Glastonbury Festival
Location(s)	Pilton, England
Years active	Every year, except every 5th year
Founded by	Michael Eavis
Date(s)	last weekend of June (3 days)
Genre(s)	Rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Dance, World music, Punk Rock, Electronic music, Reggae, Folk music.
Website	www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest^[1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. The festival is best known for its contemporary music, but also features dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and many other arts. For 2005, the enclosed area of the festival was over 900 acres (3.6 km²), had over 385 live performances^[2] and was attended by around 150,000 people. In 2007, over 700 acts played on over 80 stages ^[3] and the capacity expanded by 20,000 to 177,000 ^[4]. Image File history File links Glastofriday2003. ... Pilton is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A361 road in the Mendip district, three miles south west of Shepton Mallet and six miles east of Glastonbury. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born October 17, 1935), is an English dairy farmer, most famous as the founder of the Glastonbury Festival. ... This article is about the genre. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... Folk song redirects here. ... Greenfield land is a term used to describe a piece of undeveloped land, either currently used for agriculture or just left to nature. ... For other uses, see Festival (disambiguation). ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ...

Glastonbury was heavily influenced by hippie ethics and the free festival movement in the 1970s, especially the Isle of Wight Festival. Organiser Michael Eavis stated that he decided to host the first festival, then called Pilton Festival, after seeing an open air Led Zeppelin concert at the nearby Bath and West Showground in 1970.^[5] The festival retains vestiges of this tradition, including the Green Futures/Healing Fields area. For the British TV show, see Hippies (TV series). ... The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place annually on the Isle of Wight, England. ... Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born October 17, 1935), is an English dairy farmer, most famous as the founder of the Glastonbury Festival. ... For the bands 1969 eponymous debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ... Crest of the Royal Bath and West of England Society The Royal Bath and West of England Society is a charitable society founded in 1777 to promote and improve agriculture and related activities around the West Country of England. ...

Location

Coordinates: 51.155015° N 2.585598° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Map showing the location of the Glastonbury Festival within Somerset.

The festival takes place in South West England at Worthy Farm between the small village of Pilton and Pylle, six miles east of the town of Glastonbury, overlooked by the Glastonbury Tor in the mystical "Vale of Avalon". The area has a number of mythological and spiritual traditions and is a 'New Age' site of interest: several ley lines are considered to converge on the Tor.^[6] The nearest town to the festival site is Shepton Mallet, three miles (5 km) north east, but there continues to be interaction between the people espousing alternative lifestyles living in Glastonbury and the festival itself. The farm is situated between the A361 and A37 roads. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... South West England is one of the regions of England. ... Pilton is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A361 road in the Mendip district, three miles south west of Shepton Mallet and six miles east of Glastonbury. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Glastonbury (disambiguation). ... Glastonbury Tor is a teardrop-shaped hill at Glastonbury, Somerset, England, which features the roofless St. ... For other uses, see Avalon (disambiguation). ... Ley lines are alignments of a number of places of geographical interest, such as ancient megaliths. ... , Shepton Mallet is a small rural town in Somerset, England. ... The A361 is a major road in England. ... The A37 is a major road in southern England. ...

Worthy Farm, a dairy farm for most of the year, is shown here in 1983 as the first festival-goers' tents are pitched. When the music started the tents stretched half-way to the pyramid stage.

Worthy Farm is situated (map) in a valley at the head of the Whitelake River, between two low limestone ridges, part of the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. On the site is a confluence of the two small streams that make the Whitelake River. In the past the site has experienced problems with flooding, though after the floods that occurred during the 1997 and 1998 festival, drainage was improved (see Timeline below). This did not prevent flooding during the 2005 festival, but allowed the flood water to dissipate within hours. The Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway ran through the farm on an embankment, but was dismantled in 1966 and now forms a main thoroughfare across the site. Another prominent feature is the high-voltage electricity line which crosses the site east-west. Image File history File links Worthy_Farm_1983. ... Image File history File links Worthy_Farm_1983. ... For other uses, see Limestone (disambiguation). ... The Mendip Hills (commonly called The Mendips) are a range of limestone hills (karst) situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in north Somerset, England. ... Confluence of Rhine and Mosel at Koblenz In geography, a confluence describes the point where two rivers meet and become one, usually when a tributary joins a more major river. ... Flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. ... Map sources for Highbridge at grid reference ST3247 Highbridge is a Somerset market town situated on very edge of the Somerset Levels near the mouth of the River Brue. ... The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) was an English railway company jointly owned by the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway. ...

