Glastonbury Festival to have 4G wifi hotspots thanks to herd of…
Festival-goers at Glastonbury will benefit from super fast wifi for free this year – thanks to a herd of cows.
Life-size fibreglass cows, modelled on Worthy Farm’s famous dairy herd, have been converted into 4G wifi hotspots.
The cows, decorated by festival artist Hank Kruger, allow revellers to log on and upload pictures and videos at key points around the Somerset farm.
They are powered by a bespoke 4G network, which will be installed on the 1,200-acre site by EE, the technology partner…

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Glastonbury Festival: Michael Eavis' final touches to Worthy Farm
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has admitted he ‘would simply not have believed it’ if he had been told when he began his annual shin-dig that it would become the biggest party on the planet.The dairy farmer turned music legend was co-ordinating last-minute finishing touches to Worthy Farm – and the surrounding farms – in Pilton over the weekend, in preparation for the 175,000 people, and thousands more staff and artists, who are set to invade this week.Gates open on…

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Glastonbury Festival Weather: It could be a mud bath as rain is…
It has been the most anticipated weather forecast for months, but now it seems certain that the dry weather will break, and rain will arrive – just in time to turn the Glastonbury Festival site into a mudbath.Forecasters warned the 200,000 people packing this week to get to Worthy Farm that rain will arrive on Thursday, and it will probably rain every day for the rest of the festival.Conditions have been perfect for the festival so far – the army of people building the stages and…

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Glastonbury Festival weather forecast now says rain on day two
DESPITE initial forecasts of sunny weather for Glastonbury Festival, the Met Office is predicting a high chance of rain during day two at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.

The Met Office says if you’re arriving at Glastonbury Festival on Wednesday to get the most of your five-day ticket, then you will be pitching your tent in 18C sunshine.

But cloud is going to gradually cover the sky up to 1pm on Thursday, with a 65 per cent chance of rain up to 7pm, before it grows less likely at 45 per…

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