The wonderfully weird shit you need to do at Glastonbury

Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis singing karaoke before the main stages open has become something of a fixture at the festival. Whether it's down the Rabbit Hole on Thursday night or in a hidden corner of the Field of Avalon, the man behind one of the world's biggest festivals is known to be partial to a bit of Frank Sinatra ('My Way') or Elvis Presley ('Suspicious Mind'), so if you want to get up close with a true legend of British popular culture, what better way to do it? As always, keep your eye on any slots still to be announced to be in on the fun.

As well as the mammoth opening parties, Block 9 is also starting earlier this year, with daytime parties over the weekend starting from 4pm. Gideon Berger, co founder of Block 9, explains: "People are so keen to come down to GenoSys, London Underground and NYC Downlow that we need to do it to cater for them. Each day we have one headliner in the day and one at night. The day goes through until 9pm and we have some whopping headliners including Awesome Tapes From Africa, Andy Butler from Hercules and Love Affair and Joe Claussell."

As well as the usual stages, the area have taken it up another notch with a heap of new installations. Berger continues: "We've had an 80 tonne crane and an 60 tonne crane in to lower a giant object into the ground. I'm not going to tell you exactly what it is, you'll have to come to Block 9." The area is also known for a slew of the festival's best secret shows. Berger concludes: "We have the daddy of all secret shows this year – with bells on. It's epic. But I'm not telling you when, where or who it will be."

As we reported, WaterAid's 'loo with a view' will make it possible to watch the Pyramid Stage while you wee. The toilet uses a two-way mirror to allow users to see out, without anyone outside seeing in. So, if you get caught short midway through Kanye, fear not.

The whole thing is to raise awareness of WaterAid's Make It Happen campaign, and as well giving you the ability to watch bands while you wee, the charity will also be bringing the WaterAid poo – a hygiene campaigner with an unmissable outfit.

The giant walking poop will be out collecting signatures for the petition to make taps and toilets a focus of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which are due to be decided in September.

Norman Cook has become something of a Glastonbury institution over the past few years. Fatboy has played secret sets in areas like Block 9 and The Bimble Inn, under a variety of pseudonyms, as well as his headline slot on the Sonic! stage a year ago. Last week Norman Cook tweeted confirmation of his appearance on The Blues stage on Saturday.

Quite what the "other mischief" is we cannot reveal, but one thing is for sure, keep your eyes out and you could see Fatboy Slim spinning his inimitable brand of big beat to just a couple of hundred people.

The Ribbon Tower in The Park has been offering views across the festival from its highest vantage point for almost a decade now, but this year the Tor View in the Theatre and Circus field's Glebeland will offer a new view across the festival. At seven metres tall, it stands at a much more central point than its bigger brother in The Park, offering a bird's eye view right at the centre of the action.