Eye on London - Festival Special
- Monday June 19th 2017
- Music
London from the inside Monday 19th - Sunday 25th June 2017
Festival season is well underway, and this Wednesday Glastonbury starts - the top of most festival-lovers bucket list. Headlining the Pyramid Stage this year are Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran. Liam Gallagher, Johnny Depp and Glastonbury’s first astronaut, Mike Massimino are the latest additions to the line up which always contains a few surprises, long queues and more than a generous handful of mud.
Check out loads of the artists playing Glastonbury on our new Glastonbury 2017 playlist on Spotify.
FIVE GLASTONBURY FACTS
1. The first ever Glastonbury Festival was held on 19th September 1970. It was the day after Jimi Hendrix died.
2. About 1500 people attended the first festival with T. Rex headlining and tickets costing £1 which included free farm milk.
3. This year’s tickets cost £243.
4. This year’s weather is looking promising with a few showers and a bit of wind, but mainly sun.
5. If you just don’t do mud, watch with the BBC red button on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings until the early hours.
GLASTONBURY ACTS YOU CAN CATCH IN LONDON THIS SUMMER
- Maggie Rogers - Wednesday 21st June at Electric Brixton
- Ed Sheeran - Thursday 22nd June at the O2
- Hot 8 Brass Band - Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd July at Ronnie Scott’s
- Goldfrapp - Sunday 9th July at Somerset House
THE BEST OF THE REST - SUMMER FESTIVALS IN LONDON
What? Barclaycard presents British Summer Time
When? 30th June - 6th July
Where? Hyde Park
Headlining? Phil Collins, Green Day, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Justin Bieber
What? Community Festival
When? 1st July
Where? Finsbury Park
Headlining? Catfish and the Bottlemen
What? Wireless
When? 7th-9th July
Where? Finsbury Park
Headlining? Chance the Rapper
What? Lovebox
When? 14th and 15th July
Where? Victoria Park
Headlining? Frank Ocean
What? Citadel
When? 16th July
Where? Victoria Park
Headlining? Foals
What? Afropunk Festival
When? 22nd and 23rd July
Where? Alexandra Palace
Headlining? JME, Nadia Rose, Danny Brown
What? Sunfall
When? 12th August
Where? Brockwell Park
Headlining? Antal
What? South West Four
When? 26th and 27th August
Where? Clapham Common
Headlining? Pendulum and deadmau5
THE ‘LONDONER’
How the locals do it...
Who: Dan Boyton
Lives: Esher
Works: Media Agency
How do you spend your commute: Podcasts, books or music depending on how I’m feeling!
Coffee: Black coffee without the coffee but tea and milk instead.
After work drinks: The Toucan just off Soho Square.
A seriously special dinner: Not the fussy type but Rules in Covent Garden is a family favourite.
Let your hair down: Anything that involves boats and drinking good beer. Oh and Glastonbury!
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