Glastonbury 2009 is nearly sold out, already 90% of tickets are gone
According to Michael Eavis about 90% of the tickets for this years Glastonbury 2009 festival have been sold. An estimated 136,250 tickets have been issued to date.
A welcome change of fortune for a festival that has experienced difficulties over the past few years. 2007’s event was hit by terrible weather and 2008’s festival, with headliners like Jay-Z, the Verve and Kings of Leon, failed to sell out. Event organisers took a different tactic for the 2009 festival, putting tickets on sale in October – six months earlier than normal.
Confirmed acts for 2009 are:
Blur, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Kaiser Chiefs, along with Primal Scream, Supergrass, The Zutons and The Ting Tings.
Beyonce Wants to Play at Glastonbury 2009
After the huge success of Jay-Z this year Hip Hip Diva Belonce Knowles has told reporters that she want to play at next years Glastonbury Music Festival.
Jay-Z silenced his critics by playing a amazing set, thrilling thousands of fans and winning acclaim from music critics, Beyonce is hoping to do the same.
The First Official Name Confirmed For Glastonbury 2009
Winners of the RockStar Bands competition Major Major are the first officially named act for Glastonbury 2009.
The Liverpool band won the competition securing their slot at one of the biggest festivals in the world.
Major Major consist of Conor Clarke (vocals and guitar), Neil Owen (Lead Guitar and backing vocals), Louis Cooper (bass and backing vocals), and Liam Dobie (drums).
On 4 January 2008, Major Major became the first band to perform at the Liverpool Echo Arena where they supported The Farm (band) in front of 4000 Liverpool 08 Ambassadors for European Capital of Culture 2008.
Rofl Harris is Confirmed For Glastonbury 2009
Rofl Harris let it slip on BBC Radio 2 that he is playing at Glastonbury 2009.
“Well I’m doing Glastonbury again this coming year, in ‘09, which is wonderful.” - Rofl Harris
Rofl last played at the festival in 2002 and is mainly known for his wobble board
Razorlight Want to Play at Glastonbury 2009
With a new album coming out tomorrow Andy Burrows the drummer from Razorlight said to Orange that they were such a success at Rockness year and they hope that they can deliver that same caliber of perfomance at Glastonbury 2009
“We would love to headline Glastonbury.”
“It is one of the greatest festivals in the world. It would be amazing if we ever got the chance to do that - amazing. But I have no idea if that’s even a possibility.” - Andy Burrows
Razorlight’s new album Slipway Fires will be released on Monday.
Glastonbury 2008 Did Not Make Any Money
Michael Eavis, the founder of Glastonbury music festival told the BBC that this years festival had suffered because of rising costs .
“Glastonbury costs £22million now, it’s a huge cost,” he said.
“The infrastructure, the fencing, the roads, the water and the loos, the marquees, the management, the security and the police, it goes on and on so we do have to sell out in order to make it work.”
Even though the festival didn’t make a profit they still made donations of 1 million pounds to its charities.
“We still made about a million pounds for the charities we work for, so we actually achieved a million but we didn’t make any beyond that. There’s no money to reinvest or anything,” he said.
“Having said that, it’s the first year in 39 years that we didn’t make anything out of it, so it’s not bad really is it.”
Glastonbury 2009 Tickets Are Still Available
Tickets for Glastonbury Festival are still available for the moment (at some point they’re likely to go off-sale until next April). If you’d like to buy your tickets with ease then you can get them here.
Don’t forget that as an anti-touting measure you need to register before you buy - you can register here.
Get your ticket now for more great moments like this one below 
GOOD TIMES
There’s many more festivals with tickets for next summer on sale already, including Bestival, Camp Bestival, Creamfields, Field Day, Global Gathering, Rock Ness, Summer Sundae Weekender, The Great Escape, The Green Man Festival, The Secret Garden Party, Underage Festival, Wychwood Music Festival, and many more.
Coldplay For Glastonbury 2009
I for 1 will be keeping my finger crossed regarding this one. Especially since their latest album is doing so well, it would be foolish to not have Coldplay at next years festival.
And another one
Whispers of The Wombats Playing Glastonbury 2009
Rumours begun flying around yesterday after The Wombats manager Simon Bobbett apparently let it slip that he had been approched by Glastonbury representatives to see if The Wombats would like to fill a spot at the prestigiuos event. Nothing has been set in stone as yet but keep your ears open for the latest news by subscribing to the blogs RSS Feed
Adam Ant For Glastonbury 2009?
The UK newspaper The Sun reported “Glasto has to add Adam Ant.
Fans campaign to get Adam Ant on the line-up for Glastonbury”.
In the article it is said that “no comeback would be complete without an appearance at a major festival”.
It’s nice to see how these rumours develop in a matter of days.
On Monday Adam receives a Q Award and says he’s working on new material.
On Tuesday The Sun reports this new album “has sparked a furious bidding war among major labels”.
On Wednesday someone starts a Facebook group: Adam Ant for Glastonbury 2009 campaign!!
On Friday The Sun states that it’s just about inevitable that Adam actually will make his comeback on Glasto 2009.
So far there has been no comment from Adam Ant or his people to confirm or deny any of the above.
* Glasto has to add Adam Ant - The Sun
* Adam Ant for Glastonbury 2009 campaign!! - Facebook Group
-
Categories
-
Archives
-
Links
-
Visitor Map
-
Products