Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis honoured by music…
GLASTONBURY Festival founder Michael Eavis is to be honoured by the music industry for his outstanding contribution.

The dairy farmer, who first hosted an event on his land in Somerset in 1970, will be recognised for his achievements in staging live music and in raising money for charity.

He will be given the Music Industry Trusts (MITS) Award at a special fundraising dinner later this year.

Mr Eavis, 78, said: “When I set out on this crazy hippy trip 44 years ago, little did I know how this…

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Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes is coming to BBC2
Gloucester chef Tom Kerridge is to show viewers how to prepare top-notch versions of the nation’s favourite dishes for a new BBC series.
The double Michelin-starred culinary guru is to tackle familiar meals such as lasagne and treacle tart in his six-part BBC2 series Best Ever Dishes.
He has previously shown the audience how to recreate pub grub in his most recent run of shows, screened last year.
For his new programmes he will cook for a crowd with the hope of persuading them to put in the…

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Michael Eavis, Glastonbury Festival founder awarded Music…
Michael Eavis, Glastonbury Festival founder, is to be honoured by the music industry for his outstanding contribution.
The 78-year-old farmer, who first hosted an event on his land in Somerset in 1970, will be recognised for his achievements in staging live music and in raising money for charity.
He will be given the Music Industry Trusts (MITS) Award at a special fundraising dinner to be staged later this year.
Eavis said: “When I set out on this crazy hippy trip 44 years ago, little did I know…

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