Over the years, Lost Vagueness events have picked up a reputation for being the most anarchic and culturally twisted location at the festival, a place where performers and guests languish together in the warped decadence of the surroundings.

The festival scene’s best kept secret will be pitching up for three days this June at the impressive home of the Earl and Countess of Devon, Powderham Castle, to bring fans all the lavishness that has come to be expected from the UK’s finest burlesque outfit. Confirmed headline acts so far include the Zutons, Julian Cope and the New York Dolls, plus all the favourite LV acts, performers and characters to host a weekend of Vague style decadence.

Other attractions this year include the legendary Lost Vagueness Ballroom in a 3,000 capacity big top, with dressed up decadence, live music, cocktails and cabaret. There’s also the 50’s style American Diner; the Chapel, complete with sexy nuns and almost-legal marriage ceremonies; a VIP piano bar; the inimitable Slip Disco, with flashing dance floor and guest DJs; and the Casino, with strict dress code, champagne, burlesque and comedy cabaret.

This is an ideal opportunity for those who were planning to go to Glastonbury this summer and will miss out as festival has been moved to next year. More to the fact, Michael Eavis (founder and organiser of “Glasto”) recommends Lost Weekend as the best option to all disappointed fans.They would need to hurry though as Lost Weekend is run on limited capacity of 10 000 places for a full 3 day event or futher 5000 for a final day of the festival on Sunday June 25th.
Tickets went on sale on Wednesday this week.

Lost Vagueness is remarkable in that it has literally evolved from pallets to a palace, in an evolution spanning over 18 years. The precursor to “Lost Vagueness” was a series of small surreptitious venues, hidden away in the madness of Glastonbury Festival and going back as far as 1986.
Lost Vagueness the casino was born in 1998, as a theatrical human backdrop to a small cabaret venue, visible only through glass behind the bar.
In the year 2000, people were astonished to stumble across a full casino, ballroom and restaurant, where you had to be dressed in evening-wear. This was in stark contrast to the muddy wastelands of the rest of site that year.

By 2003 Lost Vagueness had been well and truly found, with the field proving so popular that it had to be closed for heath and safety. This made it the first and only field to be closed, due to overcrowding, in 35 years of Glastonbury Festival history.
Year 2004 brought new additions including; The Big Brother Caravan, The Freak Show, The Launderette, The Meccadonalds Venue and Sculpture Park by The Mutoid Waste Company.

Lost Weekend tickets are on sale from Wednesday 24th May and are available from the 24-Hour hotline: 0871 230 9855 or online @
www.lostweekend.org

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