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- Dates: June 24 - June 28, 2009
- Location: Pilton, England (Worthy Farm)
- Also known as: "Glastonbury" or "Glasto"
- Inaugural year: 1970
- Organizers: Michael Eavis, Glastonbury Festivals Ltd and Festival Republic
- Original name: Pilton Festival
- Charitable causes: Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid
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The 2009 Glastonbury Festival will be held June 24 through June 28, 2009. This years headlining acts include Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and the newly reunited, Blur.
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2009 Headliners
2008 Headliners
The headliners for the 2008 festival were Kings of Leon, The Verve and rapper Jay-Z. Other notable main-stage performers included The Gossip, Kate Nash, The Raconteurs, James Blunt, Leonard Cohen and John Mayer.History
The festival was organized by farmer Michael Eavis in 1970 after he was inspired by an open-air Led Zeppelin concert. The headliner at the first festival, then called "The Pilton Festival," was T. Rex.Official Site: Glastonbury Festival HistoryThe festival became a large-scale annual event in the 1980s.Official Site: Glastonbury Festival History The 1994 festival was the first to be televised, with Channel 4 broadcasting most of the performers on the two main stages.Official Site: Glastonbury Festival History In 1996, Glastonbury the Movie, a documentary of the 1993 and 1994 events, was released.IMDb: Glastonbury the Movie
Attendance broke 100,000 for the first time in 1998, when the headliners were Pulp, Robbie Williams and Blur.Official Site: Glastonbury Festival History
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Muse “probably” playing Glastonbury - Glastonbury Festival 2010 http://retwt.me/1KF4g (via @GlastoWatch)
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RT @U2Portugal: Rumor: Rolling Stones e Muse cabeças de cartaz do festival Glastonbury, juntamente com os U2. http://bit.ly/5rtqEA
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FUCK! @Smarky: Muse playing Glastonbury, yay thank fuck they are not playing a real festival! p.s Matt Bellamy is a hypocritical wanker.
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Muse playing Glastonbury, yay thank fuck they are not playing a real festival! p.s Matt Bellamy is a hypocritical wanker.
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