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London's iconic Victoria and Albert Museum is set to create a permanent archive of Glastonbury Festival.
Festival organisers Michael and Emily Eavis have given the V&A a bounty of memorabilia, incuding programmes, posters, backstage passes, setlists, letters, photos and more - documenting the event's colourful 45 year history, reports The Guardian.
The items date back to the first ever Glastonbury on 19 September, 1970 - back when tickets were just £1 and they promised a hog roast, "food at fair prices", "sheltered fields for camping", "a lightshow, lightship, diorama and films, freaks and funny things", a headline performance from The Kinks and best of all, free milk.
"You won't be surprised to hear they never actually got round to cataloguing anything," said Kate Bailey, the V&A theatre and performance curator. "Without the stories of the people who go there, a ticket is just a bit of paper."
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The archive will tell the story of every aspect of the festival - such as legendary performances by the likes of Rolling Stones, Muse, Arctic Monkeys and Led Zeppelin, down to the creativity on the fringes of the festival, the various irreplaceable Glasto personalities and characters, as well as the tales behind that world-renowned Worthy Farm atmosphere.
Glastonbury Festival takes place this month from 26 - 29 June, headlined by Arcade Fire, Metallica and Kasabian, also featuring performances from the likes of Lana Del Rey, Elbow, The Black Keys, Jack White, Manic Street Preachers, Pixies, Jake Bugg, Massive Attack, Dolly Parton, The 1975, London Grammar, Chvrches, St Vincent and many more.
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