Pennard's Hill, 2004

In recent years the site has been organised around a restricted backstage compound, with the pyramid stage on the north, and other stage on the south of the compound. Attractions on the east of the site include the acoustic tent, comedy tent and circus. To the south are the green fields, which include displays of traditional and environmentally friendly crafts. In King's Meadow, the hill at the far south of the site, is a small megalith circle which, like Stonehenge, is coordinated with the summer solstice, and since 1990 represents a Stone circle.^[7] Image File history File linksMetadata Gloid_campsite_friday. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Gloid_campsite_friday. ... Megalithic tomb, Mane Braz, Brittany Bronze age wedge tomb in the Burren area of Ireland For the record label, see Megalith Records. ... For other uses, see Stonehenge (disambiguation). ... “Summer solstice” redirects here. ... Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England. ...

The restricted-access backstage compound is populated almost entirely by bands and their support crews. Ironically, the backstage bar, Lulu's, is the cheapest bar at the festival, and hosts many charity functions and auctions.

Organisation

The view from the stone circle on Thursday afternoon, 2004

Since 1981, the festival has been organised by local farmer and site owner Michael Eavis CBE (through his company Glastonbury Festivals Ltd). Michael ran the festival with his wife Jean until her death in 1999, and is now assisted by his daughter Emily Eavis. Since 2002, Festival Republic (then Mean Fiddler Music Group) has taken on the job of managing the logistics and security of the festival through a 40% stake in the festival management company. Each year a company, joint owned by Glastonbury Festivals Ltd and Mean Fiddler Plc, is created to run the festival, with profits going to the parent companies. Glastonbury Festivals Ltd donates most of their profits to charities. The Mean Fiddler contract is a rolling one reviewed every five years. Glastonbury Festival from the stone circle. ... Glastonbury Festival from the stone circle. ... Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born October 17, 1935), is an English dairy farmer, most famous as the founder of the Glastonbury Festival. ... The abbreviation LTD may refer to: Ltd, a type of Limited company under the law of many Commonwealth countries and the USA Laser target designator, a type of low-power laser pointer used by the military to indicate a target for a precision-guided munition Long-term depression, a neuroscience... This article lacks information on the subject matters importance. ... Mean Fiddler is a United Kingdom music promoter and owner of venues. ... Look up Logistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mean Fiddler is a United Kingdom music promoter and owner of venues. ... PLC may stand for: Palestinian Legislative Council, law-making body of the Palestinian Authority Parti Libéral du Canada, the term in French for the Liberal Party of Canada Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (or Constitutional Liberal Party), a major political party in Nicaragua Phospholipase C Platoon Leaders Class Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...

Several stages and areas are managed independently, such as The Left Field which is managed by a cooperative owned by the Trades Union Congress,^[8] Radio Avalon and a field run by Greenpeace.^[9] The Left Field is a travelling stage and bar which forms part of a number of British festivals. ... For other uses, see Coop. ... Image:TradeUnionsCongress20050108 CopyrightKaihsuTai. ... Not to be confused with Avalon Radio. ... Greenpeace protest against Esso / Exxon Mobil. ...

With the exception of technical and security staff, the festival is mainly run by volunteers. Some 1400 stewards are organised by the aid charity Oxfam. In return for their work at the festival Oxfam receive a donation, which in 2005 was £200,000.^[10] The bars are organised by the Workers Beer Company, sponsored by Carlsberg (previously Budweiser), who recruit teams of volunteer staff from small charities and campaign groups. In return for their help, typically around 18 hours over the festival, volunteers are paid in free entry, transport and food, while their charities are given donations by the organisers. Oxfam International logo Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. ... Oxfam International logo Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. ... Singles bar redirects here. ... The Workers Beer Company (WBC) is a British-Irish organisation which runs temporary bars at events and festivals in Europe. ... Note: Carling beer is not produced by the Carlsberg brewery. ... Budweiser, sometimes referred to as Bud, is a global pale lager brand owned by the St. ...

