• Marvel’s Midnight Suns

    Marvel’s Midnight Suns story“Through a twisted marriage of magic and science, the nefarious force known as Hydra has revived Lilith, Mother of Demons, after centuries of slumber,” a description for the game reads from a press release.

  • STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl's

    STALKER 2 is set in a fictional version of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in which the power plant mysteriously exploded again in 2006, causing strange supernatural events that defy all scientific reasoning and spawning horrifying mutated beasts that began to roam.

  • Hogwarts Legacy

    Hogwarts Legacy was initially set to be released at some point in 2021, but after a recent delay, we won't be seeing it until 2022. This is for the sake of making the game as good as it can be.

  • Dying Light 2 Story line 2022

    Not much has been said about the plot of Dying Light 2, but the gameplay trailer revealed that there will be two main factions in Harran: the Renegades and the Officers.

  • Forspoken Story Line

    The protagonist, Frey Holland (Ella Balinska) is a young woman who enters the beautiful but dangerous world of Athia for the first time and uses magical powers to journey through it and survive.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites




Over the last week, two of the world’s biggest internet companies have faced mounting criticism over how fake news on their sites may have influenced the presidential election’s outcome.
On Monday, those companies responded by making it clear that they would not tolerate such misinformation by taking pointed aim at fake news sites’ revenue sources.
Google kicked off the action on Monday afternoon when the Silicon Valley search giant said it would ban websites that peddle fake news from using its online advertising service. Hours later, Facebook, the social network, updated the language in its Facebook Audience Network policy, which already says it will not display ads in sites that show misleading or illegal content, to include fake news sites.

“We have updated the policy to explicitly clarify that this applies to fake news,” a Facebook spokesman said in a statement. “Our team will continue to closely vet all prospective publishers and monitor existing ones to ensure compliance.”
Taken together, the decisions were a clear signal that the tech behemoths could no longer ignore the growing outcry over their power in distributing information to the American electorate.
Facebook has been at the epicenter of that debate, accused by some commentators of swinging some voters in favor of President-elect Donald J. Trump through misleading and outright wrong stories that spread quickly via the social network. One such false story claimed that Pope Francis had endorsed Mr. Trump.
Google did not escape the glare, with critics saying the company gave too much prominence to false news stories. On Sunday, the site Mediaitereported that the top result on a Google search for “final election vote count 2016” was a link to a story on a website called 70News that wrongly stated that Mr. Trump, who won the Electoral College, was ahead of his Democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton, in the popular vote.
By Monday evening, the fake story had fallen to No. 2 in a search for those terms. Google says software algorithms that use hundreds of factors determine the ranking of news stories.
“The goal of search is to provide the most relevant and useful results for our users,” Andrea Faville, a Google spokeswoman, said in a statement. “In this case, we clearly didn’t get it right, but we are continually working to improve our algorithms.”
Facebook’s decision to clarify its ad policy language is notable because Mark Zuckerberg, the social network’s chief executive, has repeatedly fobbed off criticism that the company had an effect on how people voted. In a post on his Facebook page over the weekend, he said that 99 percent of what people see on the site is authentic, and only a tiny amount is fake news and hoaxes.
“Over all, this makes it extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other,” Mr. Zuckerberg wrote.
Yet within Facebook, employees and executives have been increasingly questioning their responsibilities and role in influencing the electorate, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Facebook’s ad policy update will not stem the flow of fake news stories that spread through the news feeds that people see when they visit the social network.
Facebook has long spoken of how it helped influence and stoke democratic movements in places like the Middle East, and it tells its advertisers that it can help sway its users with ads. Facebook reaches 1.8 billion people around the globe, and the company is one of the largest distributors of news online. A Pew Research Center study said that nearly half of American adults rely on Facebook as a news source.
Google’s decision on Monday relates to the Google AdSense system that independent web publishers use to display advertising on their sites, generating revenue when ads are seen or clicked on. The advertisers pay Google, and Google pays a portion of those proceeds to the publishers. More than two million publishers use Google’s advertising network.
For some time, Google has had policies in place prohibiting misleading advertisements from its system, including promotions for counterfeit goods and weight-loss scams. Google’s new policy, which it said would go into effect “imminently,” will extend its ban on misrepresentative content to the websites its advertisements run on.
“Moving forward, we will restrict ad serving on pages that misrepresent, misstate or conceal information about the publisher, the publisher’s content or the primary purpose of the web property,” Ms. Faville said.
Ms. Faville said that the policy change had been in the works for a while and was not in reaction to the election.
It remains to be seen how effective Google’s new policy on fake news will be in practice. The policy will rely on a combination of automated and human reviews to help determine what is fake. Although satire sites like The Onion are not the target of the policy, it is not clear whether some of them, which often run fake news stories written for humorous effect, will be inadvertently affected by Google’s change.
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Monday, November 14, 2016

