The gates are open at Glastonbury, tents are being erected, and we're liveblogging the festival every day from now until Sunday
See all our Glastonbury 2014 coverage here
4.01pm BST
Elsewhere on the Guardian site today, you can read this interview with London Grammar, who do a terrible job of bigging up their Sunday night headlining slot on the John Peel stage.
Youre headlining the John Peel stage on Sunday at Glastonbury. Last year, Phoenix headlined the John Peel stage on Sunday at Glastonbury. Who are better at headlining the John Peel stage on Sunday at Glastonbury?
Hannah: I'm sure Phoenix are. With us, it still feels like were fluking it every time. In our live career, we really are inexperienced.
3.38pm BST
Laughing in the face modern phones' limited battery life, some Glastonbury punters have been letting us know how they're getting on on Twitter via @GuardianMusic.
@guardianmusic the pyramid, the torr, the perfect tent pitch.. Let the good times begin... pic.twitter.com/kzEopwiGCi
@guardianmusic enjoying the sun in Park. pic.twitter.com/0PGJ7O5MXm
@guardianmusic The 5 O'clock coach has taken its toll...#Glastonbury @GlastoFest @GlastoLive pic.twitter.com/PgdHMjHYvY
@guardianmusic 2004, first album KOL followed by Oasis. Magic combination.
@guardianmusic last time I was there was 2009 for Neil Young who was totally awesome - best live act I've ever seen, amazing crowd energy.
@guardianmusic 2010 (because I was there & it was as hot as Greece!) Stevie Wonder as Sunday headliner rounded off an amazing experience.
@guardianmusic 2010 (because I was there & it was as hot as Greece!) Stevie Wonder as Sunday headliner rounded off an amazing experience.
2.50pm BST
Remember those finger puppets we mentioned at 11.56 this morning? Well, some excellent person calling themselves dollytastic has taken one to the festival, and has sent us these photos via GuardianWitness.
If you share your pictures via GuardianWitness over the festival, not only might we show them off on our liveblog they might also be chosen to appear on the screen's at Guardian HQ, next to the Pyramid stage, for thousands of festival-goers to gawp at. See here for details on how to download thew GuardianWitness app to your phone.
Dolly realises she has arrived to early
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By dollytastic
25 June 2014, 13:52
Dolly checks what time she is due on !
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By dollytastic
25 June 2014, 13:54
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By dollytastic
25 June 2014, 13:56
2.11pm BST
Anyone wishing to test whether Glastonbury remained true to its original spirit need only have turned up on Wednesday's opening morning when much of the site was suffering from a complete loss of power. No hot food! No smoothies! No flat whites! How will Glastonbury cope? Around the Pyramid Stage, only the man serving up coal-fire barbecued jerk chicken at the Taste Of The Caribbean had a smile on his face.
Elsewhere it was like the 1950s where children had to make their own fun: playing football in the walk ways; sunbathing (it's hot here); catching a moment's peace to read your Kindle. Like I said, just like the 1950s.
1.45pm BST
There's nothing like a good row over music. Some of Glastonbury's most memorable headliners over the last few years have been the ones people have loved to bicker over see in particular the fuss over Beyonce and Jay Z's top slots.
Metallica are not a univerally popular choice for Saturday night headliner but will you be watching? And which headliner will you be making an effort watch? Vote now in this poll over here: Which Glastonbury headliner are you most looking forward to?
12.56pm BST
Having spent a large part of the morning hanging out in the Guardian's Glastonbury cabin trying to work out where the spare keys are, Tim Jonze is now out and about exploring the site.
Hard at work in the Green Fields #glastonbury https://t.co/CDB79yCKu7
12.36pm BST
We've just launched the last of our Glastonbury preview videos.
The prelude to the Glastonbury festival, which will draw more than 200,000 people to Worthy Farm in Somerset, is punctuated by a flurry of local activity. To mark the start of the festival season, Pilton locals and festival staff compete in a skittles match as well as running a charity raffle to help farmers affected by the floods that hit Somerset last year. Michael Eavis, the Glastonbury founder, talks about the buildup to this year's festival
12.22pm BST
Another Glastonbury activity to whet your festival appetite now, with our fabulous Glastonbury game.
11.56am BST
Looking for some kind of fulfilling craft activity to while away the hours until the music starts? The Guardian's Do Something supplement has created these Glastonbury-related cut-out finger puppets of Dolly Parton and Jack White, and they would dearly love you to show off what you can do with them. More info here.
11.31am BST
The news from the Met Office continues to be less-than-joyous for anyone camping out this weekend.
Thursday: Cloudy in the day, rain from about 7pm, getting heavier as the evening goes on
10.42am BST
Twitter hashtag excitement going on now; the wags are out in force if you search for #GlastonburyLineUp2014:
#glastonburylineup2014 Driptray I Can See Right Up It Hateful John ft. Japseye Maxwell Finger T.O.A.S.T Woven Camel Barrymore's Conscience
#GlastonburyLineUp2014 - Toxic Shock - Budget tent collapse - Organic waste - Portaloo explosion - Wiley's fixed grin - Zero Signal
#GlastonburyLineUp2014 Imminent Drugbust Accountants with Synths The Sensitive Hairgel RentaGhost Four Guys with Beards & A Cute Girl
#glastonburylineup2014 Sandi Toksvig's Monkey Butler Shit, Shit, Sausage Ghost Penis Your Mum The Under-rehearsed And you are? Ed Sheeran
#GlastonburyLineUp2014 - Is that Prince? - No... not Prince - Hang on, is THAT Prince? - No, just a drunk hipster - Wait, is THAT Prince?...
9.56am BST
Tim was up and about early this morning speaking to people in the queue. This four Sarah Fletcher, Paul Render, Angie Render and James Fletcher were at the very front:
9.27am BST
For those who enjoyed the Instagram clip from Tim Jonze we posted up here at 8:01am, you can now enjoy the FULL AND UNEXPURGATED director's cut of that video right here. We're calling it When The Gates Opened.
9.12am BST
Guardian photographer Alicia Canter will be sending through some pictures from the site this morning but in the meantime here are a few images from yesterday, when the sun was shining and the general public hadn't been let in yet.
8.29am BST
If you want to keep fully abreast of all Glastonbury-goings-on on Twitter:
8.03am BST
Early arrivals #glastonbury https://t.co/YfEENUYtzE
8.01am BST
And we're off.
The Gates are open! Welcome to Glastonbury Festival 2014...
7.57am BST
Hello, good morning, and welcome to the official kick off of the Guardian's Glastonbury 2014 liveblog. Whether you're heading to the festival yourself, or are planning to observe it from a safe distance, in a rain-proof location with plenty of comfortable furniture, stick with us from now until Sunday night for the latest news, reviews, interviews, gossip, photos and more from Worthy Farm.
Our crack team of writers and photographers is heading down to the festival site over the nest day or so but early-bird Tim Jonze has been in position since Tuesday:
On site at #glastonbury2014. Some sort of record breaking early time I think. It's very hot here. pic.twitter.com/xnYLHVxmIA
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