The lead singer of the band on at the Other Stage at the moment looks about twelve. Wonder if his mum knows he's here.
News update:
277 total reported crimes, down 13 on 290 last year at same time, including 156 thefts, 96 drugs, 6 assaults (none very serious), 8 thefts from person (pickpocketing - down from 17 at this time last year).
93 total arrests, including 77 drugs, 5 thefts, 3 assaults.
Other, non-crime items:
Best t-shirt: bearded man in a purple skirt and a t shirt reading "Hi Dad, I'm Gaelic".
No shows: Mos Def (death in family), Green MP Caroline Lucas, Banksy.
Sign at Tesco Shepton Mallet: "Due to being an open food environment, we request that tops and shoes be worn at all times."
Contradiction of the festival: Promoting from the main stage the Stop Hinkley campaign against the nuclear power station, while the pylons crossing the festival site carry nuclear-generated electricity from the Hinkley power station.
Billy Bragg's verdict on the new government: "The trouble with David Cameron and George Osbourne is they haven't been to Glastonbury."
Spotted: BBC's Andrew Marr backstage wearing the festival's required trilby hat nodding enthusiastically to a Billy Bragg song about third world debt.
Saturday 26 June 2010
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Andrew Marr was probably employed to vigorously nod so that the wind generated by his ears kept Billy Bragg cool.
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