Tonnes of people are heading to Somerset for the Glastonbury Festival today (Thursday).

If you couldn't get a ticket, or you'd rather avoid the smells and mud and experience it from the comfort of your own home, BBC TV and Radio 1 will be covering Glastonbury across the weekend.

There will be loads of bands to check out wherever you are - Coldplay, Faithless and Lostprophets on Friday; White Stripes, Mis-Teeq and The Vines on Saturday; Air, Badly Drawn Boy and Zero 7 on Sunday.

Doves will be performing on the Pyramid stage on Friday afternoon, and Jimi from the band is loving the Glastonbury ethos:

"It started, literally, in a field, and 40 hippies made it happen. For it to be as big as it is now and still have that kind of spirit about it is admirable."

"I like the way he (Glasto organiser Michael Eavis) does stress that it's not just about the bands, you know. It's like, the green fields, and there's loads of alternative things going on, alternative medicine, healing, you know - whatever your baggage, you know what I mean?"

Meanwhile, because they're from Bristol, Sian from Kosheen says Glastonbury is almost like their headquarters - although she admits she doesn't exactly 'keep it real':

"I nip home half way through Glastonbury to recover, and then go back again, have a wash, get my head back together and then go back to the party. It's nice to go home, have a big roast dinner and think 'Right, I'll go back to the festival now!'"

Kosheen are playing the Jazzworld stage on Saturday.