It takes place Process_start on the same weekend as T in the Park in Scotland and shares a very similar lineup each year , but Oxegen is generally regarded as Ireland 's version of the Glastonbury Festival , with the 2008 festival sharing three of the same headliners as its English counterpart .

Glastonbury Festival ( formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts ) is a five-day festival Social_event of contemporary performing Hold arts that takes place Process_start in Pilton , Somerset , England .

Glastonbury Festival ( formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts ) is a five-day festival Social_event of contemporary performing Hold arts that takes place Process_start in Pilton , Somerset , England .

Films and albums recorded Recording at Glastonbury have been released Publishing , and the festival Social_event receives Receiving extensive television and newspaper coverage Communication .

Glastonbury is now attended Participation by around 200,000 people , requiring extensive infrastructure in terms of security , transport , water , and electricity supply .

Glastonbury Festival was held Hold intermittently from 1970 until 1981 ; since then , it has been held Hold every year , except for `` fallow years '' taken Conquering mostly at five year intervals , intended to give the land , local population , and organisers a break .

Eighteen dates in Australia and three dates in Asia originally scheduled for the tour Traveling , as well as a headlining slot at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival , but were postponed Change_event_time due to Minogue being diagnosed Cure with breast cancer .

It was started Process_start in 1998 by the Bennett family ( including the brothers Robin and Joe of the band Goldrush ) , who decided Deciding that mainstream festivals such as Glastonbury had become Becoming too commercial and predictable .

The Picnic has been described Statement as `` Ireland 's version of Glastonbury '' and `` a great inspiration to Latitude '' by one of its business partners , Laois .