No Rock And Roll Fun

PAY UPFRONT, OR DON'T COME AT ALL: Glastonbury won't accept Credit Card payments for tickets this year - there's some suggestion that this will somehow mean more money going to the charities, although the processing fees surely come out the booking fee and the not the price of the ticket anyway? - and that this is somehow going to "further address the problem of touts." We're not sure why a person interested solely in making a killing by re-selling the tickets is going to be put off by having the risk move from their credit account to their current account, since Glasto tickets are pretty much a more solid investment than gold; it does mean that the less comfortably off are going to be even less able to get to the festival this year, as it's people closer to the breadline who are going to find it harder to fork out the 120-odd quid up front. If Glastonbury becomes any more middle class, they'll have to find a villa for Tony Blair. There's rumours that Joe Bananas is going to rename himself Joe Starfruit and Papaya and replace his usual stock of blankets with a bunch of hand-painted native American smocks.