The number of people registering for tickets to this year's Glastonbury is apparently down on last year - though it will still probably sell out in about nine seconds. The slight decline in demand for Glasto tickets may be a sign that the ever crowded festival market is reaching saturation point, that Glasto is losing its status as the real music fan's fest, or that people are so pessimistic about the chance of getting tickets they just don't bother. Or, according to Glasto chief Michael Eavis, it might be because this year's headliners are a bit mediocre. Well, he didn't use the word "mediocre" - he said "middle range", and means middle range in terms of fame rather than quality. Kings Of Leon, The Verve and Jay-Z will headline this year.
Speaking to the BBC, Eavis said: "There's not as many [ticket registrations] as last year because we haven't got the super, big, big, big sort of headlining act anymore. We've gone for something middle range, although Jay-Z is huge in America. It's going to be absolutely brilliant. But it's not like a Radiohead or a Muse or a Coldplay or an Oasis is it?"
Registration for this year's Glasto has now closed, and tickets go on sale on 6 Apr.