Catering, and some retail services, are provided by various small companies, typically mobile catering vans. The camping retail chain Millets, and many independent shops, set up makeshift outlets at the festival. Additionally many charities and organisations run promotional or educational stalls, such as the Hare Krishna vegetarian food stand. Network Recycling manage refuse on the site, and in 2004 recycled 300 tonnes and composted 110 tonnes of waste from the site.^[11] Pearl millet in the field Ripe head of proso millet The millets are a group of small-seeded species of cereal crops, widely grown around the world for food and fodder. ... Hare Krishna Mantra in Devanagari The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra (Great Mantra), is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra made well known outside of India by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas).[1] It is believed by practitioners... For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ... A tonne (also called metric ton) is a non-SI unit of mass, accepted for use with SI, defined as: 1 tonne = 103 kg (= 106 g). ... A handful of compost A double-wide bin with compost at different stages of decomposition Compost is the aerobically decomposed remnants of organic materials. ... A tonne (also called metric ton) is a non-SI unit of mass, accepted for use with SI, defined as: 1 tonne = 103 kg (= 106 g). ...

Glastonbury over time

A series of concerts were established in the town of Glastonbury between 1914 and 1926 by classical composer Rutland Boughton (1878-1960), and with their location attracted a bohemian audience by the standards of the time. They featured works by then-contemporary composers, sponsored by the Clark family, as well as a wide range of traditional works, from Everyman to James Shirley's Cupid and Death.^[12] Rutland Boughton (1878-1960), a pupil of Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music in London, became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of orchestral and choral music. ... Everyman is a 16th century English morality play, with origins in a late 15th century Dutch morality play called Elckerlijc. ... Cupid and Death is a mid-seventeenth-century masque, written by the Caroline era dramatist James Shirley, and performed on March 26, 1653 before the Portuguese ambassador to Great Britain. ...

The next section is largely based on A Brief History of the Glastonbury Festival.^[13]

An example of the many sculptures and other artwork displayed across the site

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1970s

The first festival at Worthy Farm was mounted by Michael Eavis in 1970, an event of 1,500 people called the Pilton Festival. The first artist to perform was the group Stackridge; the headline act was T Rex. Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born October 17, 1935), is an English dairy farmer, most famous as the founder of the Glastonbury Festival. ... Stackridge are a British folk, pop and progressive rock group who were at the height of their success during the early 1970s. ...

The larger scale free festival in June (summer solstice) the next year was the first to attract nationwide interest, and the event became an important precursor of the later Glastonbury Festivals. The Glastonbury Fayre of 1971 was organised by Andrew Kerr with help from Arabella Churchill. The 1971 festival featured the first incarnation of the "Pyramid Stage" conceived by Bill Harkin, built from scaffolding and metal sheeting. Performers included a young David Bowie, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Quintessence, and Melanie. It was paid for by its supporters and advocates of its ideal, and took a medieval tradition of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment. The 1971 festival was filmed by Nicolas Roeg and David Puttnam and was released as a film simply called Glastonbury Fayre. Andrew Kerr is one of the core group of early founders of the Glastonbury Festival, originally known as Glastonbury Fayre, in 1971, along with Michael Eavis and Arabella Churchill. ... Arabella Churchill (born October 30th 1949) is a British philanthropist. ... David Bowie (pronounced ) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, producer, arranger, and audio engineer. ... Traffic was a rock band from Birmingham, England, formed in late 1966 by Steve Winwood with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. ... Fairport Convention are often credited with being the first English electric folk band. ... Look up Quintessence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947 in Astoria, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Nicolas Jack Roeg, born on August 15, 1928 in London, is an internationally-known cinematographer and film director. ... David Puttnam receiving his BAFTA Fellowship, 19 February 2006 David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam of Queensgate, CBE is a film producer and politician. ... Glastonbury Fayre is a 1972 documentary film directed by Peter Neal of the 1971 Glastonbury Festival which was held between the 20-24 June 1971. ...

There was a small unplanned event in 1978, when the convoy of vehicles from the Stonehenge festival was directed by police to Worthy Farm; the festival was then revived the following year (1979) by Churchill, Kerr and Eavis, in an event for the Year of the Child which lost money.

