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We have to admit, the build up to this year's Glastonbury festival has been unusually quiet. (Maybe that's what happens after you let U2 be the headliners). But that doesn't mean we're not all incredibly excited here on guardian.co.uk/music. So excited, in fact, that we fought off the BBC this year so that we could provide you with unrivalled live video coverage of the festival. The stream you can see (mobile users click here) is aimed towards the Pyramid stage (in fact, from our cowshed eyrie, it's just visible to the right) and will remain there for the duration of the weekend – you'll have to watch a short advert but then it's uninterrupted viewing pleasure.

Half an hour ago a quite big bird flew past and at one point we heard one of our picture editors shout "Oh look! I think that's a tractor!". This alone already makes it three times as thrilling as Neil Young's set back in 2009. And although Michael Eavis has remained tight lipped on the bill this year, we're sure that he will declare it "the best one ever" by the time Glastonbury 2012 has reached its debauched conclusion ...

Can't make it to Pilton? Worried that this stream is little more than an office joke gone too far? Do not desert us – for also this weekend the Guardian is providing coverage of the BBC's Hackney Weekend, more opera from Glyndebourne, plus live streams of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra's gig in London and Imogen Heap's performance in A Room for London.