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Glastonbury '90 per cent of tickets sold' - Eavis

by Paul Conneally | January 20, 2009 at 12:46 pm

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Michael Eavis has announced that 90/% of this year's Glastonbury tickets are already sold and this despite the economic downturn.

Last year ticket sales were slow and they've gone on sale earlier this year.

Eavis hinted that there could be 4 rather than 3 headliners meaning a possible double headliner on Saturday night.

Blur are rumoured to be one of the headliners but this has not been confirmed.

Speaking as he was given an award at Midem, the international music conference in Cannes, for his environmental activity he said this year's festival is likely to have four headliners, rather than the traditional three, which were close to being confirmed.

"You'll be amazed when you hear the headliners we've got coming this year, and we've already sold 90 per cent of the tickets for this year already," he said.

In October 137,500 tickets went on sale, earlier than usual, after failing to sell tickets in advance last year.

He added: "We've got four headliners at the moment. If they all confirm, then I've got two headliners for Saturday."

However, he declined to reveal any names.

Blur, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen are all strongly rumoured to be playing the festival.

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yoda-says

at 23:15 on January 20th, 2009

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babycakesromero.com

at 02:18 on January 21st, 2009

Glastonbury is the greatest show on earth. There is nothing on the planet to rival it. Rain or shine, the level of bonding amongst fellow revellers is unprecedented. Having said that I would take a dry experience over a wet one everytime...this man here, in the weillies, lying on the dry, hard, ground..relaxing...would certainly not be in the same position if rain had converted the surface into mud soup..which it is in the habit of doing!

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markoldfield

at 07:43 on January 25th, 2009

Glastonbury Festival was always a great place to lose one's self in a crowd, which is very liberating and exciting if you are a teenager! When I went to the festival there was always a good vibe and a positive spirit to be apart of, that was the underlying attraction of the weekend, and of course there were always festival lessons to be learnt whether you are young or old!

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