The festival has been an annual fixture since 1981, albeit with breaks in 1988, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006.

1980s

In 1981 Michael Eavis took control of the festival for the first time, and it was organised in conjunction with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). That year a new Pyramid Stage was constructed from telegraph poles and metal sheeting (appropriately, repurposed from materials of the Ministry of Defence), a permanent structure which doubled as a hay-barn and cow-shed during the winter. Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born October 17, 1935), is an English dairy farmer, most famous as the founder of the Glastonbury Festival. ... CND redirects here. ... The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ...

In the 1980s the children's area of the festival (which had been organised by Arabella Churchill and others) became the starting point for a new children's charity called Children's World. 1981 was the first year that the festival made profits, and Eavis donated £20,000 of them to CND. In the following years donations were made to a number of organisations, and since the end of the Cold War the main beneficiaries have been Oxfam, Greenpeace, and WaterAid who all contribute towards the festival by providing features and volunteers who work at the festival in exchange for free entrance. Childrens World is a charity based in the UK It is known internationally (as Childrens World International). ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... Oxfam International logo Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. ... Greenpeace protest against Esso / Exxon Mobil. ... Current logo, introduced in 2006 Old logo WaterAid is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to helping people escape the poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation. ...

Since 1983 large festivals have required licences from local authorities. This led to certain restrictions being placed on the festival, including a crowd limit and times during which the stages could operate. The crowd limit was initially set at 30,000 but has grown every year to over 100,000. In 1985 the festival grew too large for Worthy Farm, but neighbouring Cockmill Farm was purchased.

1985 was a wet festival with lots of rain. Worthy Farm is a dairy farm and what washed down into the low areas was a mixture of mud and liquefied cow dung. This didn't prevent the festival-goers from wallowing in the knee-deep slurry in front of the pyramid stage.

1990s

1990 saw the biggest festival yet; however, violence at the end of the festival between the security guards and new age travellers - the so-called Battle of Yeoman's Bridge - led to the organisers taking 1991 off to rethink the festival. The festival returned in 1992 with an expanded festival, which proved to be a great success. 1992 was the first year that the new age travellers were not allowed onto the site for free and a sturdier fence was designed. This success was carried through to 1993 which, like 1992's festival, was another hot, dry year. The New age travellers or Peace Convoy were a group of people who often espoused New age and/or hippie beliefs, and who travelled between music festivals and fairs in the United Kingdom in order to live in a community with others who hold similar beliefs. ...

In 1994 the Pyramid Stage burned down just weeks before the festival; a temporary main stage was erected in time for the festival. The 1994 festival also introduced a 150 kW wind turbine which provided some of the festival power. This festival also included the setting of a new world record on 26 June when 826 people, juggling at least three objects each, kept 2,478 objects in the air. This was also the year the festival was first televised by Channel 4; concentrating on the main two music stages, it provided a glimpse of the festival for many who knew little of it. Channel 4 also televised the following year as well, which proved to be very successful. Kwai Lo is Chinese slang for foreigner or ghost person. ... This article is about the machine for converting the kinetic energy in the wind into mechanical energy. ... A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the British television station. ...

The giant LOVE sign inspired by The Beatles.

The following year saw the attendance rise drastically due to the security fence being breached on the Friday of the festival. Estimates suggest there may have been enough fence-jumpers to double the size of the festival. This aside, 1995 proved to be a highly successful year with memorable performances from Oasis, PJ Harvey, Jeff Buckley and The Cure. This was also the first year of the festival having a dance tent to cater for the rise in popularity of dance music, following the success of Orbital's headline appearance the previous year. Image File history File links Lovesignglasto2003. ... Image File history File links Lovesignglasto2003. ... For other uses, see Sgt. ... Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991, led by lead guitarist and primary songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother, lead vocalist and songwriter Liam Gallagher. ... Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. ... Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead,[1] was an acclaimed American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... This article is about the band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Orbital was an English techno duo from 1989 until 2004, consisting of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll. ...

1994 was also the year that the British band The Levellers set the record for the highest ever stagefront crowd, which still stands to this day. The Levellers are a popular English rock band influenced by punk and traditional English music. ...

