GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL TICKET SELL-OUT

For the first time in its 30-year history all tickets for this year's Glastonbury Festival, running from 28th - 30th June 2002, have sold out two months in advance.

Over 100,000 people will attend the 22nd Glastonbury Festival of the Performing Arts at Worthy Farm, Pilton, in the heart of the Somerset countryside, this summer. In addition to providing three days of the best in contemporary music, theatre, dance and alternative lifestyles the festival continues to raise money for many good causes, including Oxfam, Wateraid, Greenpeace and local charities.

"We are really pleased people have got the message that the festival's future was in jeopardy - and have responded so quickly by buying their tickets" says festival organiser Michael Eavis. "The overwhelming demand for tickets, despite no details of the line-up being announced, is a tribute to the unique nature of the Glastonbury Festival, which was sorely missed last year. I'm delighted that everyone has responded so positively."

The festival site for 2002 will be protected by a new £1 million security fence, circling the entire perimeter of the 800 acre site. Inside the fence it will be business as usual for performers, workers and festival goers alike, with a an unparalleled weekend of entertainment based around three giant performance arenas, a theatre and circus arena, the Green Fields and over 700 market stalls.

For those unable to attend Glastonbury Festival, the highlights will once again be beamed live to a worldwide TV, radio and internet audience, with coverage once again led by BBC TV, who have had a major presence at the Festival since 1997. Both BBC2 and BBC Choice will provide over 30 hours of coverage from Glastonbury, with headline performances also broadcast live on Radio 1. Worldwide coverage will also include broadcasts from France, Germany, USA, Canada and Japan, and live webcasts from playlouder.com, who also covered the Festival in 2000.

Glastonbury Festival was granted a licence for 2002 on condition that there was no repeat of the regrettable incidents during the festival two years ago, where thousands of people attended without tickets.

* The latest information for all ticket holders about travel to the Festival site, car parking, camping and much much more is now available on the official Glastonbury festival website: www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk Those without tickets will also be able to log on for news about the festival's history, reviews and a regularly updated photo gallery.