Glastonbury Gets 10-Year License

Mendip District Council has granted Glastonbury Festival a new 10-year license.

The local authority said the decision didn’t need to be “subjected to scrutiny in a public hearing” because there’d been no opposition to the license application.

Between now and 2023 the world’s most-famous festival will be able to increase the number of passes given to performers and staff from 25,500 to 63,000.

The number of tickets that can be sold to the public will remain at 135,000.

Apparently, the latest rumour about who’s playing this year’s event (June 25-29) concerns the Eagles, according to Record Of The Day.

The UK email newsletter says it got the gossip from “a touring company” at ILMC, before observing: “Guess it must be true then…”

Trying to discover – or just plain guessing – who will be playing Glastonbury is an annual seasonal pastime among the UK’s media and its music industry.

There’s no official starting or finishing date for the season, but it tends to run from early autumn until festival founder Michael Eavis officially unveils the lineup.

The acts who’ve let slip they’ll be playing this year’s Glastonbury are Arcade Fire, Dolly Parton, Blondie and Lily Allen.