Thousands make their pitch for Glastonbury

MORE than 15,000 people have started setting up camp at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, police said yesterday.

Thousands make their pitch for Glastonbury
Thu, 26 Jun, 2003 - 01:00
Craig Hillsley

Thousands of music lovers turned up at the site in Pilton, Somerset, in preparation for the music event, which starts tomorrow.

Organisers Glastonbury Festival Ltd said around 25,000 will be on site by this morning and 150,000 will be there by the weekend to see acts such as Radiohead, REM, Manic Street Preachers and Moby.

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