We're very pleased to confirm reports that Glastonbury Festival was this week granted its new licence by Mendip District Council. The new licence covers the Festival from 2010 to 2016 (although, as previously announced, there will be no Festival in 2012, which will be a fallow year). Following t ...

Picture by Olly We're very pleased to announce that Worthy Farm, home of Glastonbury Festival, will soon also play host to the UK’s largest private solar electricity system. Festival organiser Michael Eavis is set to invest in 1,500 square metres of solar panels, which will generate the same ...

We're very pleased to report that the eBay auction organised by Glastonbury Festival's Emily Eavis for Oxfam, raised over £120,000 in just two weeks. All the money will go directly to Oxfam's rebuilding programme in Haiti, aiding the survivors of the catastrophic earthquake. The generosit ...

As you might remember, last week we posted a poll to see what you folks thought about the subject of banning flags in front of the Pyramid stage. Well, the poll closed at 3pm today, and the final result is as follows (we have filtered out all duplicate votes). - No, keep the flags (7269 votes) - 5 ...

The Chameleon Trust has been involved with the Festival for many years, and now provides more than 100 volunteer stewards. And they're looking for volunteers for 2010. In order to earn your entrance ticket into Glastonbury Festival, you will need to give them 24 hours (divided into 3 x 8 hour shift ...

 UPDATE: This vote is now closed. Click here for the result. The topic of whether flags should be banned from in front of the Pyramid Stage at the Festival seems to have been cropping up a bit recently. Our gut feeling here at Festival HQ is that they shouldn't be banned, as we think they add ...

We wanted to let you know about a new accommodation option for 2010. Tangerine FIelds is located in a secure private field, just 350 metres from Pedestrian Gate B, with an array of accommodation options on offer, from pre-pitched tents (starting at £210) and geo-domes to gypsy caravans and yur ...