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The skies should be clear by the time headliners Lily Allen and Neil Young take to the Glastonbury stage on Friday - and festival crime is down too, it was revealed.
Rain hit the 900-acre farm in Pilton, Somerset, on Thursday evening, but forecasters said severe downpours are unlikely from Friday afternoon onwards.
The good weather news was followed by encouraging figures on crime at the event, for which all 137,000 tickets have been sold.
Avon and Somerset police said by 3pm on Friday only 47 arrests were made and all but two had been for drug possession. There was just one suspected assault and one person held for offensive weapon possession.
Force spokeswoman Claire Stanley estimated crime had more than halved when compared to the same time last year.
She said: "This is being put down to a lot of the preventative work we are doing, in particular the Neighbourhood Watch scheme. A lot of people are pinning the flags to their tents."
The scheme aims to encourage festival goers in neighbouring tents to befriend and look out for each other. Last year's festival saw 751 arrests in total, of which 177 were drug related.
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Controversial popster Lily Allen, Ska pioneers The Specials and rock legend Neil Young head up the bill on the Pyramid Stage on Friday. Dance diva Lady GaGa will grace the Other Stage.
Bruce Springsteen - The Boss - and urban MC Dizzee Rascal provide a diverse display of talents on Saturday. Pete Doherty - one-time lover of Kate Moss - plays the Other Stage. The 30-year-old was recently charged with drink-driving and dangerous driving but the terms of his £50,000 bail allow him to play gigs.
On Sunday dark rockers Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds will play before reformed Britpop stars Blur close the festival.
