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| Music in the News
Wednesday 18 December 2002
Vocabulary from the world of music. Listen to and read the story then find explanations of difficult words below.
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Glastonbury in doubt after licence refused
Summary: Britain may lose its biggest outdoor festival, after the organisers were refused permission to hold the event.
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| | The News 
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| | | Glastonbury in doubt after licence refused
The world famous Glastonbury music festival might not happen in 2003 after it was refused a special licence.
Glastonbury attracts around 150,000 people to its site in Somerset and there have been problems in the past with people without tickets climbing walls to get in.
The local council's decided not to give the event a public entertainment licence for 2003.
Without one of these, concerts and festivals can't go ahead.
The council said it was because the festival had got too big for the site it usually used.
And they were worried about crime and damage to the environment.
But Glasto's organiser Michael Eavis thinks they might still get a licence if they ask the local court.
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| | | in doubt
if something is in doubt, it might not happen
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| | | special licence
an official document, needed for live music or entertainment
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| | | attracts
If a festival attracts people, they come because they like it.
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| | | Somerset
A county in the South West of England
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| | | local council
(UK) local government
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| | | go ahead
continue as planned
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| | | got too big
became too big
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