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Frank Gallagher

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Fun at Glastonbury
« on: June 23, 2007, 03:38:00 pm »
More than 1,000 Glastonbury festival-goers have been injured after torrential rain turned the site into a mud-soaked obstacle course.
 
 Around 1,200 became casualties and 32 needed hospital treatment after being caught out by the slippery conditions.
 
 Most suffered minor cuts and bruises or sprains through losing their footing.
 
 One man is also fighting for his life in hospital after a suspected drug overdose.
 
 The 26-year-old, from the Midlands, is being treated in Yeovil District Hospital after being found unconscious at the Park Farm area of the festival site.
 
 His next of kin have been informed.
 
 A series of downpours has turned the event into a giant quagmire, recalling the chaos of 2005 when hundreds of tents were washed away by flash floods.
 
 Afterwards, organiser Michael Eavis spent £750,000 on flood prevention measures, which so far seem to be working.
 
 "There's ground water, which has made the site muddy, but it's nothing like the situation in 2005 when camping areas flooded," a festival spokesman said.
 
 "We're hoping this is the last day of heavy rain. Everyone seems to be having a good time and it's not washed out the spirit."
 
 Festival debutantes Arctic Monkeys' headline gig on the Pyramid Stage attracted more than 100,000 people.
 
 There has been a "slight" increase in crime compared with 2005's figures, police said.
 
 They have received reports of 163 crimes, the majority of which were drug offences, and 28 tent thefts.

Darth Ed

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Re: Fun at Glastonbury
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2007, 12:27:00 pm »

bnyced0

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Re: Fun at Glastonbury
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2007, 01:54:00 pm »
I'd be hard pressed (and inevitably found out to be complete liar) to deny being an anglophile.  Travel over there all too frequently, buy albums at a sickening pace, and see a ton of shows by UK artists in the US where the hysteria is at a minimum, the sight lines much better, and ability to enjoy the show maxed out.  I however avoid like the plague UK outdoor festivals (and those on the continent being invaded by the drunk bastards being propelled by the strength of the pound against virtually every other currency on earth) mostly because of the piss tossing, but also in large part due to the uncanney shitty weather...Glastonbury photos every year reinforce that decision in spades, they could let me curate the phuckin thing and I'll still wouldn't go again...but it does seem to still inspire the smelly hordes, not unlike the passion that seems to inspire those making Bonnaroo a annual ritual, viva la fragrance...

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Re: Fun at Glastonbury
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2007, 02:03:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
  It didn't seem to bother Iggy.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk//glastonbury/2007/player/iggyandthestooges.shtml
oh really?  :)
 
 Over on the Other Stage, meanwhile, havoc reigns. Whether or not Iggy And The Stooges really fit with the Glastonbury ethos is a matter of some debate. The reconstituted punk pioneers are rightly legendary, but the violence and glowering negativity of their music seems at odds with the Glastonbury vibe of bucolic togetherness and abundant good cheer.
 
 But the band are on savage form, and when their frontman invites the audience to "take the stage" security is powerless to intervene.
 
 Dozens of spattered fans scramble over the barrier and into the spotlight as The Stooges launch into a delirious version of No Fun. It's fantastic, thrilling, defiant and unprecedented: one of those much-vaunted Glastonbury moments.
 
 As the song ends the singer asks for some water. One of the female fans now onstage passes him a bottle with a kiss. "Thank you sweetheart," he says before recoiling.
 
 "Oh no," protests Iggy Pop, legendarily unpredictable grand vizier of rock debauchery, who mere minutes before had been singing about being Dirt. "It's covered in mud!"