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Glastonbury Festival 2011: the clean-up begins

An army of workers today began the back-breaking task of removing 1,650 tonnes of waste from the Glastonbury Festival site. A team of 1,300 ‘recycling volunteers’ will take more than three weeks …

Glastonbury 2011 pictures: Wayne Rooney makes Friday arrival

Wayne Rooney swapped immaculate turf for a boggy field as he arrived in Somerset for the Glastonbury Festival. The Man United star, wearing black wellington boots, sunglasses and a hoodie to …

Glastonbury 2011: Thursday in pictures

Glastonbury Festival organisers were today dumping tonnes of straw and bark onto the ground in a bid to combat the boggy conditions. A week of wet weather has saturated the 1,100-acre site and …

Glastonbury Festival campers stay in £400-a-night tent

Forget the mud at Glastonbury … a luxury pop-up hotel was today – boasting double beds, cooked breakfasts and even a 4×4 valet service. The Pop-Up Hotel offers festival goers safari-style …

Glastonbury Festival-goers have muddy good time

Thousands of revellers descended on the Glastonbury Festival today – and were welcomed with torrential downpours. The 1,100 acre site in Somerset is already turning into a mudbath after a …

Glastonbury 2011 headliners confirmed: U2 will join Coldplay and Beyonce on the Pyramid Stage

U2’s Edge has confirmed the band will headline this year’s Glastonbury Festival alongside Coldplay and Beyonce. The rocker made a video announcement at …

Pete Doherty and Carl Barat re-forming the Libertines for Glastonbury 2011

The Libertines, the wild-living indie banded fronted by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat, may re-form to play at Glastonbury Festival this year. The band reunited last …

Beyonce to headline Glastonbury 2011

Beyonce could be headlining Glastonbury Festival 2011 alongside U2 and Coldplay, if line-up rumours are to be believed. According to gossip website Holy Moly, the R’n’B star will taking up the same …

Did Banksy out himself in front of Prince Charles?

Speculation was growing that illusive graffiti sensation Banksy had ‘outed’ himself today after he claimed responsibility for a video showing a ‘hippy’ throwing ‘drugs’ at Prince Charles. The footage, …

iPhone app iFest helps festival goers find their tents – what ever state they are in

A student has developed a phone application for festival goers which shows them the way – to their TENTS. Creative Chris Blackmore, 22, came up with iFest to help revellers who pitch up and then.