first details revealed for Block9 & The Common at Glastonbury Festival

Details have been revealed for two of the late night areas Block 9, and The Common at this summer's Glastonbury Festival.

The plans for two more of Glastonbury's late-night entertainment areas have been revealed to follow those of the Shangri-La and Arcadia areas.

First up radical set designers Block9 are back in a new location (to be announced) and the duo's new field will open from sunset to sunrise offering huge art installations housing heavyweight soundsystems, underground nightclubs, bars, and some extremely alternative performances.

This year sees the arrival of their Genosys outdoor arena which will, "explore the birth of electronic dance music and the legacy of its pioneers. Blurring the boundaries between art and music, sound and light, Genosys pays homage to the pre-digital dance floor."

The Genosys, short for Generated Oxygen System, is a concrete and glass cross between a giant oak tree and aconcrete megastructure built to save the once poisoned planet. It nurtured and preserved plant life within its huge tanks and, as it drank in the excess atmospheric carbon, it poured out fresh oxygen.

The first acts confirmed for the ambitious audiovisual hybrid include Chicago veteran DJs Gene Hunt, and Tyree Cooper, alongside Greg Wilson, and Bicep.

Making a return for it's third year, is TheLondon Underground with the iconic tube train bursting from the 5th floor of a 50ft decaying tower block housing a nightclub venue showcasing London's soundsystem culture with a line-up of DJs including Grant Nelson, Mosca, Randall, and Digital & Spirit.

Plus, returning for a 7th year now is the disco, soul, funk and porn moustaches of NYC Downlowa life-size ruin of an New York City tenement featuring live bands and debauchery including Kerri Chandler, Robert Owens, Horse Meat Disco, My Love Is Underground, and DIY.

Also returning in 2013, after it's arrival in 2010 is The Common home to bustling music venues, urban circus, late night bars, and a range of intimate sideshows. The area has been home to a Wall of Death with vintage Indian motorcycles; Bassline Circus; The Old Curiosity Shop; after-hours gatherings; Medicine Sans Frontiers: and Campo Pequeno. Although the only venues so far confirmed are the crazy Carny folk home of Copperdollar, the fading Cuban cinema The Lost Picture Show, and the sumptuous boudoir of a 19th Century Havana bordello Los Artistas Bohemios.

According to organisers this year sees, "The Common follow on from its Latin American theme of 2011, but delving deeper into Central America and the tribes and folklore of the tropical rain forest. A lost civilisation mysteriously appears, once the most advanced in the world, now decayed and abandoned, the forest reclaiming the buildings and temples that once stood proud.

" Somewhere between Mexico City and Salvador, the mystical world of The Common has been awakened... A sumptuous Latino playground, come and explore........"

For more idea of The Common, see the film below:



Tickets have sold out for this summer's Glastonbury Festival which runs for five full days from Wednesday 26th June until Monday 1st July 2013 across a 1000 hectares (2470 acres) of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset. Resales of unwanted tickets will take place on Sunday 21st April 2013, for those who have registered beforehand so that they are eligible to buy a ticket.

Nas, Disclosure, Hot Natured, David Rodigan, Sub Focus, AlunaGeorge, Eats Everything, Rudimental, and The Congos, and Rokia Traore are confirmed so far for the Festival, but 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 2013 rumours, updated as we receive information.

UK ticket balances will be payable following the Easter Weekend from 09:00 Tuesday 2nd April until 23:59 Monday 8th April, when there will also be options to book everything else needed (tipis, campervan tickets, parking, cancellation protection).

Tickets have sold out, a resale of tickets returned by those deciding not to pay their balances will happen on Sunday 21st April. A standard ticket is priced at £205 + £5 booking fee per ticket + £6 P&P per booking.

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