Jo Whiley: Rockers Banned Her From Glastonbury Winnebago After Trash Incident

Jo Whiley: Rockers Banned Her From Glastonbury Winnebago After Trash Incident

Glastonbury wouldn’t be Glastonbury without festival stalwart Jo Whiley, but the BBC DJ admits she’s been banned from using a Winnebago on the sprawling site. 

Whiley has been a regular presence at the summer festival since the 1990s, held annually at Worthy Farm in Somerset and responsible for staging some of the biggest names in music. 

But she admits her role as main presenter for the BBC’s Glastonbury coverage left her in hot water with festival organisers after she inadvertantly damaged one of its on-site motorhomes while interviewing a series of headliners.  

‘We did the Winnebago thing and it got trashed and then we weren’t allowed to have another one, Whiley, 59, told The Times

‘We did shows from there, so we had the Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Klaxons, Mika and Amy Winehouse — they kept coming into the Winnebago to do interviews because it was the only dry place.’ 

She added: ‘I remember interviewing Amy Winehouse and Blake [Fielder-Civil] from basically my bedroom, with my kids there, too. 

Jo Whiley: Rockers Banned Her From Glastonbury Winnebago After Trash Incident

Glastonbury wouldn’t be Glastonbury without festival stalwart Jo Whiley, but the BBC DJ admits she’s been banned from using a Winnebago on the sprawling site

She admits her role as main presenter for the BBC's Glastonbury coverage left her in hot water with festival organisers after she damaged one of its on-site motorhomes

She admits her role as main presenter for the BBC’s Glastonbury coverage left her in hot water with festival organisers after she damaged one of its on-site motorhomes 

‘I can’t remember exactly who was responsible for the trashing, but I’m sure the Klaxons played a fairly large part.’ 

These days the DJ stays in a local hotel while reporting from Glastonbury, an event that she admits has changed vastly since her visits to Worth Farm more than 30 years ago.  

‘I remember our tent, which was right in front of the Pyramid Stage, sliding down a hill towards the stage,’ she recalled. 

‘We left at five o’clock the following morning, after cooking bacon sandwiches on the platform of the train station. Accommodation has improved since then.’

Whiley previously insisted her children will ‘never be nepo babies’ even though she has achieved huge career success over the years.

The broadcaster, who raises India, Jude, Cassius, and Coco with band manager husband Steve Morton, has been a regular face of the station since 1993.

In addition to her very successful time in radio, Whiley has also seen great success as a TV presenter.

But despite all her success, she has claimed her four children will never be nepo babies as the label alone ‘horrifies them’, according to The Sun.

Whiley has been a regular presence at the summer festival since the 1990s, held annually at Worthy Farm in Somerset and responsible for staging some of the biggest names in music

Whiley has been a regular presence at the summer festival since the 1990s, held annually at Worthy Farm in Somerset and responsible for staging some of the biggest names in music

Despite all her success, she has claimed her four children will never be nepo babies as the label alone 'horrifies them'

Despite all her success, she has claimed her four children will never be nepo babies as the label alone ‘horrifies them’

She told the publication: ‘My kids will never be nepo babies; they are very determined never ever to make it because I’m their mum.

‘It really horrifies them – the thought that anybody would ever employ them because of what I do.

‘So they’re so determined to get jobs and do work on their own merits, and they will never take advantage of me at all.’

The BBC Radio Two presenter also revealed that life was not so sex, drugs and rock’n’roll for her in the nineties as she suffered from anxiety when DJing on stage to large crowds.

She told Women’s Health: ‘I remember doing one gig and I was just so scared, I thought I can’t go on like this. This is ridiculous. It’s ruining my life because I’m just such a ball of anxiety.

‘But then I realised how happy it was making people when I do these gigs and that was a game changer.’ 

The BBC Radio Two presenter also revealed that life was not so sex, drugs and rock'n'roll for her in the nineties as she suffered from anxiety when DJing on stage to large crowds

The BBC Radio Two presenter also revealed that life was not so sex, drugs and rock’n’roll for her in the nineties as she suffered from anxiety when DJing on stage to large crowds

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