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Lost Vagueness, the original instigator of Burlesque festival glitz-sleaze, follows its 2003 success with another exotic extravaganza in the Green Area of Glastonbury Festival 2004. The Lost Vagueness area is a free-spirited festival of its own within the overall festival experience and has grown again this year, with even more surreal sub-cultural entertainments and pursuits.
New for 2004 is the Paradise Lost Trailer Park, sole purveyors of deluxe on-site accommodation for those who want to escape muddy tents and terrible toilets; the Cinema, with its line-up of independent and 50s nostalgia flicks; and The Dome, which stages exotic Eastern flavours and global crossover music. Programmed by the Asian Music Awards and Continental Drifts, the Dome will see performances from FutureWorld Funk, Eskimo Rockers and other major acts, from 8pm till late.
Established Lost Vagueness favourites include the dining decadence of The Silver Service Restaurant - enjoy a more civilised saturday night in the stylish surrounds of this unique establishment. Here, gourmet cuisine is prepared for your delectation by moonlighting chefs from award-winning restaurants so famous we're not allowed to say which ones! Diners are requested to book in advance, and dress for dinner. To reserve your table, please call 07956 627945.
The Rock n' Roll Diner - one of our most popular spots - is always kicking, with 24hrs of rockin' vibes. It serves one of the best English breakfast hangover cures on site and veggie-burgers that will keep you dancing all night.
The Chapel of Love and Loathe – by day, a haven of fluffy love, by night, a vision of Babylonian excess – is proud to bring matrimonial mayhem to the young lovers of Glastonbury. Our squad of heavenly nuns and twisted vicars will help you to tie the knot with all the pomp and ceremony they can muster. Your deepest darkest secrets will be treated with the confidentiality they deserve in our multi-media confessional.
As the Chapel bell strikes 12 we hand over to our hosts The Velvet Tipped Saloon who bring you a full night of thrills, spills and unexpected delights as they present some of the most extreme and challenging cabaret to be found anywhere on site.
The Ballroom - An old time dance hall atmosphere, with dance workshops and tea-dances by day, followed by some of Britain’s best underground bands at night (until 6am). Guests in evening dress can enter the inner sanctum of the Legendary Casino, which hosts the swinging Elvises, Swizelshaker, Grrrlesque, Can Booty Can, Lucifire, The Flaming Dudettes, erotic burlesque, live swing bands, DJs, Blackjack, and Roulette for fun. Meanwhile The Changing Room transforms ordinary festival-goers who aren't fully glamourised into fabulous night-time players!
According to Roy Gurvitz: "Lost Vagueness was aptly christened with that name at Glastonbury a few years ago because people had incredible, hazy experiences in our mad, late-night bar on the outskirts, but had difficulty remembering how to find it again! We might be easier to track down these days, but the experience remains the same. One thing's for sure: we've always been the first place to open and most definitely the last place to close!"