Text Box: Text Box: Text Box: Glastonbury Festival 2008 It's the one they were all talking about. The great Eavis publicity stunt of booking the biggest (and partially retired) hip-hop star they could get (we're assuming Kanye was busy). Noel Gallagher was outraged... no-one else seemed to really mind. Whatever the reasons, this was the first festival for 15 years at Worthy Farm which had not managed to sell out. With an expanded capacity albeit- but the fact was there were 4000 tickets not sold when we travelled there. Selling the remainder through HMV was not only an insult to the fans that had pained the registration process but was clearly an act of desperation. Thursday 26/6 A lovely touch about Glastonbury is the fact that your ticket not only entitles you to entry and the right to camp- but they also throw in the official programme and a pocket guide to help you get around. That might not sound like much but there is nothing worse than paying the high end of £150 and then having to approach an illuminated moron to pay over the odds (£10 usually) for the privilege. It's amazing how many people you spot at the likes of Reading Festival desperately reading someone's back to find out who's playing when! The Thursday followed the previous day's pattern and stayed rather dry mostly. The sun was shining prominently through mid-afternoon and all those sceptics looked certain to be proved wrong. Until around 8pm when the rain finally came (and didn't layoff until the next day). Glastonbury certainly lived up to its diverse and friendly reputation. In comparison to my festival experience of virtually all the other big UK festivals, there was certainly more of a relaxed and amicable atmosphere around. Our fellow campers were only too happy to introduce themselves and offer help when required (just as well when we set fire to the gas stove). As the music doesn't start until the next day, we took this opportunity to explore the site as best you can when you are navigating through the sort of climate Noah did. Page 2 of ‘Chriso at Glasto’ Text Box: Links and affiliates Contact Me Text Box: Getting There (from London) An absolute nightmare through country roads and all sorts. Typically takes just over three hours from Central London. There was an awful lot of event traffic control and police presence (more outside than in). Security to actually enter the site was fairly scrutinous on Thursday (well it would be on Day 2!), had this been maintained they may not have had to experience the unauthorized visits of Friday night. Text Box: Open-Air Cinema- A popular choice unsurprisingly. Sadly the rigorous entry process for the Indoor Cinema was too difficult to supersede ('The Amityville Horror' was full apparently), so we braved the rain to watch Michael J. Fox/Christopher Lloyd classic- 'Back to the Future'. The Wine Bar Jukebox- I've never seen anything quite like it in all my years of festival attendance. Within Glasto, there was only one place you could purchase wine from- a chain of white vans dotted all over the site. However all of these vans had a habit of blasting out classic hits (from mainly absent artists), therefore sparking impromptu sing-a-longs.