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Music fans at the Glastonbury Festival were hit by lightning and torrential rain on Friday morning, threatening to turn the event into a wash-out.
The BBC's Ian Youngs says the weather for the Somerset site turned "from scorching to soaking overnight".

The last of the 112,500 revellers are arriving to see top acts for the first day including the White Stripes, Doves and The Killers.

Weather forecasters say more rain is expected and may waterlog the site.

The heavy rain threatens to turn campsites into bogs. The ground is already becoming heavily waterlogged and muddy.

But festival organiser Michael Eavis said he was keeping his fingers crossed that there would be no repeat of the infamous "mudfest" of 1997.
He said: "It's different from 1997 when the site was very muddy. We've had four or five days of good weather so the ground is firm.

"We've also spent a lot of money on the drainage, so the main site should be OK."

Conditions are expected to brighten up at Mr Eavis' Worthy Farm, near Pilton, later on Friday.

Most of the crowd have already been on the site for one or two nights and have been enjoying the party atmosphere.


QUOTE BY BBC REPORTER "I just wish I had not left my wellies in my car"

The site at Pilton is on the Somerset levels which are really prone to flooding.The ground is boggy underfoot at the best of times there so when it rains,the rain tends not to be absorbed below ground but sits on the surface.Hence all the drainage ditches in the area

Whats a bit of mud when you get to see The Killers? Would be worth getting soaked for!

Yeah...but why get soaked when you can see it on TV from the comfort of your sofa in your PJs!!!

"Has anyone seen my tent? It's a blue one"

White stripes sounding good right now!!

BBC have 4 streams running on the red button too, about time we had some decent Glasto coverage.

Watched most of it tonight, was impressed with Bloc Party, the Doves weren't bad and the Killers were absolutely fantastic!! Not heard the White Stripes though I suspect they've been good.

White stripes were really good..LOL..got a text from a friend there...'enjoying the glasto experience tho wet and muddy' Replied' just outta the shower and got a chilled bottle of white wine,my slippers .candles.insence and remote control..Havent missed a thing '

I saw the end of the White Stripes and they sounded really good. Not quite as good as The Killers but well worth watching.

The highlights imo were The white stripes and Kasabian who really impressed me.Dont think I saw a duff set apart from babyshambles who were precisely that.The killers were polished,athlete more like athlete of old instead of coldplay mark7 and Coldplay and Keane were very polished too.So many good acts,the bravery,kaiser chiefs......All in all brilliant..and not a bit of mud in sight

Agreed..except I wasn't too keen on the athlete set.

Shame it's being rested next year.

I liked Athlete.Was more like the sound they had on their first album.Thought the second they were trying to go down the Coldplay/Keane road.Went out and bought Kasabian this morning and am absolutely loving it

Club foot is one of my fave singles of this year.

I know you like that smiley spiky

Oh I love Club foot and processed beats!!
Ah yes that smilie!!!LOL

Kasabian are superb, Processed Beats, Club Foot, Reason is Treason and L.S.F are superb tracks.

The highlight for me this year has been The Killers, The White Stripes and Coldplay. Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs and Kasabian were all very good as well.