Glastonbury 50: The Official Story of Glastonbury Festival

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The Premises Licence Holder (hereafter “PLH”) and Glastonbury Festival Events Limited (hereafter “GFEL”) reserve the right to: We’re very pleased to announce the 31 October 2019 release of Glastonbury 50, our official book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Festival. Glastonbury 50 sees Michael and Emily Eavis reveal the stories behind the event in their own words, alongside hundreds of incredible photos taken since the Festival’s birth in 1970. Glastonbury 50 is the authorised, behind-the-scenes, inside story of the music festival that has become a true global phenomenon.

Glastonbury 50 Book | Glastonbury Festival

A used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Very good items should not have writing or highlighting. Huge thanks to all of the areas and stages who’ve put together so much fantastic virtual entertainment for you to enjoy. A thoroughly entertaining read, this book not only tells you loads about the history of the festival that you might not already know, but manages to really evoke the spirit of being there, especially through the pictures.Where departure times are not stated, you must be available to travel at any point (AM/PM) during the specific day you have selected. b) used by any person for promotional purposes, including as a prize or other reward in a competition or lottery, except with the prior written permission of GFEL

Glastonbury 50 by Emily Eavis, Michael Eavis | Waterstones

A fitting and wonderful history of not just Glastonbury Festival and the journey from its inception through to its present popularity as the biggest music festival in the world, but also a good amount of personal biography of the Eavis family which is integral to what the festival has come to be. I read this a few weeks before attending the 50th festival so it was very apt and made me really proud to be a part of it all and even more excited to return (after 3 years away due to the Pandemic). Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis and co-organiser Emily Eavis will tell the official story of the world-famous music and arts festival in a new book published to mark next year’s 50th edition.

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There were also various interesting snippets from well-known musicians about their experiences of performing at the festival plus other journalists and music industry people. The duo defended the song as a “crude” satire, and said it “would not exist at all if the destructive and violent policies of the Tory party hadn’t taken such a long and devastating toll on the UK. The band does not condone the killing of Tories or children, or anyone for that matter – regardless of political beliefs.” Inspired by the Bath festival of blues and progressive music earlier that year, Eavis told his wife Jean he was going to stage a similar event. “If I remember rightly, her reply was, ‘Don’t be silly, you’ve no idea how,’” he recalls in an exclusive extract from the book, available below. To protect your own safety and that of other guests, please act responsibly. Please do not take chairs, buggies and trolleys into busy areas, or to the front of stages. If your chair, buggy or trolley is causing an obstruction you will be asked to move. My first time at NYC Downlow – in the summer of 2015 – was acomplete blur. At the time Iwas working for Dazed &Confused and had arranged to meet Stephen and Gideon in acampervan to discuss their vision. We ended up getting deep into how gay culture had become pinkwashed in recent years and how Downlow was in some ways aresponse to gentrification, with all the most chaotic, alternative gay clubs in the city replaced by luxury flats, bank chains and branches of Pret aManger. In essence, they wanted to create aspace where people could have the freedom to do what they like – and be whoever they want – even if just for the weekend.

Glastonbury 50: The Official Story of Glastonbury Festival

And then, one by one, these clubs began to disappear, as if eradicated by avirus in the middle of the night. There are amultitude of reasons for these mass closures – and we don’t have time to go into them here – but LGBTQ spaces became this rare and precious thing. There were no longer so many places to escape from reality or in which to lose your shit. In some ways it felt as if queer culture had turned inwards – existing online, in other people’s flats, on our phones – and while some of that reflects the natural evolution of our times, Ithink there was definitely asense of loss during those years, and maybe ever since.Coaches will have at least one toilet on board, however, please note these will not be wheelchair accessible and will not be regularly cleaned during the coach journey. The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as when it was first newly published. Are you able to sit on a coach for the required length of time without having the option of taking regular breaks when you want to. will be the 50th anniversary of the first festival and this is a gorgeous coffee table book to mark the occasion. It’s filled with loads of photographs and reproductions of the posters from every year and is peppered with reminiscences from Michael & Emily Eavis, as well as celebrity fans and people with a long association with the festival like Chris Martin, Billy Bragg and Lauren Laverne amongst a host of others.