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nna0076264 - NAPA SYNDICATION REF 6284
.EARLY MORNING RISERS GLASTONBURY SUNDAY.PH.GEOFF CADDICK.25.06.00.
Glastonbury Festival is to be surrounded by an "invincible" ring of steel costing around £1 million after record numbers of fence jumpers, organiser Michael Eavis says.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 went over - or under - the 14ft perimeter barrier, swelling the 100,000 legitimate visitors and packing the areas near the most popular stages.
Next year Mr Eavis wants to increase the official capacity by 10,000 to finance the new measures.
Mr Eavis said: "There are probably more jumpers this year. The fence was our weakest point and we are planning an invincible fence for 2001.
"The people who made this fence can see now that it's not effective any longer, although it makes an attempt. We need the invincible fence, which will cost roughly £1 million."
The current fencing is in sections held together by nuts and bolts, but these can be pushed over, squeezed through and scaled, or fans can tunnel beneath them.
The plan is to have a tough new system which will slot together and be more sturdy.
"There will be prongs in the soil so people can't dig under. It will take four weeks to build. At the moment it only takes around 17 days," he added.
Mr Eavis, who has hosted the event on his farm at Pilton, Somerset, since 1970, said: "Tickets were very slow selling this year, the first time since the 1980s that we haven't sold out within a couple of months. I was a bit worried about paying the bills when Radiohead said they couldn't do it, I thought we were in trouble.
"But then we got Travis, the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, and Moby proved to be a big draw."
NAPA SYNDICATION REF 6284
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![NAPA SYNDICATION REF 6284<br>.EARLY MORNING RISERS GLASTONBURY SUNDAY.PH.GEOFF CADDICK.25.06.00.<br>Glastonbury Festival is to be surrounded by an "invincible" ring of steel costing around £1 million after record numbers of fence jumpers, organiser Michael Eavis says.<br>Between 10,000 and 15,000 went over - or under - the 14ft perimeter barrier, swelling the 100,000 legitimate visitors and packing the areas near the most popular stages.<br>Next year Mr Eavis wants to increase the official capacity by 10,000 to finance the new measures.<br>Mr Eavis said: "There are probably more jumpers this year. The fence was our weakest point and we are planning an invincible fence for 2001.<br>"The people who made this fence can see now that it's not effective any longer, although it makes an attempt. We need the invincible fence, which will cost roughly £1 million."<br>The current fencing is in sections held together by nuts and bolts, but these can be pushed over, squeezed through and scaled, or fans can tunnel beneath them.<br>The plan is to have a tough new system which will slot together and be more sturdy.<br>"There will be prongs in the soil so people can't dig under. It will take four weeks to build. At the moment it only takes around 17 days," he added.<br>Mr Eavis, who has hosted the event on his farm at Pilton, Somerset, since 1970, said: "Tickets were very slow selling this year, the first time since the 1980s that we haven't sold out within a couple of months. I was a bit worried about paying the bills when Radiohead said they couldn't do it, I thought we were in trouble.<br>"But then we got Travis, the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, and Moby proved to be a big draw."<br><br>NAPA SYNDICATION REF 6284<br>](../images/prevs/nna0076264.jpg "NAPA SYNDICATION REF 6284<br>.EARLY MORNING RISERS GLASTONBURY SUNDAY.PH.GEOFF CADDICK.25.06.00.<br>Glastonbury Festival is to be surrounded by an "invincible\" ring of steel costing around £1 million after record numbers of fence jumpers, organiser Michael Eavis says.<br>Between 10,000 and 15,000 went over - or under - the 14ft perimeter barrier, swelling the 100,000 legitimate visitors and packing the areas near the most popular stages.<br>Next year Mr Eavis wants to increase the official capacity by 10,000 to finance the new measures.<br>Mr Eavis said: "There are probably more jumpers this year. The fence was our weakest point and we are planning an invincible fence for 2001.<br>"The people who made this fence can see now that it's not effective any longer, although it makes an attempt. We need the invincible fence, which will cost roughly £1 million.\"<br>The current fencing is in sections held together by nuts and bolts, but these can be pushed over, squeezed through and scaled, or fans can tunnel beneath them.<br>The plan is to have a tough new system which will slot together and be more sturdy.<br>"There will be prongs in the soil so people can't dig under. It will take four weeks to build. At the moment it only takes around 17 days,\" he added.<br>Mr Eavis, who has hosted the event on his farm at Pilton, Somerset, since 1970, said: "Tickets were very slow selling this year, the first time since the 1980s that we haven't sold out within a couple of months. I was a bit worried about paying the bills when Radiohead said they couldn't do it, I thought we were in trouble.<br>"But then we got Travis, the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, and Moby proved to be a big draw.\"<br><br>NAPA SYNDICATION REF 6284<br>")