Glasto galore

Glastonbury made its traditional transformation into a mud bath at the weekend, as thousands of revellers descended on Britain's biggest music festival.

Despite organiser Michael Eavis saying “we don't need wellies" this year, Thursday's night of light showers followed by nearly 200,000 music fans trudging across Worthy Farm in Somerset soon created large areas of muddy puddles.
But with only moderate rainfall on Friday and yesterday and mainly sunny skies throughout the rest of the weekend, Eavis, 73, was confident there would be no repeat of last year's chaotic scenes when hundreds of tents were submerged by mud and floods.

More than 110,000 fans arrived throughout the day on Friday — joining 70,000 campers who had stayed overnight. Lily Allen and Pixie Geldof were among the early arrivals.
Fans refused to let the grey skies dampen their spirits. Josh Cooke, a 27-year-old graphic designer from Bethnal Green, said: “I brought my wellies and raincoat — it is Glastonbury after all and I don't pay any attention to the weather forecast. I'm looking forward to seeing Jay-Z — Glastonbury's about celebrating all kinds of music." The inclusion of rapper Jay-Z, who was set to sing a duet with Amy Winehouse on Saturday, upset rock and indie fans and was blamed for a slow start to ticket sales. Other acts include Kings of Leon and The Verve.