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Festival fun over for fans.


THOUSANDS of music fans were heading home today after a relatively troublefree Glastonbury.

About 150,000 revellers gathered in Pilton, Somerset, over the weekend for the biggest event in the festival calendar.

Intermittent downpours could not dampen the spirits of the crowds as acts such as Radiohead, REM and Welsh singer David Gray David Gray can refer to:
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  • David Gray (British graphic artist) - Graphic artist
 took to the Pyramid Stage.

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 brought in last year are working. A crackdown on drug dealers saw a big rise in drug detection.

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Title Annotation:Features
Publication:South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Date:Jun 30, 2003
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