Editing Glastonbury Festival (section)

=== 2000s ===
[[File:Glasto.jpg|thumb|Techno music is played on a sound system at dawn, Glastonbury 2000.]]

2000 saw a new Pyramid Stage introduced as well as new features such as [[Glade Festival|The Glade]] and [[The Left Field]]. The festival was headlined by [[Chemical Brothers]], [[Travis (band)|Travis]] and [[David Bowie]], who played thirty years after his first appearance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2000/ |title=Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts '00 |date=27 January 2003 |publisher=Efestivals |access-date=19 June 2011 |archive-date=25 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625042654/http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2000/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Pyramid Stage also hosted an unusual event on the Saturday morning, with the wedding of two festivalgoers, who had written to the organisers asking for permission to get married there, taking place and conducted by actor [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]] in front of a small group of friends and any other festivalgoers who still happened to be awake.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~virtuous/planetgrrlmusic/wedding.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410200122/http://www.btinternet.com/~virtuous/planetgrrlmusic/wedding.htm |archive-date=10 April 2010 |title=A Glastonbury Wedding |date=14 September 2003 |publisher=Girls in Rock |access-date=19 June 2011}}</ref> This year also saw an estimated 250,000 people attend the festival (only 100,000 tickets were sold) due to gatecrashers. This led to public safety concerns and the local [[Districts of England|District Council]] refused any further licences until the problem was solved.<ref>{{cite web |title=Do not under-estimate the council's work |url=http://www.mendip.gov.uk/NewsArticleM.asp?id=SX9452-A78328D1 |publisher=Mendip District Council |access-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927062318/http://www.mendip.gov.uk/NewsArticleM.asp?id=SX9452-A78328D1 |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref>

The organisers took 2001 off to devise anti-gatecrashing measures and secure the future of the festival, after the [[Roskilde Festival]] 2000 accident<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1100854.stm|title=Glastonbury 2001 cancelled|date=4 January 2001|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref> (though this was also a scheduled break, one which took place every five years from 1991, the year after the battle of Yeoman's Bridge, until the 2012 Olympics extended the five-year sequence from the planned 2011 rest year). It was at this point that the Mean Fiddler Organisation was invited to help.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barton |first=Laura |title=The Guardian profile: Vince Power |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/oct/08/popandrock |access-date=29 June 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 October 2004 |location=London |archive-date=5 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004106/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/oct/08/popandrock |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2002, the festival returned after its planned fallow year, with the controversial Mean Fiddler now handling the logistics and security – especially installing a substantial surrounding fence (dubbed the "superfence") that reduced numbers to the levels of a decade earlier. 2002 also saw [[Coldplay]] headline the Pyramid Stage for the first time while the show was closed by a set from [[Rod Stewart]] on the Sunday night.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |title=Glastonbury 2002 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/jul/01/glastonbury2002.glastonbury |access-date=29 June 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=1 July 2002 |location=London |archive-date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305225018/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/jul/01/glastonbury2002.glastonbury |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Gloid campsite friday.jpg|thumb|left|Pennard Hill, 2004]]