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The festival took a year off in 1996 to allow the land to recover and give the organisers a break. This would be a pattern which would be followed every five years from now on. 1996 also saw the release of Glastonbury the Movie which was filmed at the 1993 and 1994 festivals. In that year, local artist Paul Branson established his Glastonbury Arts Festivals to provide a platform for classical works and put on a highly successful production of Rutland Boughton's opera "The Immortal Hour" at Strode Theatre as well as an art exhibition and a "son et lumière" at Glastonbury Abbey. These festivals, however, were short-lived. For the 2006 documentary film, see Glastonbury (film) Glastonbury the Movie is a 1996 documentary film about the Glastonbury Festival produced and directed by William Beaton, Robin Mahoney and Matthew Salkeld. ...

The festival returned in 1997 bigger than ever. This time there was major sponsorship from The Guardian and the BBC, who had taken over televising the event from Channel 4. This was also the year of the mud,^[14] with the site suffering severe rainfalls which turned the entire site into a muddy bog. This caused many festival goers to leave early on the Friday, or not even bother to attend after radio and television reports gave details of just how muddy the site was. However those who stayed for the festival were treated to many memorable performances, including Radiohead's headlining Pyramid set on the Saturday which is said to be one of the greatest ever Glastonbury performances. For other uses, see Guardian. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Oxfordshire. ...

Circus area, 2004

In 1998 the festival was once again struck with severe floods and storms, again some festival goers departed early but those who stayed were treated to performances from acts such as Pulp, Robbie Williams and Blur. 1998 was also the first year that attendance officially broke the 100,000 mark. Image File history File linksMetadata Gloid_circus_area_01. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Gloid_circus_area_01. ... Pulp were a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ... For other people with the same name, see Robbie Williams (disambiguation). ... Blur were an English rock band that formed in Colchester in 1989. ...

1999 was a hot dry year, much to the relief of organisers and festival goers. Memorable performances from R.E.M. (see here), Fun Loving Criminals, Pavement and Al Green were among the highlights. Again, the festival was overcrowded due to fence-jumpers, this however would not be a major problem till the following year when the festival suffered from massive numbers of fence-jumpers. This surge increased the attendance to an estimated 250,000 people. The 1999 festival is also remembered for the Manic Street Preachers requesting and being given their own backstage toilets, however it was revealed by the band that this was a joke; the 'reserved' sign on the toilet was not at the authorisation of the management. R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Michael Stipe (vocals). ... To date, R.E.M. have headlined the annual Glastonbury Festival on two occasions: // R.E.M.s debut at the festival took place on Friday, June 25, 1999. ... The Fun Lovin Criminals are an alternative rock band from New York City, United States. ... Pavement was an influential American indie rock band in the 1990s. ... For the Democratic Congressman from Texas and the former head of the Houston NAACP, please see Al Green. ... Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as The Manics) are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK in the late 1990s. ...

2000s

2000

2000 saw a new Pyramid Stage introduced as well as several new features such as The Glade and The Leftfield. The festival was headlined by David Bowie playing 30 years after his first appearance. The Pyramid Stage also hosted an unusual event on the Saturday, with the wedding of Chelfyn & Helen Baxter conducted by actor Keith Allen (whose daughter Lily would perform at the 2007 festival). This year also saw an estimated 250,000 people attend the festival (only 100,000 tickets were sold) due to gatecrashers. This led to public safety concerns and the local District Council refused any further licences unless and until the problem could be solved. The Glade is an electronic dance music festival which originally started out as a stage at Glastonbury Festival. ... The Leftfield is a travelling stage and bar which forms part of a number of British festivals. ... David Bowie (pronounced ) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, producer, arranger, and audio engineer. ... Keith Philip George Allen (born 2 June 1953) is a Welsh comedian, actor, singer and writer. ... Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born May 2, 1985) is a British singer-songwriter best known for songs such as Smile and LDN. She is the daughter of actor/musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. ... The District Councils (區議會 and formerly District Boards) are district organizations in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). ...

2001

The organisers took 2001 off to devise anti-gatecrashing measures and secure the future of the festival. It was at this point that the Mean Fiddler Organisation was invited to help.