Marvel's The Inhumans Will Now Be a TV Series on ABC



ABC is continuing their partnership with Marvel Television—and in a big way—with the surprising announcement of their latest series. 
Marvel's The Inhumans will make its way to the network in the fall of 2017, but not before getting a premiere on the biggest screens. A version of the show's first two episodes will run worldwide exclusively in IMAX theaters for two weeks at the beginning of September. ABC plans to then premiere the weekly series in the fall, with additional exclusive content that will only be seen on the network. 
Introduced in ABC's first Marvel series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Inhumans are a race of superhumans with diverse and singularly unique powers. Marvel's The Inhumans will explore the never-before-told epic adventure of Black Bolt and the royal family.

The cross-platform distribution deal is the first of its kind for a television series, as well as marking the first time IMAX has financed a TV show. "This unprecedented alliance represents a bold, innovative approach to launching great TV content for a worldwide audience," Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney|ABC Television Group, said in a statement. "It highlights Disney|ABC's unrelenting commitment to finding new and creative ways to showcasing our very best programming and increasing global engagement and reach."



"We're happy to see this unique deal come together, working with our partners," Dan Buckley, President, Marvel Television, Publishing & Brand, added. "In an ever-changing world of distribution and consumption, it's very exciting to be part of a groundbreaking initiative that takes us to the forefront of this evolution."
No further details regarding the show, including who will be showrunner, were readily available.
Are you looking forward to The Inhumans coming to TV? Sound off in the comments below.
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Friday, November 11, 2016

Apple unveils groundbreaking new MacBook Pro 2016

    Revolutionary Touch Bar, Breakthrough Performance in         Apple’s Thinnest and Lightest Pro Design Ever



Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced the thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever, along with a breakthrough interface that replaces the traditional row of function keys with a brilliant, Retina-quality Multi-Touch display called the Touch Bar. The new MacBook Pro features Apple’s brightest and most colorful Retina display yet, the security and convenience of Touch ID, a more responsive keyboard, a larger Force Touch trackpad and an audio system with double the dynamic range. It’s also the most powerful MacBook Pro ever, featuring sixth-generation quad-core and dual-core processors, up to 2.3 times the graphics performance over the previous generation, super-fast SSDs and up to four Thunderbolt 3 ports.


The Touch Bar places controls right at the user’s fingertips and adapts when using the system or apps like Mail, Finder, Calendar, Numbers, GarageBand, Final Cut Pro X and many more, including third-party apps. For example, the Touch Bar can show Tabs and Favorites in Safari, enable easy access to emoji in Messages, provide a simple way to edit images or scrub through videos in Photos and so much more.


“This week marks the 25th anniversary of Apple’s first notebook; through the years each generation has introduced new innovations and capabilities, and it’s fitting that this all-new generation of MacBook Pro is the biggest leap forward yet,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “With the groundbreaking new Touch Bar, the convenience of Touch ID, the best Mac display ever, powerful performance, improved audio, blazing-fast storage and Thunderbolt 3 connectivity in our thinnest and lightest pro notebook yet, the new MacBook Pro is the most advanced notebook ever made.”



