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Michael and Emily Eavis pay tribute to 'man carved into festival…

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THE man who has “his name carved into festival history” has died.

Both Michael and Emily Eavis have paid heartfelt and fulsome tributes to the festival’s head of infrastructure, Phil Miller who died in hospital in Bath, following a short illness.

Mr Eavis said he met Mr Miller about 20 years ago when he was organising local housing for Mendip District Council.

“His enthusiasm and determination caught my eye then, and I offered him a job when he retired from Mendip Council seven years…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette
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Idris Elba to play Glastonbury Festival

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Idris Elba to play Glastonbury Festival
Actor Idris Elba has pledged to play a DJ set at this year’s Glastonbury Festival after The Wire star pulled out last year because of filming commitments.The actor DJs under the name Driis and is on the newly announced bill for the Silver Hayes dance village.Elba, who many say should be the first black James Bond, was a teenage DJ before he went into acting.Best known for his portrayal of intelligent drug lord Russell “Stringer” Bell in the HBO series The Wire, he still works the…

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Author: Western Daily Press
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Glastonbury headliner Kanye West apologises over Billboard Music…

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Rapper Kanye West has apologised to TV viewers who were unimpressed with his performance at the Billboard Music Awards.The audience in Las Vegas booed as the star performed his songs All Day and Black Skinhead at Sunday’s ceremony.But West – who also provoked derision following his performance at the Brit awards earlier this year – blamed the response on the show’s organisers, saying he had been “grossly over-censored”.A statement from his publicist said: “Non-profane…

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Author: Western Daily Press
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