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Basement Jaxx

2005-06-27T00:04:00.000+01:00

Primal Scream

2005-06-26T21:35:00.000+01:00

Garbage

2005-06-26T19:35:00.000+01:00

Sunshine Pyramid

2005-06-26T14:33:00.000+01:00

Mid Day, Sun Day

2005-06-26T12:00:00.000+01:00

Everyones' Photo

2005-06-26T10:36:00.000+01:00

Sun Day

2005-06-26T09:28:00.000+01:00

Coldplay

2005-06-25T23:43:00.000+01:00

Kasabian

2005-06-25T22:30:00.000+01:00

Brilliant set. Rocked and Loud.

Gwynneth waits for Coldplay

2005-06-25T21:37:00.000+01:00

Kiera Nightley and friend

2005-06-25T20:40:00.000+01:00

Kaiser Chiefs

2005-06-25T16:58:00.000+01:00

Pyramid

2005-06-25T15:41:00.000+01:00

St Bob

2005-06-25T10:54:00.000+01:00

Water level is dropping

2005-06-25T10:08:00.000+01:00

Peaches Geldof

2005-06-25T09:33:00.000+01:00

White Stripes

2005-06-24T23:56:00.000+01:00

Tent city becomes a mud bath!

2005-06-24T23:19:00.000+01:00

KT Tunstall

2005-06-24T16:05:00.000+01:00

Here comes the sun?

2005-06-24T11:33:00.000+01:00

Very wet

2005-06-24T08:13:00.000+01:00

Here comes the rain

2005-06-24T05:30:00.000+01:00

First Thunder at 05 am. Rain continuously until 11:30 am. 5 centimeters - 2 inches in one go. Thats about one tenth of the annual rainfall in six and a half hours.

Glastonbury nights

2005-06-23T23:16:00.001+01:00

Tent city as big as Bath

2005-06-23T23:16:00.000+01:00

Jazz Tent

2005-06-23T16:18:00.000+01:00

Incoming!

2005-06-23T10:13:00.000+01:00

Car parking

2005-06-22T22:12:00.000+01:00

Car parking signs have been put up on the roads leading into Pilton, in preparation to direct Festival traffic.

The Portakabins which house the banks and cash machines have arrived.

Barrel-painters are out in force all around the site, painting and decorating the rubbish bins ready for the Festival.

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis was out and about, checking on the set-up in the Green Fields. You can listen to an interview with him talking about the countdown to Glasto, how he's feeling about this year's Festival, and the artist line-up, by clicking on the audio link at the top of this page.

There are two tents up in the Dance Village which is new to the Festival this year. There will be a series of tents, bars, lounges, performance areas and open-air stages in this new area.

The ID Spiral Chillout, where there'll be global, ethnic and psychedelic music, is also under construction in the Dance Village.

The frame of the Jazz World Stage is in place, and parts of the Other Stage are being lifted into place by a crane.

Benches are being fixed together all around the Festival site.

A wooden structure called the Sunrise Gateway is being built by a local chainsaw sculptor in the Croissant Neuf field. It will be in the same place as the wooden scorpion was in 2004.

The John Peel Stage, formerly the New Bands Tent, is in the process of being set up.

WaterAid toilets have arrived in the King's Meadow at the top of the Green Fields, and the wooden griffen, also in the King's Meadow, is still under construction.

Three Cows in a Pile

2005-06-21T22:13:00.000+01:00

With only a couple of days left before Glasto gets underway, the Festival site is a hive of activity.

Security at the site is tight, and there are people on the roads going into Pilton, manning the entrances to the various car parks.

There's a definite buzz at Worthy Farm, and with all the areas clearly marked out now, there's lots of energy and anticipation about the big event.

Delivery trucks, vans, and tractors are everywhere as the final preparations are being made. The all-important food stalls are being set up, along with the market stalls and, of course, the beer tents!

The Pyramid Stage, the Other Stage, and the Jazz World Stage all have their covers on now, and the final bits of work are being done.

The beautiful brightly coloured signs welcoming people to the different areas of the Festival have been made, and are now in place.

Bin-painting is still going on, as is rubbish-clearing and litter-picking. The metal pathways have now been laid too.

The wooden griffen, constructed by chainsaw sculpture team the Tree Pirates, is now finished in the King's Meadow. There's a peace garden being created in the King's Meadow as well, for people to chill-out in.

A sculpture called 3 Cows in a Pile is in place now. It's in the Green Fields and is designed and created by John Kelly. Made from bronze, the sculpture weighs six tons, and measures seven metres long, and six metres high.

The tents in the new Dance Village have gone up now, complete with the Glasto flags!

Sculptor Aragorn Horner was hard at work on his interactive space pod, which will be situated in the Dance Village. Make sure you check it out at night - it lights up and everything!

It's hard to believe the transformation that takes place at Worthy Farm, from it's life as an ordinary dairy farm, to the home of Glastonbury Festival.

But, with a lot of hard work, transform it does, just in time for the gates opening to thousands of Festival-goers tomorrow

ipod at glastonbury

2005-06-21T01:09:00.000+01:00

Tickets, please

2005-06-08T20:44:00.000+01:00

Glasto loos arrive

2005-06-07T22:10:00.000+01:00

The grass has now been cut, and the 'ring of steel' fence is nearly finished - you can see it from all around the Festival site.

The Pyramid Stage covers are on, and the structure of the Other Stage is in the process of being built.

The dreaded Glasto loos have been delivered, and the plumbers have arrived and are working hard!

There's lots of activity on site now: the different areas are being marked out, some signs have been put up, the painted drums are being put into place, and timber is being sorted for various Festival structures.

The head of the wooden griffen, constructed by chainsaw sculpture team the Tree Pirates, has arrived in the King's Meadow. The 15-foot-high creature, which has a 30-foot wingspan, was created at the Bath and West Show, earlier in June.

There are also lots of Glastonbury site workers clearing rubbish, finishing the wooden fencing, and mulching, which protects the young trees.

Ring of Steel

2005-05-24T22:09:00.000+01:00

The 'ring of steel' fence started going up on Tuesday 10 May. Despite the inclement weather, it's well on schedule.

Before anyone can drive on the land, the grass needs to be cut for silage, which means waiting for the weather to be just right.

The main stage covers will go on in the next few days.

Getting it together

2005-05-06T22:07:00.000+01:00

Apart from the basic structure of the Pyramid Stage, which stays up all year, Worthy Farm looks like... well, err... a farm!

Yep, Michael Eavis' pad is still a working dairy farm, with 350 cows, when it's not playing host to 150,000 festival-goers and some of the world's top bands.

So there's not too much to report just yet; however, the big clear-up of the Festival site is already underway.

Worthy Farm Site Manager Rob Kearle, and Glasto veterans Des and Cloud, have been clearing up the rubbish, cleaning out the ditches, and unblocking the drains in preparation for the Festival.