big names playing today, the likes of mel c from the spice girls doing a djing set, and michael eavis, the founder of glastonbury will do a set of his favourite songs by crooners immediately after. we are right in front of the pyramid stage. there it is. i remember michael eavis once joining coldplay there to sing a version of my way. let s say, it remains long in the memory. i have been out and about this morning walking around the festival site and it is much busier than it usually is at that time. that is for two reasons. first of all, the festival has not been on for three years, so people wanted to get here as early as possible. and secondly, because of the much talked about rail strikes. trains have actually been running to glastonbury today. the first one out of london had fewer than 50 people on it, and some festivalgoers have been saying they have had hole carriages to themselves. let s also talk about