Festival funds boost charities worldwide

We all know that the Glastonbury Festival annually donates six figure sums to Oxfam, WaterAid and Greenpeace, but they are not alone! The organisers of the eco-friendly 80,000 capacity Bonnaroo Festival in the US is celebrating reaching $5 million in donations, with recipients including the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Music Cares, Head Count and Rock The Earth. And the charitable organisation behind the 75,000 Roskilde festival in Denmark has donated $45,000 to farming projects in Sudan this year, part of total donations of $23 million dating back to 1972 when the festival began. Other recipients have included the Danish Red Cross and humanitarian aid projects through Danish Church Aid.

Roskilde tower death sparks enquiry

CMU Daily reports that a young woman died at this weekend's Roskilde Festival in Denmark after falling from a tower in the event's camping area that was part of an aerial cable ride run by one of the festival's sponsors. Another festival-goer fell but suffered only light injuries. A spokesman for the event said this weekend's accident was "very tragic", adding that organisers were waiting for more information from the police regarding the incident before making any further comment.