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- Glastonbury
2002!
The Glastonbury Music
Festival will go ahead after all this year, despite
initial fears that local councilors would refuse to grant a a license.
Following a lengthy debate at Mendip County Council, an
entertainment license was granted to the event expected to
attract around 100,000 revelers over the course of the weekend
in June. The event was cancelled last year as a result of
police fears over safety. In addition to the 100,000 paying
customers at the festival in 2000, it was estimated as many
again gate-crashed the event. This year's festival will see £2
million earmarked for security measures alone, which will
include a new "superfence". Festival organizer
Michael Eavis said, "We have been working on this
for over a year and are all very pleased and have a lot of
work to do now." Should the festival organizers
not fulfil their promises over safety, they have been warned
by local authorities that this is the last chance. Mr. Eavis
said, "It's a make or break thing for us, but we
really do have to make it work this year." He
continued, "People should not come without a ticket - we
have to plead with people not to come along unless they
do." The festival, which has long been the highlight of
the summer season, is expected to be one of the best ever this
year. Organizer Michael Eavis said, "We have
already had interest from numerous top acts." It
is also rumoured that Rod Stewart, The Who and Pink Floyd have all
expressed an interest in appearing at this year's event.
Article by Miranda.
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- Tyson
Politically Correct?
The ever loveable Mike
Tyson has admitted he is not "Mr. Politically
Correct" after starting a twenty man brawl with
Lennox Lewis's and his entourage. Everything had been going
fine at the Las Vegas press conference to promote the proposed
$100 million fight, until Jimmy Lennon Jnr introduced the "bad
boy" of boxing. Tyson subsequently went mad,
throwing wild punches and attempting to bite the British
heavyweight Champion. Lewis appeared shaken after the event,
admitting he is "unsure" as to what
will happen next. The possibility of actually staging the
fight in Las Vegas was already slim as Tyson is facing rape
charges within the State of Nevada. For Tyson, this could
represent a knockout blow in his bid to be seen as a boxer
rather than a pathetic pantomime dame, a shallow shell of a
once great fighter. His attempted comebacks, after his spell
of incarceration for rape, have been less than emphatic. His
disqualification for biting Evander Holyfield's ear was
perhaps the lowest ebb. The fight against Lennox Lewis
however, will more than likely happen around
April. It will be extremely interesting to see if the Nevada
authorities will take a moral stand and ban the fight. If,
however, the fight were to go ahead, it would bring much
needed revenue back to Vegas, which has suffered greatly since
September 11. Other possible venues include Madison
Square Garden in New York City, a venue more than equipped to
stage what could turn out to be a great fight,
or an absolute joke. At the time of going to press, it was
reported that the application to fight in Las Vegas has been
refused.
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