Glastonbury 2008

Organiser Michael Eavis cites rising costs as the reason behind the festival's failure to make money for the first time in nearly four decades

If anyone wasn't sure who Jay-Z is, they are now. Reporting exclusively from backstage at Glastonbury, Alex Bilmes asks the rap god, where next?

Black Lips' Jared Swilley loses his festival cherry

Since when did Glastonbury turn into a form of mainstream entertainment not so very different from The X Factor? Miranda Sawyer is worried

Kathryn Flett: Whether the drugs are working or not, Glasto was a no-go at17, so what chance does this mother of two have now she's 44

Festival Watch: Glastonbury, Pilton, Somerset

Radio: The BBC went Glasto-mental this year. At one point, it seemed there were more festival-based programmes than the combined coverage of tennis, football and the Zimbabwe elections. By Miranda Sawyer

Rebecca Jordan: Glastonbury inspires the type of creativity that can also enrich our working lives

Jay-Z, MGMT and Vampire Weekend all experience a post-Glastonbury surge in sales say HMV

Chris Salmon on the highs and lows of Glastonbury and beyond

Jay-Z caused such a stir at this year's Glastonbury festival that sales of his album by a music chain have enjoyed a near fivefold increase.