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Arctic Monkeys Unveil New Material At Open'er Festival, Poland

See, not all festivals trips have to come laden with the inevitability that within two hours of arriving on site every clothing item you’re wearing is going to be saturated with soak and mud. Look at that sky. Not a cloud in it. That scene...

'Fuck Glastonbury' - Why Norway's Hove Is The World's Most Beautiful Festival

"Fuck Glastonbury tomorrow, I just want to stay here - it's so beautiful and peaceful," gushes Little Boots. Having arrived mere minutes ago via boat, Victoria Hesketh might be new in town (arf) but she's already got Hove Festival's number. It's...

Glastonbury 2009 - Your Highs And Lows

And so it's over for another year. The traffic is crawling out of the site, the sewage-sucking lorries are out in force, and the only people left on site are the crusties, the drug casualties and the deranged. It was quite a weekend, made...

Glastonbury From The Air - Video

Our video guys took a break from infiltrating backstage areas and chasing after bands to interview to take to the skies on Saturday for a bird's eye view of Glaston-berrry in all its glory. Check it out and see if you can spot your tent / drugs /...

Glastonbury Video Interviews - The Virgins, Doves, The Big Pink and More

Watch some more of our video interviews from backstage and in the dressing rooms at Glastonbury 2009 to find out how the stars found the weekend on Worthy Farm. More videos after the jump [...] Read more!

Glastonbury Video Interviews - Franz Ferdinand, Passion Pit, Maximo Park, Florence, The Rakes

Check out some of our video highlights from Glastonbury Festival 2009, and find out who saw the naked man and which singer narrowly missed a flying vessel of piss... More video interviews after the jump [...] Read more!

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