Glastonbury Festival 2009

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Glastonbury Festival 2009
Crowds heading from the Greenfields to Jazz World
Date(s)24 June 2009 (2009-06-24) – 29 June 2009 (2009-06-29)
Location(s)Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
Previous eventGlastonbury Festival 2008
Next eventGlastonbury Festival 2010
ParticipantsNeil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Blur

The 2009 Glastonbury Festival/Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 24 to 29 June 2009.

Tickets

Registration

In a similar way to previous festivals, tickets for the 2009 event required pre-registration (of a photograph and personal details) through the festival website.[1] Registration opened on 1 September 2008.

Sales

Tickets were able to be purchased via the See Tickets website or by telephone. A limited number of tickets were available by promotion through the Western Daily Press[2] and competitions run by Greenpeace,[3] eFestivals[4] and The Guardian.[5]

The 2009 wristband

Ticket lines opened on the morning of 5 October 2008, and customers were able to place deposits for tickets (£50) or buy them in full (£175). Tickets required full payment by 1 February 2009.

On 22 January 2009, at Midem 2009, Michael Eavis announced that 90% of the event's 137,500 tickets had been sold. He also stated that although headliners had not been confirmed, he was awaiting confirmation from the acts he had approached.[6]

Re-sale

Reserved tickets which did not have their remaining balance paid by the deadline were put back on sale on 2 February 2009 and it was announced the next day that the event had sold out, with the majority of reservations being balanced by 1 February deadline.[7] A re-sale of cancelled tickets was held on 5 April 2009 at 9:00 am. These tickets sold out by 10:15 am.[8]

Site

Arenas

In a December 2008 interview, co-organiser Emily Eavis stated that the Trash City arena would be expanded for the 2009 festival.[9] On 5 December 2008, Battersea and Wandsworth TUC announced that the Left Field tent of the site would not be a part of the 2009 event.[10] A new area, named William's Green, occupied the same area.[11] The 2009 event saw expansion of the Dance Village – including a

expansion of London Heathrow Airport.[13][14]

Camping

As with previous events, the festival had a tipi field where six people can accommodate one tipi for the shared price of £800.[15] A new hospitality area, surrounded by a 12 feet (3.7 m) wall, was created on the old cinema field between Lower Mead and Wicker Ground fields. This area included

PodPad camping.[16]
The positioning of this area restricted pedestrian access to both camping and parking sites; pathways at previous festivals have led through this area.

Line up

The three main headline acts (Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and Blur) were announced in March 2009,[17] with the full line up being released on 25 May 2009.[18]

Stages 1 to 11

Stages 12 to 20

Impact of Michael Jackson's death

The news of

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip and Gabriella Cilmi.[20] Within hours of his death, there were T-shirts for sale proclaiming "I was at Glasto 09 when Jacko died"[21]
and shops announcing "Michael Jackson has died, 10% off everything."[22]

Swine flu at Glastonbury 2009

Several cases of

swine flu were reported during the festival. Two of these were students and one a 10-year-old child. The three infected festival-goers were isolated when symptoms presented and no further cases have been reported. Festival organisers had reportedly anticipated some cases of the virus with a spokesperson saying "...the figure of three in 177,000 people is regarded as very low."[23]

References

  1. ^ "Ticket and Registration FAQs 2009". Glastonbury Festival. 31 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Glastonbury is sold out already". Western Daily Press. Northcliffe Media. 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Win two tickets to Glastonbury!". Greenpeace. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  4. ^ "WIN a pair of tickets to Glastonbury Festival". eFestivals. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Win Glastonbury tickets!". The Guardian. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  6. ^ "90% of tickets sold for Glastonbury Festival". Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts '09. eFestivals. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Glastonbury tickets are sold out". BBC. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  8. ^ "Final Few Tickets Now Sold Out". Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts '09. Glastonbury Festivals. 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  9. ^ "A Catch-up with Emily Eavis". Glastonbury Festival. 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  10. ^ "No Left Field at Glastonbury 2009". Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts '09. eFestivals. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  11. ^ "William's Green Area Announced". Glastonbury Festival 2009. GlastonburyFestivals.co.uk. 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  12. ^ "Dance Village's 2009 Plans Unveiled". Glastonbury Festivals. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Greenpeace at Glastonbury 2009". Greenpeace. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  14. ^ Finnan, Daniel (6 October 2009). "Glastonbury festival 2009 – more than just music". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  15. ^ "Accommodation Tipis". Glastonbury Festivals. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  16. ^ "Sleep snug at Glasto with your own uber-comfy PodPad". Virtual Festivals. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  17. ^ "Neil Young confirmed as third 2009 headliner". Glastonbury Festivals. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  18. ^ "2009 line-up revealed!". Glastonbury Festivals. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  19. ^ "Glastonbury tributes for Michael Jackson". BBC. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  20. ^ Griffiths, Sarah Jane (27 June 2009). "The stars step out at Glastonbury". BBC Online. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  21. ^ Brooker, Charlie (29 June 2009). "Michael Jackson's death hit Glastonbury hard – and the news channels harder". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  22. ^ Swash, Rosie (26 June 2009). "Michael Jackson's life celebrated at Glastonbury". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  23. ^ Swash, Rosie (28 June 2009). "Glastonbury festival hit by swine flu". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

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