There were some criticisms of the 2002 festival that it lacked atmosphere, because of the reduced number of people, which reflected the smaller numbers jumping the fence.<ref>{{cite web |title=Radiohead&nbsp;– Talk Show Host Glastonbury 2003 |url=http://www.fattune.com/festivals/glastonbury/radiohead-talk-show-host-glastonbury-2003/ |publisher=Fattune |access-date=30 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909023641/http://www.fattune.com/festivals/glastonbury/radiohead-talk-show-host-glastonbury-2003/ |archive-date=9 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The number of tickets was increased to 150,000 for 2003 which sold out within one day of going on sale,<ref name=hist2003 /> in marked contrast to the two months it took to sell 140,000 in 2002. It was also the first year that tickets sold out before the full line-up was announced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury sold out! in just 24 hours!!! |date=1 April 2003 |url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/03/030401a.shtml |publisher=eFestivals |access-date=30 June 2011 |archive-date=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015174557/http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/03/030401a.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> This was also the year [[Radiohead]] returned to headline the Pyramid Stage. Revenue raised for good causes from ticket and commercial licence sales topped £1&nbsp;million, half of which went to Oxfam, Greenpeace and Water Aid.<ref>{{cite web |title=Involvement with Charities & Local Organisations |url=http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/_assets/pdf/educational-resources/28BeneficiaryCharities.pdf |publisher=Glastonbury Festival |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=13 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813001409/http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/_assets/pdf/educational-resources/28BeneficiaryCharities.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, tickets sold out within 24 hours amid much controversy over the ticket ordering process, which left potential festival goers trying for hours to connect to the overloaded telephone and internet sites.<ref>{{cite web |last=Donoghue |first=Andrew |title=Glastonbury site 'slow but not down' |url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/it-strategy/2004/04/02/glastonbury-site-slow-but-not-down-39150684/ |date=2 April 2004 |access-date=30 June 2011 |publisher=ZDNet |archive-date=20 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420033753/http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/it-strategy/2004/04/02/glastonbury-site-slow-but-not-down-39150684/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The website got two million attempted connections within the first five minutes of the tickets going on sale and an average of 2,500 people on the phone lines every minute.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fans snap up Glastonbury tickets |date=2 April 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3595387.stm |publisher=BBC |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref> The festival was not hit by extreme weather, but high winds on the Wednesday delayed entry, and steady rain throughout Saturday turned some areas of the site to mud.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bishop |first=Tom |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3844901.stm |title=Glastonbury spirit defies the rain |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 June 2011 |date=28 June 2004 |archive-date=31 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831082215/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3844901.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> The festival ended with [[Muse (band)|Muse]] headlining the Pyramid Stage on Sunday, after [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] had headlined on Friday.<ref name=hist2004 /> [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] and Sir [[Paul McCartney]] also performed.<ref name=hist2004 /> In the British press publications appeared about the use of [[psychedelic drugs]] by festival visitors. The magazine ''[[NME]]'' pronounced that 2004 would be "the third summer of love" due to the resurgence of the "[[Psilocybin mushroom|shroom]]" that was praised as a natural alternative to [[MDMA|ecstasy]], which was said to be declining in popularity ([[LSD]] fuelled the first summer of love in 1967; ecstasy and LSD the second in 1988).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/glastonburys-third-summer-of-love-fuelled-by-magic-shrooms-733709.html |title=Glastonbury's 'third summer of love' fuelled by magic 'shrooms|first=Anthony|last=Barnes  |newspaper=The Independent |location=UK |date=27 June 2004 |access-date=27 June 2011 |archive-date=8 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608095732/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/glastonburys-third-summer-of-love-fuelled-by-magic-shrooms-733709.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Gloid site from scf 01.jpg|thumb|The view from the stone circle on Thursday afternoon, 2004]]
After the 2004 festival, Michael Eavis commented that 2006 would be a year off – in keeping with the previous history of taking one "fallow year" in every five to give the villagers and surrounding areas a rest from the yearly disruption. This was confirmed after the licence for 2005 was granted.<ref>{{cite news |title=Glastonbury to take break in 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4182773.stm |publisher=BBC |date=18 January 2005 |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=19 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219134124/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4182773.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Glastonbury 2005 River Through Tent.jpg|thumb|left|A stream runs through a tent after two inches of rain fell in an hour on Friday morning of the 2005 festival.]]

