Glastonbury Festival 2005
- 24th, 25th and 26th June
Mendip District Council’s Licensing Board agreed in principle on Monday January 17th to grant a licence to Glastonbury Festival 2005 to run an event with an attendance of 153,000. Compared to 2004, this represents an extra 3,000 people, which are for additional day tickets on Sunday June 26th for local residents.
Melvin Benn presented the application and highlighted the progress that has been made in the organisation of the Festival. The meeting recognised it was a strong presentation, with the main concern being the impact of the noise on local residents. After lengthy debate, it was agreed to award a licence in principle but that more work had to be done on the sound issue before it could be finally ratified.
A delegated sub group led by Charles Uzzell, Business Manager at Mendip responsible for Planning and Environment, with Board Chairman Cllr Simon Davies, Vice-Chair Cllr Margaret Robinson and ward member Cllr Dick Skidmore will clarify the specifications on levels of noise and hours of operation.
Any sites currently selling tickets for Glastonbury 2005 are not valid. You should not purchase any tickets from these bogus sites. We have a licence (in principle) but decisions about how and when tickets will be sold have not yet been made. Those sites advertising tickets for sale now will definitely not be given an official allocation. As soon as there is any news regarding ticket sales it will posted here on the official website.
Glastonbury Festival 2006
Following the 2005 licence meeting, Michael Eavis confirmed that he did not intend to hold an event in 2006.
It has been part of Michael’s practice to regularly have a fallow year, to allow the land time to recover and the cows to have more time grazing outside during the summer. It is a regenerative exercise not only for Michael, but also for the hundreds of people who make Glastonbury what it is. It comes back with a bounce and with new energy and enthusiasm.
The previous two times Michael took a year off, he was able to focus on major projects. In 1996 he brought mains water to the site and in 2001 he developed the fortress fence which has secured the future of the event. Michael already has plans to look further at water supply and possibly build a reservoir in 2006, which will benefit future Festivals.
The time off provides respite for those local residents who find the Festival intrusive – and will allow Michael and his wife Liz to enjoy a well-earned lengthy holiday. Rest assured – he is already planning for 2007!
Literary Recognition for ‘Glastonbury Festival Tales’
The Sunday Times have voted ‘Glastonbury Festival Tales’ number three in the 'Books of the Year' music category for 2004. Published by Ebury, the book is the story of the Festival from dream to reality, through the early years of near bankruptcy to its modern day unrivalled success.
Losing out in the list to Bob Dylan’s ‘Chronicles’ at number one and runner-up Walter Yetkinoff’s ‘Howling at the Moon’, ‘Glastonbury Festival Tales’ achievement is no disgrace for Crispin Aubrey and John Shearlaw’s excellent Glastonbury coffee table companion.
“This illustrated oral history of the most feted rock festival of the British summer will come as a real eye-opener to those who have only known Glastonbury in its glory years (1985 onwards). A crazy scheme dreamt up by the unlikely triumvirate of a Methodist farmer and a couple of posh hippies (one of whom, Arabella Churchill, is Winston’s granddaughter), Glastonbury flirted with idealistic nonsense and bankruptcy for its first decade, before a strategic alliance with CND turned things around. A great story, engagingly told.”
The Sunday Times, December 18, 2004
To find out more about the book and order a copy, please click here or on the image above.
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