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June News
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20th June The coach for local people with Sunday only entrance is now fully booked.
15th June New site maps available. You now have the choice of browsing through the map sections in fast to download sections, viewing a page with the whole map or downloading a printable PDF file. See the site plans page for more info.
14th June The details of the winners of the New Bands Tent vote have been announced. See the pages about musicunsigned.comfor more details.
14th June 2000 Previews of more bands loaded up to the site. Go to the pages for the stages and choose a band to go and see that you like the sound of. The diversity of acts make Glastonbury Festival what it is, so make sure you try someone you don't know!
13th June 2000 John C Scott takes over the running of the website, as we gear up to produce lots of content during the weekend. The web team has been selected and notified. We're looking forward to doing our job bringing Glastonbury Festival to our viewers via the internet who can't make it in person. Details will be posted on the 2000 home page about the material as soon as it's available.
11th June 2000 : Phew ! It was *so* hot on site today ...
11th June 2000 : Messages and search are back up after weekend tinkering ...
10th June 2000 : Congratulations to our competition winner, Mrs Elaine Bate of Cornwall. Prizes in the post !
10th June 2000 : Drop the Debt campaign will launch a major internet lobby of World Politicians at Glastonbury this year; you'll be able to participate at the PlayLouder tent, the Drop the Debt tent, and at Jazzworld merchandising. More ...
10th June 2000 : A-Z artist listing is now live. It's missing some theatre and smaller stage acts. We'll complete it on Wednesday, and make it prettier/searchable.
10th June 2000 : Several stage line-ups have been updated. See especially Dance (More ...) and the Greenpeace Stage (More ...)
9th June 2000 : As part of their coverage of this year's Festival, BBC2 are showing a film documenting the past year in the life of the festival's organiser Michael Eavis. The programme is entitled Glastonbury Man, is scheduled for June 24, while the festival is actually taking place, and filming for it is expected to be completed just three days earlier on site. Already Travis, Cerys Matthews, Thom Yorke, Billy Bragg and Robert Plant as well as various members of the Festival staff have shared their thoughts on the nation's favourite farmer, and programme will also include clips from the 1971 film Glastonbury Fayre, directed by Nic Roeg and capturing the festival in only its second year, when a significantly younger David Bowie made his first appearance at Worthy Farm.
9th June 2000 : Plans for a simple partner WAP site during the Festival are under way. This will include line-ups and travel information. The site will be at gwap.org
9th June 2000 : Check your email again ! We've redrawn the competition - the lucky winner has until Monday 6pm to get in touch ...
9th June 2000 : Still no news on the replacement for Burt Bacharach ... the Poetry and Words Tent line up is published (More ...) Crews on site have been issued with sunscreen ... National Express say they are getting an unprecedented level of interest in coach travel to the Festival this year ... and there's some really exciting news about The Glade which we're not allowed to tell you :-( you'll have to be there to find out !
8th June 2000 : Check your email ! Have you won the website competition ? There will be a redraw tomorrow if the winner doesn't reply by 5pm ...
7th June 2000 : Plans for the WEBCASTS are now emerging. You will need Quick Time to view them ... a short demo video of footage from last year's festival will be available from Thursday next ...
7th June 2000 : Late line-up changes - Burt Bacharach has withdrawn through illness, a broken collarbone. His replacement has not yet been announced. Brand New Heavies are confirmed for the Pyramid Stage. Bent have withdrawn from Jazzworld, replaced by Decibelle All Stars. The full artists database and further line up confirmations for smaller stages will be published this weekend, along with the printable updated site map !
31st May 2000 : Full line up details will be announced late tomorrow.
25th May 2000 : Erection (stop sniggering at the back) of the new Pyramid Stage is completed today at 11am. A massive crane will winch the final sections into place. The galvanised steel structure will then stand 100 ft high. During the event's 30 year history, the pyramid has come to symbolise the festival's magic. The new structure has been designed and built by Pilton villager Bill Burroughs. Bill's inspiration was The Great Pyramid at Giza, Eygpt. Robert Plant, who has played on the old Pyramid stages and appears at Glastonbury 2000 will perform on the new stage today ! More ...