In 2005 the 112,500 ticket quota sold out rapidly – in this case in 3 hours 20 minutes.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Guardian |location=UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/glastonbury2005/story/0,15865,1451464,00.html |title=Ten sales a second: Glastonbury tickets go in record rush |date=4 April 2005 |access-date=27 June 2011 |first=Laura |last=Smith |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903072059/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/04/glastonbury2005.music |url-status=live}}</ref> For 2005, the enclosed area of the festival was over {{cvt|900|acre|km2}},<ref>{{cite news |title=Terms and conditions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/24/glastonbury2005.glastonbury |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=29 June 2011 |date=24 May 2005 |archive-date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305231417/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/24/glastonbury2005.glastonbury |url-status=live}}</ref> had over 385 live performances,<ref name=factboxreuters>{{cite news |title=FACTBOX: A few facts about Glastonbury festival |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-glastonbury-history-idUKL2284330720070624 |work=Reuters |access-date=29 June 2011 |date=24 June 2007 |archive-date=26 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626132437/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/06/24/us-glastonbury-history-idUKL2284330720070624 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and was attended by around 150,000 people.<ref name=mendip2005review>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury Festival 2005 De-brief Report |url=http://www.mendip.gov.uk/Documents/MinutesAndReports/Meetings%202005/Licensing%20Board/Item%207%20%20Glastonbury%20Festival%20De-brief.doc |publisher=Licensing Board |access-date=29 June 2011 |format=word |date=26 September 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118141456/http://www.mendip.gov.uk/Documents/MinutesAndReports/Meetings%202005/Licensing%20Board/Item%207%20%20Glastonbury%20Festival%20De-brief.doc |archive-date=18 January 2012}}</ref> The Sunday headliner was originally scheduled to be [[Kylie Minogue]], but she had to pull out in May after being diagnosed with breast cancer.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=17 May 2005 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/news/story/0,11711,1485711,00.html |title=Kylie diagnosed with breast cancer |access-date=27 June 2011 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903072104/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/may/17/arts.artsnews |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Basement Jaxx]] were announced as a replacement on 6 June.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jaxx replace Kylie at Glastonbury |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4614145.stm |publisher=BBC |date=6 June 2005 |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903072107/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4614145.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> Both [[Coldplay]] and Basement Jaxx performed a cover of Kylie's "[[Can't Get You Out Of My Head]]" during their concert.<ref>{{cite news |title=Glastonbury fans begin trek home |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4625049.stm |date=27 June 2005 |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903212842/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4625049.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> 2005 saw a big increase in the number of dance music attractions, with the multiple tents of the Dance Village replacing the solitary dance tent of previous years. This new area contained the East and West dance tents, the Dance Lounge, Roots Stage, and Pussy Parlour, as well as a relocated G Stage, formerly situated in the Glade.<ref>{{cite web |title=G Stage Glastonbury Festival 2005 |date=6 June 2005 |url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2005/gstage.shtml |publisher=eFestivals |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=22 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622102107/http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury/2005/gstage.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> The introduction of the [[silent disco]] by festival organiser [[Emily Eavis]] allowed revellers to party into the early hours without disturbing the locals – a requirement of the festival's licensing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dancing in silence all the rave |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/01/spark.disco/index.html |access-date=29 June 2011 |publisher=CNN |date=13 September 2005 |archive-date=28 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628195508/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/01/spark.disco/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Glastonbury to party in silence |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4389057.stm |date=29 March 2005 |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=25 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125054800/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4389057.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> Following the death of DJ [[John Peel]] in the autumn of 2004, the New Tent was renamed the John Peel Tent, in homage to his encouragement and love of new bands at Glastonbury.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tilden |first=Imogen |title=Glastonbury names tent after Peel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/oct/27/johnpeel.glastonbury2005 |access-date=29 June 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 October 2004 |location=London |archive-date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305230435/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/oct/27/johnpeel.glastonbury2005 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Glastonbury tribute to John Peel |date=27 October 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3957699.stm |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903072124/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3957699.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> The opening day of the 2005 festival was delayed by heavy rain and thunderstorms: Several stages, including the Acoustic Tent (and one of the bars), were struck by [[lightning]], and the valley was hit with [[flash flood]]s that left some areas of the site under more than four feet of water.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=BBC |date=24 June 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4618015.stm |title=Soaked Glastonbury gets under way |access-date=27 June 2011 |archive-date=6 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406215323/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4618015.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> The severity of the weather flooded several [[campsite]]s, the worst affected being the base of Pennard Hill, and seriously disrupted site services. However, Mendip District Council's review of the festival called it one of the "safest ever" and gives the festival a glowing report in how it dealt with the floods.<ref name=mendip2005review />

There was no festival in 2006. Instead, a documentary film directed by [[Julien Temple]] was released to make up for the lack of a festival. The film consists of specially shot footage by Temple at the festival, as well as footage sent in by fans and archive footage. ''[[Glastonbury (film)|Glastonbury]]'' was released in the UK on 14 April 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barkham |first=Patrick |title=The fun, the filth and the fury |url=https://www.theguardian.com/filmandmusic/story/0,,1737684,00.html |access-date=29 June 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 March 2006 |location=London}}</ref>

