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Caption: BASSEY CHEATS DEATH IN HELICOPTER SCARE Singer DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY narrowly escaped death last night when the helicopter carrying her home from the Glastonbury Festival was forced to make a terrifying emergency landing in high winds.. The chopper carrying the veteran back to London from the event in the south west of England suffered a suspected mechanical failure and almost hit treetops and telephone cables as it was buffered by heavy rain and strong winds.. Witnesses have told British newspaper the Daily Mirror they heard a strange "mechanical clunking" noise before the pilot made an emergency landing at a college in Surrey.. The pilot said after landing, "That was terrifying.. I was losing power and the mist was so thick I couldn't see where I was going.. I've got a special passenger.. We had an almighty let off.. Thank God." The shaken star, 70, said after climbing out of the helicopter, "Thank God.. What a horrid ordeal.. I'm so glad we somehow made it down safe," before asking locals who had gathered at the scene, "So sorry to have bothered you.. May I please use someone's toilet? And a cup of tea would go down a treat." (IG/WNTMI/MT) Shirley Bassey 2007 Glastonbury Festival day 3 Somerset,England - 24.06.07

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All 137,500 public tickets for the first Glastonbury Festival in two years sold out in a record-breaking one hour and forty five minutes today (1APR07). More than a quarter of a million pre-registered members of the public rose early to jam phone and internet lines in a bid to secure tickets to the June (07) event, which will feature performances from THE WHO, ARCTIC MONKEYS and DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY. The Glastonbury Festival will take place in Somerset, England on the weekend of the 22-24 June.

02/04/2007



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