Glastonbury Founder Michael Eavis And MIA Named 100 Most Influential People By Time

May 4, 2009 by admin
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Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis and MIA have been named one of the top 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, alongside Barack Obama and Brad Pitt.

Eavis, the 73-year-old farmer from Somerset, ranks alongside some of the world’s most famous faces, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and London mayor Boris Johnson.

Paying tribute to Eavis in the magazine, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin wrote, “Michael is one of the people to whom I owe my life and career.”

“He asked Coldplay to play this little fete and picked us up at the airport. It was like being met by a friendly uncle………….It remains the biggest event in our band’s life. It changed everything,” he said.

Writing about MIA, the only contemporary musician to appear in the list, director Spike Jonze quipped, “There are no borders for her.”

U2’s Bono writes about George Clooney in the list, while Lou Reed praises South African artist William Kentridge.

Meanwhile, this year’s Glastonbury festival will feature headline performances from Blur, Neil Young and Bruce Springtseen, and will take place in Pilton, Somerset, between 25-28 June 2009.

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