Thinnest and Lightest MacBook Pro Ever





Building on innovations pioneered in MacBook, the new MacBook Pro features an entirely new enclosure design and all-metal unibody construction that creates an incredibly rigid and dense notebook that is amazingly thin and light. At just 14.9 mm thin, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is 17 percent thinner and 23 percent less volume than the previous generation, and nearly half a pound lighter at just three pounds. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro, at just 15.5 mm thin, is 14 percent thinner and 20 percent less volume than before, and weighing just four pounds, is nearly half a pound lighter.

Touch ID Comes to the Mac




Integrated into the power button is the convenience and security of Touch ID, one of the great features customers have come to know and love from their iPhone and iPad. Once you enroll your fingerprint in Touch ID on your MacBook Pro, you can quickly unlock your Mac, switch user accounts and make secure purchases with Apple Pay on the web with a single touch. Touch ID enables a quick, accurate reading of your fingerprint and uses sophisticated algorithms to recognize and match it with the Secure Enclave in the new Apple T1 chip.

Apple’s Brightest, Most Colorful Notebook Display





The best Mac display ever delivers images that are more vivid, reveal even greater detail and appear more lifelike than ever. As thin as a MacBook display at .88 mm, the Retina display on the new MacBook Pro at 500 nits of brightness, is an amazing 67 percent brighter than the previous generation, features 67 percent more contrast and is the first Mac notebook display to support wider color gamut. And with power-saving technologies like a larger pixel aperture, a variable refresh rate and more power-efficient LEDs, the display consumes 30 percent less energy than before.


The Most Powerful MacBook Pro Yet



            Power up to 130 percent more graphics performance on the new 15-inch MacBook Pro.

Powerful processors, cutting-edge graphics, blazing-fast SSDs, high-speed memory and an advanced thermal architecture deliver amazing pro-level performance in a dramatically thinner enclosure. Sixth-generation dual-core Core i5 with eDRAM, dual-core Core i7 with eDRAM and quad-core Core i7 Intel processors deliver pro-level processing performance while conserving energy. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro features powerful Radeon Pro discrete graphics delivering up to 2.3 times more performance than the previous generation; while the 13-inch MacBook Pro comes with Intel Iris Graphics that are up to two times faster than before. All models feature SSDs with sequential read speeds over 3GBps and Thunderbolt 3, which consolidates data transfer, charging and twice the video bandwidth in a single port — allowing users to drive a 5K display and power their MacBook Pro with a single cable.




The new MacBook Pro also offers:
  • Much larger Force Touch trackpads — 46 percent larger on the 13-inch MacBook Pro and twice as large on the 15-inch MacBook Pro;
  • More responsive and comfortable typing on the keyboard with a second-generation butterfly mechanism;
  • Louder, more true-to-life sound through speakers with double the dynamic range and improved bass;
  • macOS Sierra, the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, with new features like Siri integration, Universal Clipboard, Apple Pay on the web and Photos, which helps you rediscover your meaningful memories, organize your library and perfect shots like a pro.

Pricing and Availability

13-Inch MacBook Pro
Starts at $1,499 (US), features a 2.0 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.1 GHz, 8GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage, and ships today.
Additional technical specifications, configure-to-order options and accessories are available online at Apple.com.

13-Inch MacBook Pro
Starts at $1,799 (US), and features the revolutionary Touch Bar and Touch ID, a 2.9 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.3 GHz, 8GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage, and ships in two to three weeks.

Additional technical specifications, configure-to-order options and accessories are available online at Apple.com.

15-Inch MacBook Pro

Starts at $2,399 (US), features the revolutionary Touch Bar and Touch ID, a 2.6 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.5 GHz, 16GB of memory and 256GB of flash storage, and ships in two to three weeks.
Additional technical specifications, configure-to-order options and accessories are available online at Apple.com.
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Monday, November 7, 2016

