Music: Rain and mud at Glastonbury festival [ITN EDU ELT]

Music: Rain and mud at Glastonbury festival [ITN EDU ELT]; Reporter voiceover: Rock ‘n’ roll has been hit by health as safety as lighting pierced the skies over Glastonbury. Music was the loser as nervous organisers took the decision to power down, switching off the festivals main stages haulting performances as the site soaked up the damp. Man 1: This isn’t rain it’s liquid sunshine. Man 2: Yeah you’ve just got to get on with it haven’t you. Just carry on like. Man 1: Come prepared for the worst and hope for the best. Man 2: Anything else is a bonuses isn’t it. Man 3: They said they were gonna power down and that’s what they did. So that was the end of it. So we stood there and sang songs on our own. Family group singing: Mr Sun, sun, Mr golden sun standing behind a tree Reporter voiceover: The rain is the uninvited guest at this show and at an event where everything is carefully managed it’s the one thing the organisers cannot control. But don’t let that put you off, there are no damp spirits here, just a committed crowd. Reporter to camera: Despite the drenching it was only a temporary time out, as soon as the storm had passed the party kicked off once again. Reporter voiceover: They’ve waited months for this moment. Somerset cider country. Reporter to camera: Yes as you know the Glastonbury festival has forever been associated with one very small word with a very big impact and that word of course, is mud. And as you can see this year absolutely no exception. Two days of torrential rain have made it ankle deep, sometimes even knee deep in places. Reporter to camera: Well I haven’t been here long and I’ve already learnt that no matter how hard you try you just can’t stay away from the mud. What I want to know is why does it have to be now? Why can’t they do it in July or August when perhaps there’s just a slight chance it might stay dry.