2002

In 2002 the festival returned after a hiatus, with the controversial Mean Fiddler now handling the logistics and security — especially installing a substantial surrounding fence (dubbed the 'superfence') that reduced numbers to the levels of a decade earlier. The lower attendance led to a much more relaxed atmosphere and massively reduced crime levels compared to previous years. There were some incidents outside the fence involving frustrated individuals who arrived at the festival assuming they would be able to jump the fence, but despite this the event was hailed as a great success by the media companies that had taken an interest in the festival. 2002 also saw Coldplay headline the Pyramid Stage for the first time. The show was closed by a set from Rod Stewart on the Sunday night. 2002 also saw the introduction of the inflatable cinema screen. Coldplay are an English rock band. ... Rod Stewart CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England, with Scottish parentage. ...

Glastonbury Festival's "Other Stage"

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2003

By 2003 most people had accepted the idea that it was no longer possible to crash the festival and hence it is recognised as one of the most successful years to date. The number of tickets available to the public was increased slightly over 2002, partially in response to criticism that the 2002 festival was underpopulated and lacked atmosphere. The tickets sold out within one day of going on sale, in marked contrast to the two months it took to sell a similar number in 2002. It was also the first year that tickets sold out before the full lineup was announced. This was also the year Radiohead returned to headline the Pyramid Stage. Revenue raised for good causes from ticket and commercial licence sales topped £1 million, half of which went to Oxfam, Greenpeace and Water Aid. Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Oxfordshire. ...

2004

In 2004 tickets sold out within 24 hours amid much controversy over the ticket ordering process, which left many potential festival goers trying for hours to connect to the overloaded telephone and internet sites. The website got two million attempted connections within the first five minutes of the tickets going on sale and an average of 2,500 people on the phone lines every minute. The festival was not hit by extreme weather, but high winds on the Wednesday delayed entry, and steady rain throughout Saturday turned some areas of the site to mud.^[15] However Sir Paul McCartney's^[16] Saturday performance cheered many festival goers up. The festival ended with Muse headlining the Pyramid Stage on Sunday, after Oasis had headlined on Friday. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, entrepreneur, painter, record producer, film producer and animal-rights activist. ... For other uses, see Muse (disambiguation). ... Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991, led by lead guitarist and primary songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother, lead vocalist and songwriter Liam Gallagher. ...

After the 2004 festival, Michael Eavis commented that 2006 would be a year off — in keeping with the previous history of taking one "fallow year" in every five to give the villagers and surrounding areas a rest from the yearly disruption. This was confirmed after the licence for 2005 was granted.

2005

A stream runs through one unfortunate punter's tent after two inches of rain were dropped in an hour on Friday morning of the 2005 festival.

In 2005 the 112,500 ticket quota sold out rapidly — in this case in 3 hours 20 minutes,^[17] leaving many thousands of potential attendees frustrated. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1652 KB)Glastonbury festival 2005, a river runs through one unfortunate punters tent after two inches of rain were dropped in an hour on Friday morning. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1652 KB)Glastonbury festival 2005, a river runs through one unfortunate punters tent after two inches of rain were dropped in an hour on Friday morning. ...

The Sunday headliner was originally scheduled to be Kylie Minogue, but she pulled out in May to receive treatment for breast cancer.^[18] Basement Jaxx were announced as a replacement on June 6. Both Coldplay and Basement Jaxx performed a cover of Kylie's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" during their concert. 2005 saw a big increase in the number of dance music attractions, with the multiple tents of the Dance Village replacing the solitary dance tent of previous years. This new area contained the East and West dance tents, the Dance Lounge, Roots Stage, and Pussy Parlure, as well as a relocated G Stage, formerly situated in the Glade.^[19] The introduction of the innovative silent disco by Emily Eavis allowed revellers to party into the early hours without disturbing the locals — a requirement of the festival's licensing. Following the death of DJ John Peel in the autumn of 2004, the New Tent was renamed the John Peel Tent, in homage to his encouragement and love of new bands at Glastonbury. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (pronounced ,[1]mɪnoÊŠg;[2] born 28 May 1968) is an Australian Grammy and BRIT award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ... Basement Jaxx is a critically acclaimed UK house music duo, comprising Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, that rose to popularity in the late 1990s. ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Coldplay are an English rock band. ... The Silent Disco is a clubbing concept where dancers are provided with personal wireless headphones which can be tuned in to listen to a DJ. This type of disco earned its name because of the fact that an outsider walking in would see a tent full of people dancing, yet... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... For other persons named John Peel, see John Peel (disambiguation). ...