The best Gaming PC

The best  Gaming PC That Costs $13,000

What if money was of little consequence and you wanted a PC for some ultimate high-resolution gaming? Some PC manufacturers are, it seems, willing to go all-out and create the most amazing PC’s ever, complete with enough power to play all the latest 3D games on the new 4K resolution monitors.
PCs are already ahead of even the new Microsoft MSFT +2.93% Xbox One and Sony Playstation 4 when it comes to super-high resolution gaming. The latest PC monitors offer 4K resolution and combined with a sufficiently powerful PC, you can play games at 4K too with no upscaling and sheer jaw-dropping visuals.
The cost of a PC that can do this is likely to be at least $3,000 – $4,000, especially as no current single graphics card can manage decent-enough frame rates at 4K in the latest demanding 3D games such as Battlefield 4 or Crysis 3 with all the eye-candy turned on. This price will come down though, as with all new technology, but if you want that kind of power now there are plenty of options out there


UK-based PC retailer Yoyotech has not only picked and tweaked some of the fastest, most expensive hardware money can buy in the battle to build a 4K gaming PC, but it has also kitted its $13,000 PC out with some of the latest water-cooling gear, with the result that its insides look absolutely incredible.

Called the XDNA Aurum 24K, the PC actually retails for £7979 in the UK, and if you paid attention in school you’ll know that 79 is the atomic number for gold, while Aurum is latin for gold. Chemistry and latin facts aside, the PC sports an incredible specification that is likely to be blisteringly fast not just in games but at anything you can throw at it too.

Yoyotech has chosen Intel's INTC +3.20% Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition processor, which it has tweaked to run faster than it does out of the box, boosting its frequency to 4.6GHz. The CPU also has six cores and thanks to an Intel feature called Hyper-Threading, the total core count stands at 12, which is 50% more than the Xbox One’s processor.

It also has a gargantuan 64GB of Corsair memory, a 512GB solid state disk and 2TB hard disk, all housed in a Corsair Obsidian 900D tower case, which has been modified to hide cables and give the inside a super-clean look.
If you know your PC hardware, you’ll know that Nvidia's NVDA +5.45% Titan graphics cards were the most drool-worthy of 2013, and Yoyotech has included not one but two of them. As if this wasn’t enough, both graphics cards and the processor are water-cooled too, doing away with noisy fans and heatsinks and instead creating a blissfully quiet PC that also runs incredibly cool despite its monstrous specification.
The PC managed a minimum frame rate of 31fps in Crysis 3 at 4K using the game’s ultra graphics settings, and a minimum of 26fps in Battlefield 4. So if you use three screens, which usually offer a lower resolution than a 4K monitor, the Aurum 24K is likely to provide massive frame rates.
Of course, this PC demands such a high price that most of us can only dream about owning it. However, it does give a glimpse about what mist be in store in the future for PC’s.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare




Forget the 5th, this year you want to remember, remember the 4th of November because that’s the official release date of the new Call of Duty game. But where's the cheapest place to buy Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare?
Coming to PlayStation 4Xbox One, and PC, the latest Call of Duty is available in a Standard edition or the slightly more expensive Legacy edition. Really, the only difference between the two versions is that purchasing Legacy also gets you the remaster of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which isn’t available anywhere else just yet. 
Of course, since it’s not November 4 just yet you can’t buy Infinite Warfare in stores, but you can pre-order it online for home delivery and store pickup when the big day arrives. To help you make the best decision, we’ve gathered up the best pre-order deals around and placed them here for your perusal.

Standard Edition PS4 and Xbox One

The best deal on the standard edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at the moment can be found in Smyths Toys, which is selling the game on both consoles for £43.99 with the added bonus of a £5 discount if you pre-order before midnight on November 2. The code for securing this discount is ‘PRE5’. 
If you miss out on this deal, that doesn’t mean there aren’t others to be had, with the next cheapest retailer being Tesco Direct, where the game is selling for £42. 
At time of writing Amazon UK didn't have prices available for the console versions of the Standard Edition. 
  • Smyths Toys - PS4 and Xbox One - £43.99 with £5 pre-order discount when using code PRE5
  • Tesco - PS4 and Xbox One - £42
  • Zavvi - PS4 and Xbox One - £44.99
  • Game - PS4 and Xbox One - £46.99 - includes a special preorder exclusive Terminal bonus map as well as Zombies in Spacelands mode

