What should I take to a festival: our know-it-all old hippie…
Going to Glastonbury Festival? Wan’t to know what to take? We’ve enrolled one of those tiresome know it alls to give the benefit of his experience.

Take it away, Captain Hospitality…

I’ve been going to music festivals since 1981 – from the Stonehenge free festivals to obscure folk things in darkest Cumbria, and from Hawkwind shows in Welsh fields to the late, lamented Elephant Fayre.

I’ve woken up in more ditches than you’ve had hot falafels, and dealt with toilet facilities that…
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Where to find snow and a polar bear at Glastonbury Festival
Whatever the weather at Glastonbury Festival this year it will feel cool in the Greenpeace field’s Arctic campaign.

For the second year in a row Ebley based company Snow Business will be providing the snow and ice effects for the global environmental movement’s event at the Somerset based festival.

Paul Denney, head of research for Snow Business said: “Snow and Ice are what we do best and so we were delighted when Greenpeace asked if we would help out with their save the arctic campaign….

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Glastonbury: 10 things to do if you don't want to watch Metallica…
You may not be looking forward to Metallica screaming on Saturday night, but this could be your Glastonbury ever. Just imagine how great it’s going to be without a bad case of the FOMOs – Fear of Missiing Out if you don’t go to the Pyramid Stage.
Here are ten hings to do if you don’t want to watch Metallica.
1 Just swap to the Other Stage for the night. Forty-year-old indie kids will be pleased with the The Manic Street Preachers and the Pixies, but Jake Bugg? You never know until you try.
2…

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Michael Eavis: Metallica deserve their headline spot at…
Michael Eavis believes Metallica deserve their headline spot at Glastonbury, as no other band has ever been as “keen” to play the music festival.

Opposition to the band’s appearance has been growing due to claims their heavy metal sound does not fit the “hippy” vibe of the festival and their frontman’s associations with bear-hunting.

But Mr Eavis, speaking underneath a giant furry bear at Glastonbury’s site office, said he was looking forward to watching the band headline, alongside Arcade…

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