The opening day of the 2005 festival was delayed by heavy rain and thunderstorms: Several stages, including the Acoustic Tent (and one of the bars), were struck by lightning, and the valley was hit with flash floods that left some areas of the site under more than four feet of water.^[20] The severity of the weather flooded several campsites, the worst affected being the base of Pennard Hill, and seriously disrupted site services. However Mendip District Council's review of the festival called it one of the "safest ever" and gives the festival a glowing report in how it dealt with the floods.^[21] Singles bar redirects here. ... Not to be confused with lighting. ... Lower Antelope Canyon was carved out of sandstone by flash floods A Flash Flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas (washes), rivers and streams, caused by the intense rainfall associated with a thunderstorm, or multiple training thunderstorms. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... A campsite on Oludeniz beach Bicycle camping A campsite at Hunting Island State Park in South Carolina Campsites are often situated in or near forests. ...

Also this was the year that The Levellers set another record by having the biggest ever stagefront crowd for the Jazzworld stage. They now hold two records for the biggest crowds at the festival. The Levellers are a popular English rock band influenced by punk and traditional English music. ...

2006

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2007

Mud at the "Other Stage" 2007

Glastonbury 2007 (20-24 June) was headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Björk, The Killers, Iggy & The Stooges, The Who and Chemical Brothers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Dame Shirley Bassey was also featured. This was the first year that 'The Park' area opened. Designed by Emily Eavis, its main stage featured extra sets by several artists playing on the main stages including Pete Doherty and Gruff Rhys, whilst the BBC launched their new "Introducing" stage in the area. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 578 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 578 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Arctic Monkeys are a Mercury Prize winning English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ... This article is about the musician. ... The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, most famous for their hit singles Somebody Told Me, Mr. ... Iggy Pop (born James Jewell Osterberg, Jr) is an American singer, famous as the frontman of The Stooges and as a solo artist. ... The Who are a British rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo, comprised of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. ... Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE, CBE (born January 8, 1937 in Cardiff, Wales), is a Welsh singer. ... Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is an English musician, artist and poet. ... Gruff Rhys (pronounced ; born July 18, 1970 in Haverfordwest (Welsh: Hwlffordd) in south-west Wales) is a member of the Super Furry Animals who were at the forefront of the wave of successful Welsh bands which broke through into the mainstream music scene in the 1990s. ...

The festival had the largest attendance since the construction of the security fence, and the largest legitimate attendance to date: ticket allocation was raised by 27,500 to 177,500, which were charged at £145 and sold out in 1 hour 45 minutes.^[23] As an extra precaution against touts, purchasers had to pre-register, including submission of a passport photo which was security printed into the ticket.^[24]. To reduce the number of attendees travelling by car, a portion of the tickets were tied to a mandatory coach travel deal, with ticket holders only being issued their tickets upon boarding the coach; these sold out slightly later than the others. Tout is a semi-colloquial, mainly British term for a person who earns money by reselling tickets to popular events. ...

Jazz World field on the opening Wednesday afternoon of the festival

Continued periods of rain throughout much the festival caused muddy conditions, though not on the scale of 2005, and flooding was avoided, in part due to the new £750,000 flood defences.^[25] Muddy conditions on many of the temporary roads on the periphery of the site led to delays for many people leaving the site.^[26]

On 25th June, when the vast majority of festivalgoers were attempting to leave the festival, cars in the western car parks took over nine hours to exit the site. There was no stewarding provision in these areas, no information was disseminated regarding the delays, no organised marshalling of traffic was undertaken by the festival organisers, and no provision of drinking water was made to people stranded in their vehicles. Verbal and physical violence was witnessed between festivalgoers. When cars were finally allowed to leave the site the surrounding roads were found to be clear. [3]

