Glastonbury's radical roots will return, says Michael Eavis

Founder laments high ticket prices and loss of soul, but activism is back on the bill – and there's a protest against U2Beyoncé might be headlining, but Glastonbury is set to become a "sounding board of political discontent" this week, according to the founder of the Somerset festival, who believes public anger against the government spending cuts is reviving a sense of the event's political roots.Michael Eavis, who launched the first Glastonbury festival 41 years ago and recently lamented th...

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