first acts revealed for 71 Fair Stage at Glastonbury Festival?

In an interview with This Is Somerset, (here), Andrew Kerr has revealed the first names for the line-up of his 'Spirit of 1971' stage at this year's Glastonbury Festival.

In the article the man who, with Arabella Churchill, put on the Glastonbury Fair of 1971 reveals that the Edgar Broughton Band, Mike Oldfield, Steve Hillage, Arthur Brown, Nick Lowe who played at the 1971 festival with his band Brinsley Schwarz, and 'Windmills of Your Mind' singer Noel Harrison will be helping to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the unforgettable fair by appearing on the Anniversary Pyramid Stage at this year's Festival.

The stage which eFestivals first revealed news of, (here), is designed to be an echo back to the very first Pyramid Stage at the 1971 festival, the second festival to happen at Worthy Farm and the first to be held at midsummer. Nik Turner has also revealed he will be playing with a 40th anniversary celebratory group of musicians who performed with Hawkwind at that band's first performance at the festival in 1971.

Andrew Kerr has written a book about his life, called 'Intolerably Hip' and it will be published this year before the Festival happens, priced at £14 by Frontier on May 12th.

UK ticket balances will be payable in the first week of April 2011 from 9am tomorrow, Friday 1st April until 11.59pm on Thursday 7th April with balances either paid online at http://www.seetickets.com/g2011 or on the booking line: 0844 412 4635.

Anyone who doesn't pay their ticket balance during the applicable week will be automatically refunded their deposit (minus a £10 admin fee).

Tickets have sold out for this summer's Glastonbury Festival which runs for five full days from Wednesday 22nd until Sunday 26th June 2011 across a 1000 hectares (2470 acres) of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset.

Acts confirmed for the Festival include U2, Coldplay, and Beyonce as Pyramid Stage headliners, plus Primal Scream, Mumford & Sons, Elbow, Everything Everything, Anna Calvi, BB King, Big Boi, The Chemical Brothers, Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Fleet Foxes, Gruff Rhys, James Blake, Janelle Monae, Laura Marling, and Warpaint. No other acts are confirmed yet for the Festival, although as usual eFestivals will bring you the very best-sourced rumours, allowing festival-goers to see who is playing long before the bands are formally announced - keep your eyes on the Glastonbury 2011 rumours, updated as we receive information.

The resale date of cancelled/refunded tickets for this year's Glastonbury Festival has been announced as 9am on Sunday 17th April.

Tickets will be sold online at http://www.seetickets.com/g2011 and via the Seetickets booking line 0844 412 4635. Tickets will be limited to four per transaction, and only available to those who have registered beforehand will be eligible to buy a ticket.

Anyone aged 13 or over (when the Festival starts) who wishes to buy a ticket must be registered. Registration involves providing contact details, a valid e-mail address, and a passport standard photo.

Online registration can be carried out by clicking here.

Those already registered can check their details by visiting http://seetickets.com/see/getglas as soon as possible (this link will also close before the resale).

For more detailed registration and ticket information click here.

As well as standard Festival tickets (priced at £195 + £5 booking fee), there will be a number of Combined Coach and Festival Tickets on sale. These tickets include either single or return coach tickets from a range of locations around the UK.

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