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Glastonbury set to get under way | Glastonbury set to get under way |
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The largest-ever Glastonbury music festival is due to get fully under way with the usual mix of rain, eclectic music and mass revelling expected. | The largest-ever Glastonbury music festival is due to get fully under way with the usual mix of rain, eclectic music and mass revelling expected. |
There will be 177,500 music lovers descending on Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, to see acts like The Who, Arctic Monkeys and The Killers. | There will be 177,500 music lovers descending on Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, to see acts like The Who, Arctic Monkeys and The Killers. |
Forecasters have suggested showers will again ensure the traditional Glastonbury mud features amid the fun. | Forecasters have suggested showers will again ensure the traditional Glastonbury mud features amid the fun. |
Wellington boots are apparently selling for £80 outside the site. | Wellington boots are apparently selling for £80 outside the site. |
Bleak forecast | Bleak forecast |
BBC weatherman Richard Angwin said: "I am sorry to say that my forecasts earlier in the week look like being quite accurate. | BBC weatherman Richard Angwin said: "I am sorry to say that my forecasts earlier in the week look like being quite accurate. |
"It really doesn't look very promising for the duration of Glastonbury 2007." | "It really doesn't look very promising for the duration of Glastonbury 2007." |
A mixture of showers and sunshine are expected for the festival which has, in previous years, become something of a quagmire when hit by prolonged bouts of rain. | A mixture of showers and sunshine are expected for the festival which has, in previous years, become something of a quagmire when hit by prolonged bouts of rain. |
The festival, returning after a break last year, has attracted record numbers of early arrivals before it officially opens. | The festival, returning after a break last year, has attracted record numbers of early arrivals before it officially opens. |
London-based singer-songwriter Beans on Toast opened proceedings on the Left Field stage on Thursday. | London-based singer-songwriter Beans on Toast opened proceedings on the Left Field stage on Thursday. |
'Anticipation levels' | 'Anticipation levels' |
Emily Eavis, daughter of the festival organiser Michael Eavis, praised the early arrivals. | Emily Eavis, daughter of the festival organiser Michael Eavis, praised the early arrivals. |
She said: "It's going really well, really well. We had 80,000 people in yesterday [Thursday]. | She said: "It's going really well, really well. We had 80,000 people in yesterday [Thursday]. |
"I mean, like this time in the last festival - July 2005 - there were 40,000 people in on Wednesday and this year there were 80,000". | "I mean, like this time in the last festival - July 2005 - there were 40,000 people in on Wednesday and this year there were 80,000". |
She saw this as "a sign of the anticipation, the anticipation levels and especially as it's been raining all week over the country." | |
Asked about the dire weather predictions, she said: "I believe it's not going to be that muddy at all. | |
"There will be showers but there's not going to be a downpour. Quagmire! There won't be quagmire!" |
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