29-06-2025
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BBC star banned from camping at Glastonbury after 'trashing' campervan
The 59-year-old radio DJ says she is forbidden from camping at Glastonbury after an incident a few years back.
BBC radio DJ Jo Whiley is no longer allowed to hire a campervan during Glastonbury after one got "trashed" in a previous year at the festival. The 59-year-old broadcaster spilled the details about when she stayed in a Winnebago motorhome on-site.
Jo, who hosts coverage of the event for the BBC, says she had ended up recording interviews from the hired campervan. She shared that stars such as Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, The Klaxons, and Amy Winehouse attempted to stay dry in the van when the British weather took over the festival.
The aftermath saw the Winnebago in a state of disarray, leading to Jo being prohibited from hiring a motor home for future festivals, she told The Times. Nowadays, she opts for a hotel stay close to the festival grounds, alongside fellow BBC personalities.
But her lush Glasto hotel days are a stark contrast to her teenage years when she experienced her tent sliding towards the Pyramid Stage due to heavy rain.
Reflecting on those early days, she shared: "I remember our tent, which was right in front of the Pyramid Stage, sliding down a hill towards the stage. We left at five o'clock the following morning, after cooking bacon sandwiches on the platform of the train station.
"Accommodation has improved since then. We did the Winnebago thing and it got trashed and then we weren't allowed to have another one.
"We did shows from there, so we had the Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Klaxons, Mika and Amy Winehouse - they kept coming into the Winnebago to do interviews because it was the only dry place.
"I remember interviewing Amy Winehouse and Blake [Fielder-Civil] from basically my bedroom, with my kids there, too. I can't remember exactly who was responsible for the trashing, but I'm sure the Klaxons played a fairly large part."
Jo now reveals she has maintained the same quarters at the hotel for the last decade and expresses how it "feels like home" whenever she makes her way to Glastonbury, reported Bristol Live.
Those at this year's festival are being spared from replicating Jo's waterlogged Glasto experience, as scorching temperatures have been recorded.
Despite some drops in temperature leading to showers recently, Worthy Farm basked in highs of 27C on Saturday, nudging towards the sweltering 32.2C peak from 2017.
This edition of the festival has already featured an array of world-famous performers, including Charli XCX, The 1975 and Neil Young.
Olivia Rodrigo will headline the Pyramid Stage tonight, June 29, after Rod Stewart takes the legendary teat-time slot.
Viewers can catch live broadcast festivities from Worthy Farm through the BBC, with Jo hosting alongside Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne, Jack Saunders, Huw Stephens, and Jamz Supernova.
As presenter, Jo has grown quite fond of Glastonbury Festival, to the extent that she hosted her very own "GlastonWhiley" during its hiatus year.
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