[[File:Mud at Glasto 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Mud at the "Other Stage" 2007]]

Glastonbury 2007 (20–24 June) was headlined by [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[The Killers]], and [[The Who]] on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively.<ref name=hist2007 /> [[Shirley Bassey|Dame Shirley Bassey]] was also featured.<ref name=hist2007 /> In 2007, over 700 acts played on more than 80 stages<ref>{{cite news |last=Crerar |first=Simon |title=Rainswept Glastonbury squelches to life |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/festivals/article1972005.ece |access-date=27 June 2011 |newspaper=The Times |date=22 June 2007 |location=London |archive-date=17 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517083137/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/festivals/article1972005.ece |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the capacity expanded by 20,000 to 177,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury Festival – Extra Glastonbury Tickets Snapped Up |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/extra%20glastonbury%20tickets%20snapped%20up_1028793 |publisher=Contact Music |access-date=27 June 2011 |date=22 April 2007 |archive-date=30 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630021852/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/extra%20glastonbury%20tickets%20snapped%20up_1028793 |url-status=live}}</ref> This was the first year that "The Park" area opened. Designed by Emily Eavis, its main stage featured extra sets by several artists playing on the main stages including Spinal Tap, [[Pete Doherty]] and [[Gruff Rhys]], whilst the BBC launched their new "Introducing" stage in the area.<ref name=hist2007 /> The festival had the largest attendance since the construction of the security fence, and the largest legitimate attendance to date:{{When|date=June 2022}} ticket allocation was raised by 27,500 to 137,500, which were charged at £145 and sold out in 1 hour 45 minutes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6511115.stm |work=BBC News |date=1 April 2007 |access-date=28 June 2011 |title=Glastonbury tickets snapped up |archive-date=10 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410031622/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6511115.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> As an extra precaution against [[tout]]s (scalpers), purchasers had to pre-register, including submission of a passport photo which was security printed into the ticket.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=BBC |year=2007 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2007/01/09/glastonbury_festival_2007_licence_feature.shtml |title=Glasto Until 2010 |access-date=27 June 2011 |archive-date=25 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125045936/http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2007/01/09/glastonbury_festival_2007_licence_feature.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> Continued periods of rain throughout much of the festival caused muddy conditions, though without the flooding of 2005, in part due to the new £750,000 flood defences.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rain fails to dampen Eavis spirit |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=24 June 2007 |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/glastonbury2007/story/0,,2110365,00.html |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=14 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214073553/http://music.guardian.co.uk/glastonbury2007/story/0,,2110365,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, this constant rain made the general conditions within the site worse than 2 years before and more like the mud plains of 1998. It was difficult to find anywhere to sit down that had not turned to mud and key choke points, such as the thoroughfare at the front right of the Pyramid Stage, turned into a quagmire. Muddy conditions on the temporary roads on the periphery of the site led to delays for people leaving the site.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=BBC |access-date=28 June 2011 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6238634.stm |title=Glasto revellers held up in rain |date=25 June 2007 |archive-date=18 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518141911/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6238634.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 25 June, when the vast majority of festival goers were attempting to leave the festival, cars in the western car parks took more than nine hours to exit the site. There was no stewarding provision in these areas, no information was disseminated regarding the delays, no organised marshalling of traffic was undertaken by the festival organisers, and no provision of drinking water was made to people stranded in their vehicles. Verbal and physical violence was witnessed between festival goers. When cars were finally allowed to leave the site the surrounding roads were found to be clear.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20070625_glastochaos.shtml |title=Glasto travel nightmare |work=Six Music |publisher=BBC |date=25 June 2007 |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303071515/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20070625_glastochaos.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> Reported crime was down from 2005 but the number of arrests were "well up", after a proactive operation of the police and security on site. There were 236 reported crimes, down from 267 in 2005; of these, 158 were drug related (183 in 2005).<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6234170.stm |work=BBC News |title=One dead at Glastonbury Festival |date=24 June 2007 |access-date=2 April 2010 |archive-date=26 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826233206/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6234170.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> 1,200 people required medical aid with 32 hospitalised,<ref>{{cite news |title=More than 1,200 hurt at sodden Glastonbury |work=The Independent |location=UK |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/more-than-1200-hurt-at-sodden-glastonbury-454464.html |access-date=28 June 2011 |last=Burrell |first=Ian |date=24 June 2007 |archive-date=23 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923194311/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/more-than-1200-hurt-at-sodden-glastonbury-454464.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> most of which were accidents caused by the mud. There was one fatality: a West Midlands man found unconscious early on the Saturday morning died in [[Yeovil District Hospital]] of a suspected drugs overdose.<ref name=BBC />

