glastonbury is located in the mendip district on the map of uk.
where is glastonbury on the map of uk?
in the mendip district
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glastonbury () is a town and civil parish in somerset, england, situated at a dry point on the low-lying somerset levels, south of bristol. the town, which is in the mendip district, had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. glastonbury is less than across the river brue from street, which is now larger than glastonbury.
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various artists have written songs entitled glastonbury or about the festival including nizlopi, the waterboys and scouting for girls. cosmic rough riders included "glastonbury revisited" on their album "enjoy the melodic sunshine" (poptones) in 2000. amy macdonald, in her song "let's start a band" referenced glastonbury: "give me a festival and i'll be your glastonbury star." robbie williams, in his song "the 90s", refers to his surprise appearance on stage with oasis in 1995, which ultimately led to him leaving take that: "everybody's worried 'what the fuck's wrong with robbie? he's not answering his phone, he's not talking to me, i saw him on the telly at glastonbury'." joe strummer wrote the song "coma girl" about his experiences at glastonbury,  — in a bbc interview bruce springsteen cited the song as inspiring him to play the 2009 festival. u2 wrote a song titled "glastonbury" that was supposed to premier with their appearance at the festival, but an injury to bono forced them to cancel. they instead premiered it in a concert in turin on their 360° tour. marcus brigstocke's comic creation giles wemmbley hogg had a special mock-documentary made about him going to glastonbury as part of the "giles wemmbley-hogg goes off" radio series. deborah crombie's novel "a finer end" takes place in glastonbury with references to a fictional account of an original 1914 glastonbury fayre as well as the contemporary festival. glastonbury is also a setting in john osborne's 2014 radio 4 show the new blur album. roxy music did a song and album called avalon, which is the ancient name for glastonbury (isle of avalon).
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