Eavis has stated that he will personally pay Bruce Springsteen’s fine for playing over the main stage curfew at Glastonbury Festival 2009.
Bruce Springsteen went nine minutes over the main curfew on Saturday night, resulting in a standard fine of three thousand pounds.
Eavis said he will happily pay the fine personally due to the quality of the Boss’s set.
Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis has dubbed Glastonbury Festival 2009 as the ‘Best ever.’
He also stated that the controversial headliner that he introduced last year (JayZ) had helped bring a younger audience this year.
Eavis commented that all the different areas of Glastonbury had made it what it was, and it will be tough to top next year.
Rumours have been circulating for some years that the world famous festival will end soon, however each year seems to get better.
A staggering 407 BBC staff were sent to Glastonbury Festival 2009, it has been reported.
That’s almost the same amount of staff the BBC sent to cover the Beijing Olympics last year.
Jobs from producing, and directing to filming and reporting were all necessary to provide good coverage.
The BBC admitted that the intense staffing had cost them a mega £1.5 million.
Glastonbury Festival 2009 came and went as planned despite three goers being diagnosed with Swine Flu.
Two students and one 10 year old child were diagnosed with the virus and were asked to leave the festival.
Organisers said that they managed to isolate the festival goers quickly, and therefore felt that they never posed any threat to the other 177,000 people there.
Glastonbury organisers also spoke out and said that they had monitored the flu up to the start of the festival and were always prepared.
Many artists paid tribute to the late legend of Pop Michael Jackson, who died on Thursday of last week.
Singers ranging from Pharrell Williams to Dizzee Rascal interrupted their sets at Glastonbury Festival 2009, with tributes to the late pop icon Michael Jackson, proving just how influential he was.
The death of Jackson has been one of the biggest losses to pop music in recent years, and his legacy as a singer, dancer and songwriter was celebrated in numerous performances at this years festival.
From everyone at Glastonburyfest.org, RIP Michael Jackson.
Bruce Springsteen has been dubbed as ‘The boss of Glastonbury’ by the BBC, after his crowd pleasing two and a half hour set at this years Glastonbury festival.
Fans were entertained with golden Springsteen hits such as ‘Dancing in the dark’ and ‘Born to run.’
The Boss also made several journeys to the front row during his epic performance, further adding to the entertainment value of the set.
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The CLIC charity bus is to return to Glastonbury Festival this year due to popular demand.
“A 1960s vintage double-decker bus on loan to children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent, will be returning by popular demand to this year’s Glastonbury Festival to help raise vital funds for the cause.”
To read more about this please visit the source which can be found here
Virtual Festivals have exclusively revealed that N*E*R*D are to be one of the special guests at Glastonbury Festival 2009.
The band is expected to take the ‘Special Guests’ slot between Fleet Foxes and Regina Spektor on the Pyramid Stage on the Friday (26 June).
For more information on this, please visit the Virtual Festivals page here
Maximo Park are leaving it up to the fans to decide their set list for Glastonbury Festival 2009.
The band will play two sets at this years Glastonbury, and want the fans to decide the songs for their first set which opens up the festival on Thursday at 4pm (Queens Head Stage).
Their second set will take place on Saturday night on the Other Stage. Here they will play new songs of their choosing.
For more information on how to vote visit their blog here
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