Glastonbury: A History Of The World's Greatest Music Festival

The Worthy Farm event through the years in photos and text...

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Photo by: WENN.com / PR Photos / Shirlaine Forrest

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From the £1 a ticket event in 1970 to the behemoth it is today, a look at the world's greatest music festival.

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The very first Glastonbury festival took place on September 19, 1970 - poignantly a day after Jimi Hendrix died. 34-year-old dairy farmer Michael Eavis was inspired to put on his own event after visiting the Blues Festival in Bath a year earlier. The one day extravaganza was attended by 1,500 people who each paid £1 a ticket - the price poignantly included free milk from the farm. Headlined by Marc Bolan's Tyrannosaurus Rex, other performers included Keith Christmas and Al Stewart.

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RT @Gigwise: Is there a better t-shirt than "Tom Jones shagged my nan hard"? (JG) - @howlnmad CLASSIC - want one :p
ema_ems on Sun Jun 28 23:32:16 via Snaptu
@Gigwise yeah it seems an odd move. Sold out already, surely? Hardly highly secretive material. I'm taking my anger out on Jo Whiley anyway.
MUSICFANSMIC on Sun Jun 28 22:29:16 via web
RT @gigwise Just been told that Damon Albarn is "crying his heart out" at the end of 'To The End'. #glasto #blur
jacksmith_ on Sun Jun 28 22:26:06 via web
@Gigwise - granted, they were brilliant in the 90's but so were Blur and I'm anxiously craving some more.
MUSICFANSMIC on Sun Jun 28 22:26:04 via web
@Gigwise Bless him; he was a bit emotional in Manc on Friday too. After all those years of insanity, maybe he's returning to normal? #Blur
panthergrrrl on Sun Jun 28 22:24:50 via web