Jun 23, 2004 • 1 min read

Glasto round up

Glastonbury news includes reports the Gallaghers demand a drug-free backstage area, England's quarter-final will be screened on site, and Michael Eavis wants U2 to headline in 2005.

Well, it's Glastonbury time - you can tell - it's raining.

Lots of Glasto news this morning. First of all rumour has it Liam and Noel Gallagher have demanded that the back stage area at the festival is drug free when they take to the stage for their headline set. No word on why the sudden zero tolerance stand from the Oasis boys, but a source tells the ever reliable Daily Star: "They have done the whole bad-boy rock thing and now they are respectable adults with children".

Secondly, good news for footie fans planning on getting to Glasto early this weekend. Festival organisers have confirmed England's quarter final clash with Portugal will be screened on the festival site on Thursday night. So no need to cluster round occasional radio sets tuned to Radio 5.

Finally, Michael Eavis has been talking about his plans for Glastonbury 2005. He told Virtual Festivals: "I'd like to get U2 headlining for next year and I'll be making a phone call to them. I know they like to do their own thing but, then again, so does Paul McCartney, and they don't come much bigger than him. I might also try Prince again. We approached him for this year and he seemed interested but in the end he couldn't make it."

Finally finally, if you bump into CMU's man at Glasto this year, be nice to him, and remind him he's promised to send in his report on Sunday night even when every mobile network on site inevitably crashes.

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