Glastonbury Festival have released a statement condemning the proposed closure of the station.

It was announced this morning that the BBC is to close its superb 6 Music radio station as part of a cost-cutting shake-up. The station - and its DJs - have been huge supporters of Glastonbury, so we'd certainly like to do our bit to help them out now. We're also saddened at the closure of the BBC Asian Network, which has broadcast some great stuff from the Festival over the years.

We believe that the decision to close the stations is the wrong one. If you agree, then please email trust.enquiries@bbc.co.uk to explain why you'll miss 6 and/or Asian Network or complete the Trust's BBC Strategy Review Online Survey. The BBC Trust will have to approve the closures and may yet refuse to do so if enough people show their support. A few minutes' effort could really make a difference.

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/help-save-bbc-6-music

These are cuts designed to placate the Tories & Rupert Murdoch, so if you live in a part of the country where you have a Tory MP, write to them & ask why Murdoch is helping shape the policies of a potential UK government as well as writing to the BBC. Of course write to your MP anyhow, but make the Tory ones answer your questions as this is no more than running scared of Rupert Murdoch.

The deadline for paying off the balance of Glastonbury tickets passed at 11.59pm last night. The vast majority of people who'd paid a deposit have now paid for their ticket in full, but we've decided to offer a 48 hour grace period for those yet to pay the balance.

If you haven't yet paid your balance, then you now have until 11.59pm on Tuesday (2nd March) to head to www.seetickets.com/g2010/ and pay the remainder.

We will be announcing details of the resale of cancelled tickets soon. Please keep an eye here on the website for the latest news on that.

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news48-hour-grace-period-for-ticket-balance-payments

BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with the Glastonbury festival to take the 40-year-old event to a global television audience as part of a push by the corporation's commercial arm to sell more music programming.

For more than a decade the BBC has aired the festival in the UK, but for the first time from this summer BBC Worldwide will have the worldwide television distribution rights.

This comes as BBC Worldwide begins a drive to sell shows such as Later with Jools Holland to international broadcasters.

BBC Worldwide is also repackaging its footage from its extensive music archive under new titles such as Best of Blondie and has even had some interest in reviving Top of the Pops in Italy.

John Mansfield, the BBC Worldwide Music head of content development, said: "In this momentous year, as Glastonbury celebrates its 40th anniversary, we are proud and privileged to bring the much celebrated BBC coverage to a global stage."

Glastonbury's executive producer for TV, Ben Challis, added: "We have worked with the BBC in the UK since 1997 and the award-winning coverage of Glastonbury just gets better and better."

The deal was announced at the BBC Showcase in Brighton, BBC Worldwide's exclusive annual event at which it sells programmes and formats to international broadcasters.

BBC Worldwide's managing director for sales and distribution, Steve MacAllister, said the organisation wants to make music programming "more of a focus this year".

"We have got such a great heritage of classical and contemporary music – if you think about the BBC's involvement in music over the years it's a real asset and we can also repackage it in a different way," MacAllister added.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/feb/23/bbc-screen-glastonbury-overseas

We're very pleased to confirm reports that Glastonbury Festival was this week granted its new licence by Mendip District Council. The new licence covers the Festival from 2010 to 2016 (although, as previously announced, there will be no Festival in 2012, which will be a fallow year).

Following the approval of the new licence, there are a few changes at the Festival which we can reveal.

- Although the Festival capacity will remain the same, there will be significant extra camping and parking space.

- The Shangri-la and Arcadia areas will be given increased space and better access.

- Car parks will now open at 9pm on the Tuesday night before the Festival, allowing Festival-goers to arrive throughout the night. There will, however, be no entertainment or facilities in the car parks and Festival-goers will be expected to remain in their cars until the Festival gates open at 8am on Wednesday morning (an hour earlier than in previous years). Sorry, but no camping will be allowed in the car parks. As in 2009, there will be no amplified entertainment on the Wednesday, with the main music stages not kicking off until Friday.

- The volume of Pyramid Stage headline performances will be increased.

- The Kidz Field will now open on Thursday at 12noon (a day earlier than previously).

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/festival-licence-granted-until-2016

OMG! Can you actually believe this is happening? The Wombles are in talks to reform and play the main stage at this year's Glastonbury Festival!

Okay, so the actual Wombles aren’t talking, as we all know they’re just men inside big animal suits, but still, the imagination is there and considering they had a string of Top Ten hits back in the ‘70s, it could go down a storm.

We all know the people at Glastonbury like to think they’re ‘quirky’ and cool - not like us ‘moshers’ who head to Download, so singing along to a load of grown men in furry outfits would be the epitome of ‘indie individualism man’.

Okay, so Glasto has U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder, are the Wombles really going to attract a crowd? And could you imagine Bono hanging out with one, I doubt it.

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/events/The+Wombles+To+Play+Glastonbury-10622.html