Glasto '09- Tickets

If your reading this its probably too late. They are well and truly gone. I apologise for this seeming like a i am rubbing it in, but I'm not... Well i am a bit.

After last years apparent lack of ticket sales, 2009 has fully sold out thanks to the new ticket system. Although more complex than the Russian launch codes, getting a ticket this year has proved a total success.

The idea that you could put a deposit down in November and buy the tickets in February meant that more people who were on the fence decided the £50 deposit was far too tempting. Glastonbury £50 no way?

... Well no obviously not, but if people perceive it that way that's fine, just don't get upset when the £175 metamorphosis's into GLASTFEST09 on your bank statement.

Its amazing how this year can sell out so quickly after last years apparent fiasco, 3,000 tickets unsold is more than unusual. Or are we just naive, was the ticket problem just to build up the controversial hype around the big bad rapper?

A couple of smaller band have confirmed in the last few days Animal Collective, Bon Ivor, The Ting Tings and The Lancashire Hotpots.

Id like to do an essential listening for this one but it would be a lie as id rather listen to the cat than the Ting Tings

Glastonbury '09- Blur

Thank you, whoever is out there, just thank you.

Listen up everyone. Blur have self confirmed Glastonbury '09. See miracles do happen, there is someone out there, and the one thing we know is he is obviously a fan of End of a Century .

Naturally the Eavis family have declined to comment on the matter, but the ominous slot in Blur's touring calendar as well as Damian Alburn actually saying it publicly, is definitely a sign for me to crack out the festival strength cider and re-affirm myself with 'Parklife'

Blur's arrival has caused somewhat of a stir, Oasis have ruled themselves out of the running now for one of the headline spots, and in turn crushed my dream of the BLUR vs OASIS 1995 Battle of Britpop having a re-run.

Almost Overlooked in this, veteran grunge guru Niel Young appears to be the 3 headliner on board, to add a more hardcore fan base to the lineup. This paves the way for the 4Th unprecedented headliner band now surely?

Does the booking of such an act so early show the festival has lost a bit of its sting. Im mean who shows their best hand this early? I really don't know what I'm asking of the Glasto but i think i was hoping for a "WOW i cant believe they are playing band", a bit like Jay-Z in '08. Instead we have 3 quality headliners and another space left for... well who?

I'm going to start off a bit of an essential listening plan in accordance to the rumored lineup... so for today:

Blur- Parklife, End of a Century, Charmless man

Niel Young- Heart of Gold, Southern man

Analysis of Practise Vox Pop

I was relatively happy with our ability to collect Vox Pop's but i feel the one major drawback we encountered was people unwillingness to talk into a microphone. If we ever asked anyone "would they like to be interviewed", the answer usually is a simple "no". Or in some cases we were merely ignored. Which frankly was difficult to do, as there were 3 of us in a line... they still managed it with a well crafted sidestep.

Our only ways round this was to either barter with the interviewees, or ask them the question out right. 70% of the time the people just shrugged of a sarcastic answer. However the ones we "caught" were able to give a semi-reasonable answer. well after we gave them more thinking time.

Practise Vox Pop

Our task today was to ask students what they like most about studying in Sheffield. Here are our some of the opinions we managed to find:

"I quite like the city, and I'm definitely going to stay in Sheffield when i graduate"
Rebbecca Trevor, Psychology student.

"I was at Collegiate, and really liked it. Leafy lectures were cool"
Camilla Mattis, graduated Literature student.

"I think Sheffield is amazing. I've not exactly enjoyed my course so far but as a city, its a great place to live."
Robert Taylor, 19, Computer design.

Glastonbury '09 - Early Confirmation

This weeks confirmation that Bruce Springsteen will be one of the four headliners at Glastonbury 2009 has surely fuelled more romuers that the festival will play host to 4 headliners this year.


The Iconic American rockers early booking to the pyramid stage and apparent self confirmations from headline material such as Neil Young, Sterophonics and Blur, may lead to a scheduling dilemma for the fetival organiser Emily Eavis.


Springsteens' reunion with the E-Street band in early 2001 after a 6 year 'solo' patch has proved monumentally successful. 3 studio albums since 2002 and another on the way just shows how serious the man from New Jersey is about his already illustrious career.


Glastonbury fans cant doubt Springsteen's sheer pedigree, boasting global hits like "Born to run", "Dancing in the Dark and "Born in the USA". As well as material from the two new albums 'Magic' and 'Working on a dream", its certainly going to be an eclectic set.


As for the other headliners, will they be spread out over 4 days, meaning the festival now starts on the Thursday? Or will two headlining acts be pitted against each other to dispel overcrowding.


If the holy prophecy comes to light and Blur are confirmed as one of those bands it would surely be in the best interest of the organisers to split the potentially overcrowded support for the legendary Britpop 4 piece.



Much more awaits