[[File:Jazzworld07.JPG|thumb|left|Jazz World field on the opening afternoon of the 2007 festival]]

On 20 December 2007, Arabella Churchill, an instrumental figure in the conception of the 1971 festival and since the 1980s area coordinator of the Theatre Field, died at St Edmund's Cottages, Bove Town, Glastonbury at the age of 58. She had suffered a short illness due to pancreatic cancer, for which she had refused chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She was a convert to Buddhism, and arrangements following her death respected her belief. Michael Eavis, paying tribute to her after her death, said "Her vitality and great sense of morality and social responsibility have given her a place in our festival history second to none".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3084227.ece |title=Arabella Churchill |access-date=28 June 2011 |work=The Times |location=London |date=22 December 2007 |archive-date=9 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509204853/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3084227.ece |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Arabella Churchill |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/22/db2202.xml |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=22 December 2007 |access-date=28 June 2011 |location=London |archive-date=25 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225134231/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F12%2F22%2Fdb2202.xml |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia/story/0,,2230914,00.html |title=Granddaughter of Churchill dies as Australia jails her son |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=21 December 2007 |last=McMahon |first=Barbara |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903072116/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/21/world.australia |url-status=live}}</ref>
The [[Glastonbury Festival 2008]] was held on 27, 28 and 29 June, headlined by [[Kings of Leon]], [[Jay-Z]] and [[The Verve]] on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively,<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury 2008 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/glastonbury/archive/2008/ |work=Glastonbury Archive |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=17 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617101107/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/glastonbury/archive/2008/ |url-status=live}}</ref> with other notable acts including [[Neil Diamond]], [[Shakin' Stevens]], [[Levellers (band)|Levellers]],<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Virtual Festivals |url=http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/news/4537 |title=The Levellers to headline Glastonbury stage – Band to play Thursday's Left Field stage |date=1 April 2008 |access-date=23 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720133835/http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/news/4537 |archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> and [[Stackridge]], who opened the first festival in 1970.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury2008/story/0,,2283191,00.html |title=T. Rex, the Kinks&nbsp;... Stackridge? Return of unsung band that started it all off |last=Lewis |first=Paul |date=31 May 2008 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=31 May 2008 |archive-date=1 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601214425/http://music.guardian.co.uk/festivals/glastonbury2008/story/0,,2283191,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Continuing the procedure introduced in 2007, ticket buyers had to pre-register and submit a passport photo between 1 February and 14 March to buy tickets which went on sale at 9&nbsp;am on Sunday 6 April.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080406_glastotickets.shtml |work=6 Music News |publisher=BBC |title=Glasto tickets on sale |date=6 April 2008 |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=8 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208141945/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080406_glastotickets.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> Following 40,000 tickets not being sold, the pre-registration process was reopened on 8 April.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7335000/7335958.stm |work=Newsbeat |publisher=BBC |title=Glastonbury ticket deadline extended |date=8 April 2008 |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018115540/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7335000/7335958.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> Several reasons have been cited for this, including the poor weather of the previous four years<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/37398 |date=16 June 2008 |title=Glastonbury 2008 weather forecast – two weeks to go |work=NME |location=UK |access-date=19 December 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111175706/http://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/37398 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the controversial choice of featuring the hip hop artist, [[Jay-Z]], as a headlining act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080411_glasto.shtml |title=Glasto tix still left |work=6 Music |publisher=BBC |date=11 April 2008 |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=4 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304134858/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080411_glasto.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> A day before the festival began, Michael Eavis announced that there were still around 3,000 tickets remaining, making it possible that it would be the first festival in 15 years not to sell out in advance.<ref>{{cite news |last=Youngs |first=Ian |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7471321.stm |title=Glastonbury tickets remain unsold |work=BBC News |date=24 June 2008 |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829084050/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7471321.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> It had also been announced that any remaining tickets would be sold from major branches of [[HMV]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury Festival tickets to be sold in HMV available over the counter from Wednesday |url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/08/080608a.shtml |date=8 June 2008 |publisher=eFestivals |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=15 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015174541/http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/08/080608a.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>

