Timbuktu Tales 1.0

1.French Rugby Player.Also known as the "Caveman".Identify.

2.Now in its fifth decade,this event has grown from a humble gathering of 1500 people on Micaheal Eavis's Worthy dairy farm in 1970,each paying 1 GBP (pound) and receiving free milk,to a giant five-day celebration of music costing 195 pounds for a basic ticket.
What are we talking about?

3.
    "Take too long b'fore I found out
      What people mean by down and out.
      Spent my money, took my car,
      Started tellin' her friend she' goin' be a star.
       I don't know, but I've been told
      A Big legged woman ain't got no soul "

     The title of this song,which was inspired by a Labrador retriever that wandered around the Headley Grange   studios during recording,never appears once in the song.Identify the song and the band.

4.Identify.

5. "To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. _______ is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. ________ is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."

Which place are we talking about?

6.Current affairs!

  One is running for a post.The other's seat is under threat.They are not related.Just give us their names.

7. Connect : Sheikh Zayed, Mohammed Gaddafi, Ranasinghe Premadasa.