A Roundup of Glastonbury News as the Festival Winds Down

June 25, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Glastonbury, the World’s Most Famous Music Festival™, wraps up today after dominating the music news cycle for nearly a week. Here’s a roundup of stories from Worthy Farm.

I had no idea that Glastonbury had its own milkmen.
Former Prime Minister candidate Lord Buckethead had this to say at Glastonbury.
Fake news story: Fans went wild when they thought Radiohead performed a new song. Turns out they were just tuning up for three minutes. Here’s the truth. (Via Tom)
The Foo Fighters finally got to headline.
Speaking of whom, here’s their concert rider…
…which is probably better than the 6,000 muffins Lionel Ritchie sent them after they had to cancel when Dave broke his leg.
Some 15,000 fans set a record for creating the world’s largest peace sign.
And in the latest Johnny-Depp-at-Glastonbury news…

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