Standard Edition PC

The PC version of the game is available in both digital download and DVD formats, with the cheapest place to find the DVD format being at Tesco. There it costs only £34.19. An odd price point but the cheapest nonetheless. For digital downloads look no further than CD Keys where it's only £28.99. 
  • Tesco - £34.19
  • CD Keys - £28.99
  • Game - DVD - £44.99 - Download - £35.99
  • Zavvi - DVD - £39.99
  • Steam - £44.99

Legacy Edition PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Just as with the Standard Edition, the cheapest place to preorder Call of Duty Infinite Warfare Legacy Edition is Smyths Toys where that £5 preorder discount code keeps it just under the prices being charged by other retailers. 
That said, the discount doesn’t undercut these retailers quite as significantly with the Legacy Edition (it’s only a penny cheaper in some instances) so if you miss out on it before November 2 it’s not quite as galling.
  • Smyths - PS4 and Xbox One - £68.99 with £5 pre-order discount when using code PRE5
  • Tesco - PS4 and Xbox One - £64
  • Amazon - PS4 and Xbox One - £64
  • Zavvi - PS4 and Xbox One - £64.99
  • Game - PS4 and Xbox One - £74.99 - this is significantly more expensive than other retailers but does come with the special preorder exclusive Terminal bonus map, Zombies in Spacelands mode and a Know Your Enemies pack which includes special artwork.

Legacy Edition PC

The cheapest place you’ll find the PC DVD version of the Legacy Edition is Amazon but as far as downloads go, you’ll want to turn to Game.
  • Game - DVD - £64.99 - 
  • Amazon - DVD - £50.99
  • Steam - £59.99
  • Zavvi - DVD - £59.99

Bundles

As far as bundles are concerned there aren’t all that many jaw dropping deals including Infinite Warfare at the moment. But that could very quickly change.
The best we’ve spied at the moment are a 500GB PlayStation 4 including the game for £249.99 from Game and a 1TB version of the PlayStation with the Legacy Edition of the game for £284.99 from Tesco. 
  • Can't quite see the appeal of Call of Duty? Check out our review of Battlefield 1 for a worthy alternative



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The 2017 Ducati SuperSport Is The Sportbike For You Everyday Riders

Because we don't need low clip ons or track setups to have fun on the road



As much as I love them, I often dread riding sportbikes on the street. They're uncomfortable, hurt my back and wrists, and are far more jarring when the asphalt gets rough. But, the I get to a fun stretch of road and the riding position makes carving it up a blast. On the flip side, bikes like the Ninja 650 offer a more comfortable riding position that still allows for some sporty riding, but it and bikes like it have always been lacking in the power department.



Well, it seems as if I'm not the only one who noticed this hole, as the new 2017 DucatiSuperSport and SuperSport S seem aimed at just that buyer.
The Ducati SuperSport takes the 937 cc Testastretta motor from the Hypermotard 939and puts it into a relaxed sportbike trellis frame, but it moves the power lower in the rev range while also swapping for longer final drive gear ratios. Ducati claim that 80% of the 71.3 pound-feet of torque is available at just 3,000 rpm. They're also added in Ducati's Safety Pack (Bosch ABS and traction control) as well variable riding modes.




While it retains the face of the Panigale, the high set clip ons and revised footpeg positioning gives the rider a much more relaxed riding position. The windscreen is moveable, with 50 mm in adjustability for height.
Overall dimensions come in at a 1,478 mm wheelbase, 462 pounds wet, and a 31.9 inch seat heigh. Both bikes get a Brembo braking system with dual 320 mm discs up front and M4.32 calipers. They also get full color TFT screens, LED daytime running light, and an underseat waterproof USB outlet.

