Glastonbury 2010

Tonight we headed down The Old Railway Track to check out Shangri-La. Hundreds of people were heading in the same direction, all wanting to get a taste of the late night party scene Glastonbury offers. Pete from Stockport has been to Glastonbury once before but never made it beyond the main stages. He’s taking a different approach this year and headed down to see what Shangri-La was all about. “We didn’t get down here last year, but I wish we had, it’s wicked. It messes with your brain a bit though”.

The team who created Shangri-La describe it as “a living breathing film set, populated with characters and creations. A futuristic citadel nestled next to an overpopulated slum riddled with filth of all kinds and the odd unexpected diamond ….”.

It’s live music, laser shows, a burlesque hotel, a nightclub, backstreet slum areas with seedy shops and futuristic buildings, all built around a huge town square …. oh, and free haircuts!

If you’ve never been to Glastonbury before, you’ll be amazed at the over-the-top late night entertainment on offer after the main stages have quietened down – and this year there are three new night-time areas.

When the sun goes down, find your way to the old railway track and head south. Here you’ll find the “badlands” of Shangri-La, one of our favourite places last year and where this year festival-goers have been involved as part of a competition to design part of the area themselves.

Emily Eavis says the late-night venues were so busy last year they’ve been expanded to give people more choice.

So new for 2010:

The Unfair Ground: Where you can be served drinks by maimed 70s Aeroflot trolley dollies in a crashed and derelict plane wreck or hang out at Bez and Sam Haggerty’s Acid House tent.

The Common: A new music performance area with late night bars and intimate side shows.

Block 9: Billed as a brand new late night party zone that’s “not for the faint hearted”.

If you go make sure you send us a photo or two … just in case we’re too faint-hearted to venture in!