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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