Wireless Festival in London next weekend with a headline slot based on a series of gigs earlier this year to reform.

His last appearance at Glastonbury on the site was the subject of much speculation.

Both Brother and Two Door Cinema Club spoke to Gigwise about the rumoured slot.

Brother's Lee Newell said: "I’ve been told it’s definitely Pulp. I don’t think I was meant to say that."

Beyonce Knowles has announced that Britain's Glastonbury Festival set her career 'highlight'

Singer Beyonce Knowles has announced that Britain's Glastonbury Festival set her career 'highlight'.

R & B' superstar to headline the first stage, made ​​history by becoming a woman.


Destiny's Child, winner of the established views of the medleys, as well as classic and new tracks from his solo album that included future.


Beyonce over 170000 strong crowd was delighted by the response and after completing the setup of the festival experience a gap in 'dream' was made​​.


The Crazy In Love hitmaker has admitted that he's holding back a wave of emotions as they come face to face with fans being able to.


“I'm completely high. It's so surreal, weird - just happy, and I wasn't kidding when I said this night is a dream. I felt like a rock star and the crowd - they looked like rock stars, and I'm just so honoured, really. This was just, like, a highlight of my career,” Contactmusic quoted her as telling the BBC.

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Adele to joined with Beyonce onstage at Glastonbury Festival

Adele to joined with Beyonce onstage at Glastonbury Festival just previous night 26th June.

The singer was seen with R&B superstar, but he rejected the offer because he is suffering from acute laryngitis.

A source told The Sun, "Adele was absolutely gutted, Beyonce is one of her big heroes. It would have been the stuff of dreams to perform with her - the gig of her life.

"But docs have told her she's got to rest her voice or risk damaging her prized asset. She hopes one day they can do something together."

Adele was recently talking or singing for a month of U.S. tour dates after canceling a series of serious damage to his voice commands to avoid closure.

Beyonce hit the Pyramid Stage set packs a big crowd to play a headline worthy form.

Kate Moss lost her £ 14,000 engagement ring while partying at Glastonbury Festival

Kate Moss lost her £ 14,000 engagement ring while partying at Glastonbury Festival.

The supermodel boyfriend Jamie Hince after performing with his band, music festival in Somerset, South West England was killed in the "hyperventilating" realize that he was after was a sparkler mislaid in the mud.

An insider explained: "Everyone was looking for the ring, with Kate practically hyperventilating at the side of the stage. She was screeching at her mates, begging them to get down on their hands and knees , and trawl through the mud for the sparkler.

"Even Kate was half-heartedly flicking mud around with her welly, trying to unearth the ring."

However, more than entertainment for CAT in the Oxfordshire, South East England Jamie this Friday (01.07.11) to tie the knot in the end found some tissue between the thumb got stuck in the bottom of the headband.

The source added to the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Two hours later, and still crying, she went to the loo only to root through her bag for a tissue and magically find the ring. It had been there the whole time.

"Kate was cackling hysterically but no one else found it quite so funny."

Glastonbury Festival. U2 and its frontman Bono known for their global poverty-fighting efforts

U2 frontman Bono and his global efforts to fight poverty, is Ireland who labor in the performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England on Friday crashes are accused of dodging tax by was.

Uncut anti-capitalist art group, a 20-foot (6 m) inflated balloon emblazoned with the message "U 2, you pay taxes."

Security
Guard deflating the balloon and remove it on the ground before wrestled. About 30 people were involved in angry confrontation.

Bono fan, Gary Noble, 45, said he found the answer to the security of all "a little shocking."

He said, "I love U2 but I think everyone should pay their taxes. The campaigners have a right to voice their opinion".

Uncut Art argues that poverty in the developing world, Bono campaigns against the group Irish taxpayer at a time when they avoided simply hit the country's acute need of money.

Ireland, which has already accepted an international bailout tax increase, deep cuts in spending and rising unemployment as the debt burden facing the economy back from brink of bankruptcy, is trying to pull.

"Tax(es) nestling in the band's bank account should be helping to keep open the hospitals, schools and libraries that are closing all over Ireland," Art Uncut member Charlie Dewar said ahead of the protest.