Corporate revellers offered mud-free Glastonbury

Corporate revellers are booking a VIP helicopter service to sample Glastonbury without the mud and queues.

Visitors can skip the traditional festival traffic jams and touch down in a sealed-off hospitality area.

The company behind the £4,000 service says it's already proving popular with the bands themselves.

Mark Edgley, of flyglastonbury.com, says visiting parties will be able to avoid the camper vans and enjoy a VIP area full of sofas and armchairs.

The Times reports the corporate packages for the three-day festival are selling fast among a new breed of socialites wanting to sign up for the Glastonbury experience.

Mr Edgley told the paper: "This is the new way to 'do Glastonbury'.

"We have 11 choppers waiting to pick people up from their back gardens and offer them 24-hour hospitality on site. A lot of the bookings have come from the bands themselves."