2008 saw the introduction of a new field adjacent to the Sacred space and Park Stage. Not named by the organisers, the festival goers themselves called it "Flagtopia" in reference to the flags located there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury Festival Timeline |url=http://negativentropy.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/glastonbury-festival-timeline/ |publisher=Negative entropy |access-date=30 June 2011 |date=10 January 2011 |archive-date=10 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610080836/http://negativentropy.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/glastonbury-festival-timeline/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> After the huge number of tents left behind in 2007 and when one of Michael Eavis's cows died after ingesting a metal tent-peg left in the soil, the Festival devised its Love the Farm, Leave No Trace campaign which gently pushed revellers to respect the environment and clear up after themselves.<ref>{{cite web |title=Love Worthy Farm, Leave no trace |url=http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/green-glastonbury/love-the-farm-leave-no-trace |publisher=Glastonbury Festival |access-date=30 June 2011 |archive-date=23 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623220936/http://glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/green-glastonbury/love-the-farm-leave-no-trace |url-status=live}}</ref> The Festival had always pushed a green agenda and new initiatives in 2008 included biodegradable [[tent peg]]s handed out free to all campers<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury introduces environmentally friendly tent pegs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2008/03/13/glastonbury_pegs_video_feature.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 June 2011 |archive-date=27 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227195828/http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2008/03/13/glastonbury_pegs_video_feature.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> and biotractors running on waste vegetable oil. These new efforts were rewarded with The Greener Festival Award for 2008 alongside a number of other festivals also committed to environmentally friendly music festivals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.optimistworld.com/First-winners-of-Greener-Festival-Award-2008-announced/ |title=First winners of Greener Festival Award 2008 announced |publisher=Optimist Travel |access-date=28 June 2011 |last=Christmas |first=Salina |date=19 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421222839/http://optimistworld.com/First-winners-of-Greener-Festival-Award-2008-announced/ |archive-date=21 April 2009}}</ref> The 2008 festival was reported to have cost £22&nbsp;million to produce.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/40774 |title=Glastonbury Festival 2008 only breaks even |work=NME |location=UK |date=31 October 2008 |access-date=19 December 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111164154/http://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/40774 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/news/5385 |title=Glastonbury 2008 failed to make a profit |publisher=Virtual Festivals |access-date=28 June 2011 |date=3 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119043644/http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/news/5385 |archive-date=19 January 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Glastonbury-2009.jpg|thumb|640px|center|View over the Glastonbury Festival, 2009]]

The [[Glastonbury Festival 2009]] took place between 24 and 28 June 2009. In marked contrast with previous years, the 137,500 tickets went on sale on 5 October 2008, earlier than ever before, with pre-registered customers able either to pay in full, or place a £50 reserve deposit to be paid by 1 February. Tickets for the festival sold out.<ref name=hist2009 /> The full line up was released on 25 May 2009 and included headliners [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[Neil Young]] on the Pyramid Stage.<ref name=hist2009 /> The Other stage was headlined by [[The Prodigy]], [[Bloc Party]] and [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]].<ref name="Neil Glasto">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/neil-young/43321 |title=Neil Young and Blur confirmed for Glastonbury |work=NME |location=UK |access-date=19 December 2022 |date=9 March 2009 |archive-date=11 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011195302/http://www.nme.com/news/neil-young/43321 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other notable performers included [[Jarvis Cocker]], [[Fairport Convention]] (who played at the first Glastonbury Festival), [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Steel Pulse]], [[Doves (band)|Doves]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Jason Mraz]], [[Nick Cave]], [[Pete Doherty]], [[Hugh Cornwell]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[The Gaslight Anthem]] (in which Springsteen appeared on stage during their song "[[The '59 Sound (song)|The '59 Sound]]"), [[Madness (band)|Madness]], [[Dizzee Rascal]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young|Crosby, Stills & Nash]], [[Lily Allen]], [[Kasabian]] and [[Florence and the Machine]].<ref name=hist2009 />