24th May 2000 : Major updates to Avalon, Nana Obscuries, Wise Crone and The Glade. More ...
22nd May 2000 : Cinema listings announced. More ... Combined bus and festival tickets from France available online. More ...
19th May 2000 : Gil Scott-Heron confirmed for Jazzworld Stage !
19th May 2000 : We are aware of a Netscape bug in the message screen.
18th May 2000 : The message boards are now live. Enjoy !
17th May 2000 : Lynden David Hall confirmed for Jazzworld Stage, Friday.
16th May 2000 : Euro 2000 football matches during the Festival will be shown live on the open air Cinema screen.
16th May 2000 : Common will not be appearing at Glastonbury 2000.
16th May 2000 : Horace Andy, who appears on the Jazzworld Stage on Sunday, gives an exclusive interview to the website ! More ...
15th May 2000 : Construction of the Pyramid Stage is under way ! It will be finished next week, and there will be a photo-call at the site, date to be confirmed 22nd-24th May. For more information email the Press Office. There will be press photos available free of charge for download from the web. More details as they emerge.
14th May 2000 : The Greenpeace Stage details have been announced. More ...
13th May 2000 : An accurate update of the Fine Guide SIte Plan is now available online. More ...
13th May 2000 : New confirmations on Pyramid and Other Stages. More ...
12th May 2000 : The Bandstand line-up is announced. More ...
11th May 2000 : Website news - a simple site search facility is now live.
10th May 2000 : Please note that we will be offline for a while tonight whilst we install the search and message board facilities.
10th May 2000 : Another confirmation for the Jazzworld Stage. More ...
10th May 2000 : The band vote competition in conjunction with musicunsigned.com is now live. Vote for the band you'd most like to see at the New Bands Tent this year. To see and hear the candidates and to place your vote, click here.
9th May 2000 : The musicunsigned competition will go live around mid-day tomorrow.
9th May 2000 : Fatboy Slim is confirmed as appearing. The stage/day have not been announced.
8th May 2000 : The art auction closes today.
5th May 2000 : Website news - information for people interested in joining the webteam at the Festival is now available.
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5th May 2000 : Website news - we have entered into an arrangement with playlouder.com as official internet partners for Glastonbury 2000. This is enabling this website to bring you simultaneous webcasts of acts at the festival, as well as regular online reportage, interviews, reviews and photos. The webcast will include four acts a day selected from the main four music stages plus several bands each day from the New Bands Tent. There will also be a post-festival extensive compilation. More on this as it is developed.
5th May 2000 : The musicunsigned.com competition to select 2 acts for the New Bands tent is now online. More ...
4th May 2000 : Michael Eavis hosted an auction at The End last night, of work by Kurt Jackson, the artist in residence at Glastonbury 1999. 15 paintings were offered, and more than �30,000 was raised for Oxfam and Greenpeace. The auction continues online for the next 4 days. More ...
2nd May 2000 : Another confirmation on Jazzworld stage (click here), plus the major part of the New Bands Tent line up (click here)
2nd May 2000 : Website News - the first items have been humped into the Backstage area (click here) and some historical artefacts have been uncovered (click here)
1st May 2000 : Details of some of the huge number of shows, rides and activities in the Kidz Field have been announced. Click here.
1st May 2000 : It has been confirmed that website users will have the opportunity to elect two bands to appear on the New Bands Stage at Glastonbury 2000. The vote has been organised in collaboration with musicunsigned.com who have nominated the six acts, who are Benn, Nick Walker, Later, The Genteels, Soop, and User. Full details will go live on the site on Thursday this week, and you will have the chance to listen to a complete Real Audio track by each band, and to read something by or about them. Voting will take place from 10th May onwards.
On a similar theme, Michael Eavis is to be the principle judge of Challenge 2000, a band competition as part of Music in the Marketplace, Shepton Mallett's BBC Music Live event over the period 25-27th May.
1st May 2000 : More Dance Tent confirmations - click here.
30th April 2000 : More Jazzworld acts confirmed - click here.
To see news reports from April 2000 click here.
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