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The
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary
Performing Arts, held at Pilton,
Somerset, commonly abbreviated to
Glastonbury or Glasto, is the
largest open-air music and
performing arts festival in the
world. The festival is best known
for its contemporary music, but also
features dance, comedy, theatre,
circus, cabaret and many other arts.
The festival takes place in South
West England at Worthy Farm between
the small villages of Pilton and
Pylle, six miles east of the town of
Glastonbury, overlooked by the
Glastonbury Tor in the mystical
"Vale of Avalon". The area has a
number of legends and spiritual
traditions, and is a "New Age" site
of interest: several ley lines are
considered to converge on the Tor.
The nearest town to the festival
site is Shepton Mallet, three miles
(5 km) north east, but there
continues to be interaction between
the people espousing alternative
lifestyles living in Glastonbury and
the festival itself. The farm is
situated between the A361 and A37
roads.
The
Glastonbury Festival 2010 will take
place between 23 and 27 June 2010.
Tickets went on sale on 4 October
2009, with the £50 deposit scheme
introduced at the previous festival
being continued. Unlike the previous
two years and more in common with
earlier festivals, the tickets for
the 2010 Glastonbury had sold out in
less than 24 hours from being
released for sale. U2 will no longer
headline the Pyramid Stage on Friday
night at Glastonbury 2010, due to
Bono sustaining a back injury early
May 2010. According to the media,
Bono was "gutted", even having
written a song especially for the
festival. Muse and Stevie Wonder
will play the other two headline
slots, with Muse playing on Saturday
and Wonder on Sunday. The following
day the replacement to U2 was
confirmed as Gorillaz. It would be
Damon Albarn's second headlining act
in 2 years.
During
2010 Michael Eavis received a
donation from British Waterways of
timber from the old gates at Caen
Hill Locks in Wiltshire. This was
used to construct a new bridge which
was dedicated to the memory of
Arabella Churchill.
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