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Neil Young, The Specials, Bloc Party open 2009 Glastonbury festival today (June 26)

Follow Doves, Ray Davies, The Ting Tings and more on NME.COM

Neil Young, Bloc Party and Doves are all set to headline stages at Glastonbury today (June 26).

Joining them on the bill for day one of the Worthy Farm festival are The Specials (playing before Neil Young on the Pyramid Stage), The Ting Tings and White Lies (both of whom play The Other Stage) and The Streets (playing on the Jazz World Stage).

Lily Allen, Jamie T, The Horrors and Fleet Foxes are also set to play today.

NME.COM is coming live from Glastonbury throughout the 2009 festival. Stay tuned for the latest news, pictures, blogs and video interviews.

Head to our NME Festivals section for the latest Glastonbury picture gallery, and check out the NME Festivals Glastonbury blog for dispatches straight from Worthy Farm. For all of our coverage go to the Glastonbury 2009 homepage now.

Plus make sure you get next week's issue of NME, on UK newsstands from July 1, for the ultimate Glastonbury 2009 review.

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Boxing Day represents the longest possible time until another Christmas - but it also means the halfway mark between Glastonburys, and we're way past that now, thundering towards another wild weekend in Pilton to mark the start of the festival season proper. Whether you go for the bands (this year offers a stunning line-up let us assure you), the raves, the films, the healing, the balloons in the Green Fields or even the mud, it won't be long now. Pic: Danny North

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