Glastonbury have arrived in Glastonbury and stuck his staff into the ground, when it flowered miraculously into the Glastonbury Thorn. The presence of a landscape zodiac around the town has been suggested but no evidence has been discovered. The Glastonbury Festival, held in the nearby village of Pilton, takes its name from the town. During the 7th millennium BC the sea level rose and flooded the valleys and low-lying ground surrounding Glastonbury so the Mesolithic people occupied seasonal camps on the higher ground, indicated by scatters of flints. The Neolithic people continued to exploit the reedswamps for their natural resources and
Glastonbury Festival 2008 criticism, Jay-Z opened his Glastonbury set with a tongue-in-cheek cover of Oasis's iconic song "Wonderwall". and later included the lines "That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar/Somebody should have told him I'm a fuckin' rock star" in his song "Jockin' Jay-Z". These are the performers which have been confirmed by the official Glastonbury Festival website: Glastonbury Festival 2008 The 2008 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 27 to 29 June 2008. The ticket registration system that was established in 2007 continued in 2008 having won numerous awards, including Best Innovation at the 2007 UK Festival