Glastonbury Festival's Michael Eavis calls Environment Agency…
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL founder Michael Eavis has blasted the Environment Agency over the absence of dredging Somerset’s rivers – now flooded – through the Daily Mail.

Relying more on his dairy farmer knowledge than his pop festival roots, Mr Eavis of Worthy Farm in Pilton takes no prisoners in his column which says birds have been favoured over farmers in the handling of the country’s waterways.

With his kind permission, we have been allowed to reprint it for our readers:

Honestly, the…

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Suzanne Vega to play Glastonbury Festival 2014
AMERICAN singer Suzanne Vega confirmed on radio last night she will be playing Glastonbury Festival this summer.

The ‘Tom’s Diner’ singer told Absolute Radio’s Geoff Lloyd on his Hometime Show that when she is next back in the UK after her US tour she will be playing Glastonbury.

When Vega played at the festival in 1989 when she appeared on the Pyramid Stage wearing a bulletproof vest after threatening phone calls were made to her and bassist Mike Visceglia.

But before her UK appearance Vega…

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Daily Mail readers comments on…
GLASTONBURY Festival founder Michael Eavis has written a column for the Daily Mail attacking the Environment Agency over the handling of Somerset’s flooded rivers.

But when you appear on the Daily Mail online, you find yourself at the mercy of its readers, some of whom have a certain reputation for being rude.

Here’s a cross-section of what Daily Mail readers have said. No attempt has been made at correcting the spelling:

The Good
I know and love the Somerset levels which have an atmosphere…

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Prince ruled out of Glastonbury Festival line-up
Gigwise say a spokesman for Prince has told them that contrary to earlier reports the star has not been booked for Glastonbury 2014.

The website reported that festival goers can expect purple rain this year with Prince, Metallica and Outkast already signed up for this year.

The claimed somebody closed to the festival confirmed all the acts had been booked.

But now it says Prince’s people have denied he is a definite for the Pyramid stage Saturday night slot, which will be a major blow to his…

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