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Legends dead and alive cast a spell over that farm down in Pilton. Getintothis Matt Eland makes the annual pilgrimage.

While everyone's quick to flag up what's hot in 2009, Getintothis takes a moment longer to reflect on the other ups and downs from an eventful - and particularly hectic - year of music and culture in Liverpool and beyond.

There's literally oodles of goodies at Glasto this year - and much of it is tucked away from the main stages, so here's our quick run down of the must-see musical magic.

With just hours to go, Getintothis presents the ultimate guide to enjoying, and surviving, the greatest festival of them all.

There's only one thing worse than waking up to the sound of Jo Whiley's patronising piffle and that's waking up to the sound of Whiley and Chris Martin's bum-chumming piffle.

So there you have it, another year, another Mercury Prize winner, what have we learnt?

Harry Brooks had no option than to love music. From an early age, the sounds of The Beatles, The Byrds, Neil Young and James Taylor have filled his ears, until he hit 12 and started to delve a bit deeper into the joys of music. He can be found playing in various bands around the city including Saturator, but would happily sacrifice every one of his records to see Everton win the league again. For Getintothis he wonders where all the rock & roll stars have gone...

It may have been another apocalyptic mudbath, but nothing could stop 2007 being one of the best Glastonbury experiences ever, read on for Getintothis' comprehensive picture and feature special.

Getintothis presents a gallery of the thrills and muddy spills from Glasto 2007.

Peter Guy's getting muddy in Somerset. Not one to queue up for hours to charge his mobile phone, he's instead left behind his memories of 2005. Or, at least what he thinks he remembers from Glastonbury 2005.

Thursday June 23

That waking feeling couldn't arrive sooner. We beat the 7.30am wake-up call by a good half hour, springing into life to put the finishing touches to an already bulging ruck-sack. It didn't weigh this much last year, surely?

Peter Guy is somewhere in the image above. Can you spot him? In the meantime Getintothis will continue in his absence with his 2005 Glastonbury festival review plus a selection of new blogs which will appear here until his return on Monday. Keep checking back - and if you're watching in the mud-free comfort of your own arm chair feel free to post your televisual highlights.

With the Glastonbury countdown upon us, Getintothis presents the ultimate guide to enjoying, and surviving, the greatest festival of them all.

Cuts dropped this week...

You know the way you meet a new friend and it's minutes into the conversation when they ask - 'so what music you into?' It is the most awful question to ever be asked - immeasurably worse than, 'Did you run over my kitten?'
So friends, by way of a brief introduction, I've devised this...