The SuperSport is available in one color option, two-tone Ducati Red and Saturn Grey, and it comes with a red frame and black wheels. It gets a fully adjustable 41 mm Marzocchi fork and Sachs shock that's adjustable for spring pre-load and rebound damping.
The SuperSport S comes in both Ducati Red and Star White Silk, and gets a fully adjustable 48 mm Ohlins fork and fully adjustable Ohlins rear shock. It also gets auto up/down shift (an option on the non-S), and a color coordinated rear seat cowl.
In addition to the two models, Ducati has two customization "packs" you can outfit your SuperSport with as well as a host of other accessories.

The "Sport Pack" includes a carbon front mud guard, carbon fuel tank cover, articulated racing lever kit, and billet aluminum covers for the front and rear brake reservoirs.
The "Touring Pack" contains a pair of semi-rigid side panniers, a larger windscreen for touring, and heated grips.
n addition, things like an Akrapovic performance exhaust, Ohlins steering damper, hand guards, a rear LED indicators, a bluetooth module for the multimedia system, and full range of carbon and billet bits exhaust for your farkling pleasure.
Personally, I can't wait until we get a ride on this thing. I love the motor, and think the riding position and aim of this bike will quickly make it one of the best options for a lot of guys who like owning and riding a sportbike, but rarely have time to make it to the track.
From what we hear, the bike will retail for $12,995 for the regular model and $14,795 for the S, and be available next April.
2017 Ducati SuperSport
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Glastonbury confirms Radiohead will headline in 2017

Glastonbury confirms Radiohead will headline in 2017





Rock group Radiohead will headline Glastonbury next year, in their first UK festival appearance in six years.
Rumours that the band would return to Worthy Farm began to circulate on Wednesday, when the band's logo appeared near the Pyramid stage.
Eagle-eyed fans saw two men painting the "angry bear" symbol onto the grass via the BBC's Glastonbury webcam.
The festival confirmed the news on Thursday afternoon, posting a photo of the logo on its official Twitter page.
"YES! Radiohead will be back at Worthy Farm and we really can't wait," wrote organiser Emily Eavis on Instagram.



The band will play the opening night of the festival on 23 June, 2017 - marking their first UK festival appearance since 2011, when they played a "secret set" on Glastonbury's small, outlying Park Stage.
Other headliners have yet to be confirmed, although The Stone Roses, Foo Fighters and Lady Gaga have all been rumoured.
French dance duo Daft Punk were also through to be in the running, but organiser Eavis recently shot that one down, telling fans: "As ever, 99% of the rumours are untrue!"
Earlier this week, rock band Kings of Leon also told the BBC they were keen to return to the Pyramid stage.
"We love Glastonbury. I think that was the first festival we ever played in Europe," said drummer Nathan Followill, before asking: "Do they still do it where it's on one year, off one year to let the grass grow?"
On being told that the next fallow year was 2018, he replied: "OK, then we'll have to get on it in 2017. I'll have to text Mr Eavis."

Emily Eavis: "They're as good as it gets"

I've grown up with Radiohead and they're about as good as it gets for me. They're just in a league of their own aren't they? Some of my happiest memories at the festival have been watching them play, from headlining in the rain 20 years ago when I was a teenager, to surprise sets in The Park and DJ'ing late night in Shangri-La. We are beyond excited that they're finally coming back to the Pyramid, it's incredibly special for everyone here.







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Radiohead have headlined Glastonbury twice before, in 1997 and 2003 (you can still watch the former on BBC iPlayer). Guitarist Ed O'Brien recently told BBC 6 Music he would "love to" reprise the experience.
"I go to Glastonbury every year, it's my carnival," he told Matt Everitt's First Time programme.
"To be asked to play at Glastonbury again would be magic. I also think Glastonbury is like our spiritual home. It is the mother of all festivals... there's nothing like that one... it would be great to play there."
The band, whose ninth album A Moon Shaped Pool went to number one earlier this year, have recently played a handful of international festivals, including Primavera, Summer Solstice and Lollapalooza, but their only UK dates in 2016 were held at London's 1,700-capacity Roundhouse.
Coincidentally, their symbol was co-designed by artist Stanley Donwood, who creates all of Glastonbury's posters and logos.
The 2017 festival has already sold out, but there will be a resale of any returned tickets in the spring.






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