Reported crime was down from 2005 but the number of arrests were "well up", after a proactive operation of the police and security on site^[27]. There were 236^[28]reported crimes, down from 267^[29] in 2005; of these, 158 were drug related ^[30] (183^[31] in 2005). One of the more unusual crimes was the impersonation of stewards on the second night in the area surrounding the other stage. There were, perhaps surprisingly, just 15 complaints in total, with only 8 of those relating to noise levels. 1,200 people required medical aid with 32 hospitalised^[32], most of which were accidents caused by the mud. There was one fatality: a West Midlands man found unconscious early on the Saturday morning died in Yeovil District Hospital of a suspected drugs overdose.^[33]

This year saw a rise in the number of people leaving their tents and personal belongings as donations to the Global Hand charity's "Give Me Shelter" campaign, which aimed to use the tents to meet needs internationally.^[34] However, due to weather damage only a small proportion of the tents were used. The ICount charity also announced that they had over 70,000 people join their "Stop Climate Chaos" campaign ^[35].

[[On December 20 2007, Arabella Churchill, an instrumental figure in the conception of the 1971 festival and, since the 80s, area coordinator of the Theatre Field, died at St Edmund's Cottages, Bove Town, Glastonbury, aged 58. She had suffered a short illness due to pancreatic cancer, for which she had refused chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A convert to Buddhism, arrangements following her death respected that faith. Michael Eavis, paying tribute to her after her death, said "Her vitality and great sense of morality and social responsibility have given her a place in our festival history second to none".]] is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

2008

The festival will be held on 27th, 28th and 29th June. Kings of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve will headline the festival^[36]. As was the case in 2007, ticket buyers had to pre-register and submit a passport photo between the 1 February and 14 March in order to buy tickets which went on sale at 9am on Sunday 6 April^[36]. Kings of Leon are a rock band made up of three brothers and one cousin, based in Mt. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... The Verve (originally Verve) are an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley Sixth Form College, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

See Glastonbury Festival 2008 for more information.

Line-ups

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References in Culture

The band Nizlopi wrote a song titled Glastonbury about the festival. Nizlopi are a two piece band: Luke Concannon (guitar and vocals) and John Parker (double bass affectionately named Stephanie, human beatbox and vocals). ...

Amy Macdonald, in her song "Let's Start a Band" referenced Glastonbury "Give me a festival and I'll be your Glastonbury star" Amy MacDonald is the American author of the childrens books Little Beaver and the Echo, which has been translated into 28 languages around the world, and Rachel Fisters Blister. ...

See also

• List of music festivals in the United Kingdom
• Glastonbury Fayre
• Glastonbury the Movie
• Glastonbury Anthems
• Glastonbury
• Worthy FM (formerly Radio Avalon)
• Rutland Boughton
• Michael Eavis
• Workers Beer Company

There are a large number of music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres. ... Glastonbury Fayre is a 1972 documentary film directed by Peter Neal of the 1971 Glastonbury Festival which was held between the 20-24 June 1971. ... For the 2006 documentary film, see Glastonbury (film) Glastonbury the Movie is a 1996 documentary film about the Glastonbury Festival produced and directed by William Beaton, Robin Mahoney and Matthew Salkeld. ... Glastonbury Anthems is a DVD featuring live performances from the Glastonbury Festival from 1994 to 2004. ... Glastonbury is a 2006 documentary film directed by Julien Temple which details the history of the Glastonbury Festival from 1970 to 2005. ... Worthy FM is a local radio station broadcasting in the UK to the site of The Glastonbury Festival. ... Not to be confused with Avalon Radio. ... Rutland Boughton (1878-1960), a pupil of Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music in London, became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of orchestral and choral music. ... Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE (born October 17, 1935), is an English dairy farmer, most famous as the founder of the Glastonbury Festival. ... The Workers Beer Company (WBC) is a British-Irish organisation which runs temporary bars at events and festivals in Europe. ...

Bibliography

• Shearlaw, John; Aubrey, Crispen (2005). Glastonbury Festival Tales. Ebury Press. ISBN 0-09-189763-7. 
• Naylor, Royston (2002). Stone Free: A Photographic Trip Through 10 Years of Glastonbury Festival. Southgate publishers. ISBN 1-85741-145-5. 
• McKay, George (2000) Glastonbury: A Very English Fair. London: Victor Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-06807-8
• McKay, George (1996) Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance Since the Sixties, chapter 1 'The free festivals and fairs of Albion'. London: Verso. ISBN 1-85984-028-0

References

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