Glastonbury: 43 years, 30 festivals, 30 facts
We look back at the history of Glastonbury festival - from free milk, to the first toilets and much more
- 1970: The first festival, and originally called Glastonbury Fayre. Costing one pound (with free milk included) Glastonbury 1970 was held the day after Jimi Hendrix died. Around 1500 people attended, and it was headlined by Tyrannosaurus Rex - stepping in for the Kinks who failed to show up.
by Joanne Ball | Photos by WENN / Glastonbury / Press
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Since its beginning in 1970, Glastonbury has steadily got bigger and bigger over the past 43 years, starting with 1500, and now currently draws over 170,000 to Pilton in Somerset each summer for a celebration of music, art, and culture.
Somehow, even while drawing more prolific and varied artists to perform on it's many stages, it has kept an inkling of its hippie roots. The idea to start the festival was that of Michael Eavis, who owns Worthy Farm in Pilton, and was inspired by a festival he attended in 1969 where Led Zeppelin performed in Bath.
Glastonbury has changed a lot from the price to the size, but it's obviously got something that keeps people flocking to Somerset every year. As we draw closer to the 2013 event, we have taken a look every event since 1970, and have pulled together weird and wonderful facts from every year. Check them all out here.
