With last year's line up being the most radical in years (if not ever) under the stewardship of Emily Eavis, this year's line up will have a more traditional bent.

Emily's father Michael Eavis told Gobshout: 'Last year was great and all but I think we lost sight of what a village festival is all about.  I plan to put that right this year.'

'It's about time we had Morris dancing back at the festival.  It's no coincidence that the weather hasn't been the same since we stopped it in 96.

'As for the music, there is a young local lad named Bruce Spring-Stein from nearby Pilton who will make his Glastonbury debut, something I am particularly pleased about. 

'The Spring-Steins are close family friends, in fact we used to baby-sit young Bruce as a kid and it's great to see a young lad you've known all your life starting out in what will hopefully be a long musical career.'

But Glasto-worshippers fear not, the famous acts will still be in attendance.  Michael promised: 'We got Chas and Dave on the Pyramid Stage Friday night so it should be a right old knees up.  I don't want to give too much away at this early stage but lets just say making an appearance will be the mighty ELO.  If you want to see the future of music ten years from now then I say to you E L O.  It's a living thing!'

'There is much more to be announced, though I can confirm there will be a funny shaped vegetable competition on Saturday and on Sunday afternoon there will be a massive cheese rolling competition up at the tor.

'It promises to be a cracker!'

Also confirmed:

The Worzels

Funny Shaped Vegetable Competition

The Swinging Blue Jeans

Peever

The Dave Clarke Five

Cheese Rolling

The Pet Shop Boys

Bear Baiting

Hare Punching

Pin The Tail On The Super Furry Animal

Donkey Kong

Tossing The Hedgehog

ELO

GTF

The Arctic Monkeys

The Baltic Bawbags

 

Posted In Gobshout News, Jan 31 2009. Words - Thomas