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Music Festival

Title: Pilton Pop, Folk And Blues Festival Venue: Worthy Farm City:   Pilton, England, UK Date: Saturday, 19 Sep 1970 Collection:   Attended     Wishlist  Community:

	Lineup	Rating
1	Tyrannosaurus Rex	Rate
2	Sam Apple Pie	Rate
3	Duster Bennett	Rate
4	Quintessence	Rate
5	Stackridge	Rate
6	Steamhammer	Rate
7	Al Stewart	Rate
8	Keith Christmas	Rate
9	Ian Anderson And Ian Hunt	Rate
10	Originn	Rate
11	Alan Bown	Rate
12	Amazing Blondel	Rate
13	Marsupilami	Rate

Notes

The very first Glastonbury Festival (although not called this yet), held on his farm by dairy farmer Michael Eavis, who was inspired to do so after attending Bath Festival of Blues in 1969.
Headliners The Kinks and Wayne Fontana did not appear, but were replaced by Tyrannosaurus Rex and Sam Apple Pie.
Only around 2,500 attended when 3,000 were needed for break even, and Eavis had hoped for 5,000.
Undaunted, he held another in 1971, with the Pyramid Stage appearing for the first time. The rest, as they say, is history.....

Images

Number: 1400826  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: chrisb Description: poster	Number: 1400827  Uploaded By: chrisb Description: poster/flyer	Number: 1400829  Uploaded By: chrisb Description: ticket from the http://www.pyramidstage-glastonburyfestival.co.uk website	Number: 1400830  Uploaded By: chrisb Description: newspapaer review from the BBC website https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p01nl8wf.jpg
Number: 1726210  Uploaded By: chrisb Description: Hi-tech hand painted mobile advertising (picture from the Glastonbury Fair 1971(?) Facebook page	Number: 2666498  Uploaded By: chrisb Description: Main stage- not a Pyramid at this first Glastonbury

Comments and Reviews

chrisb 17th Jul 2017		Stackridge were the first band to play at this first Glastonbury. They also closed the festival too, in the early hours of the next morning. And they returned to play in 1999 and in 2008.
chrisb 17th Jul 2017		Some film snippets here from the BBC will bring back a few memories

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