As the 40th anniversary edition of the Glastonbury festival prepares to get under way in Somerset, Gigwise takes a look at the history of the world's greatest music festival - from the days of £1 tickets to the huge event it is today.
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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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