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Glastonbury granted new capacity-boosting licence, Emerging Talent Competition finalists announced
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 13 March 2014
Glastonbury Festival has been granted a new ten year licence by Mendip District Council. As previously reported, not only will this allow the event to continue to run until 2024, it will increase the capacity for staff members and allow live music to be played (acoustically and only on certain stages) on the Wednesday before the festival officially begins.
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis said of the decision: “This is fantastic news. It’s so good to have a plan that will help everything at Worthy Farm move forward. I’d just like to say a huge thank you to all the people who have contributed so much to Glastonbury Festival over the last 44 years, I really do believe that the best is yet to come”.
Meanwhile, Eavis also commented on the previously reported shortlist of finalists in the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition, saying: “We’re so proud of this shortlist. It was really hard to get it down to just eight acts – the standard this year was incredible – but I think we’ve whittled it down to a really strong final eight. I’d like to say a big thanks to everyone who entered, and to our team of judges for narrowing it down to 120 acts. Now bring on the live final!”
You can listen to the eight acts – Gibson Bull, Hero-Fisher, Only Girl, M+A, FURS, The Black Tambourines, Pandr Eyez and Izzy Bizu – in this here playlist:
