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View over the Glastonbury Festival, 2009. The Glastonbury Festival 2009 took place between 24 and 28 June 2009. In marked contrast with previous years, the 137,500 tickets went on sale on 5 October 2008, earlier than ever before, with pre-registered customers able either to pay in full, or place a £50 reserve deposit to be paid by 1 February.
The first Glastonbury Festivals, most notable for being the forerunners of Glastonbury Festival, were a series of cultural events founded by communist activist and composer Rutland Boughton, which were held in summer from 1914 to 1925 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. [1]
Arabella Spencer-Churchill [a] (30 October 1949 – 20 December 2007) was an English charity founder, festival co-founder and fundraiser and a granddaughter of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. [1] In 1971, Churchill played a major role in the development of the Glastonbury Festival.
Glastonbury is no stranger to a political debate, having hosted its fair share of MPs and other public figures over the decades.. This year, however, could be particularly eventful as the festival ...
The British DJ and producer, 60, made his debut at the storied event as under his real name, Norman Cook, ... Cook has performed at every single Glastonbury festival, meaning this year will mark ...
Festival co-organiser acknowledged the huge demand for tickets but pointed out other means of securing a pass to Worthy Farm Emily Eavis explains why a Glastonbury ticket ballot wouldn’t work ...
The founder of the world-famous Glastonbury Festival has been made a Freeman of Glastonbury. Born in 1935, the celebrated dairy farmer held his first Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton in 1970. 52 years later, Mr. Eavis has been listed by Time magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world. [196]
Andrew Kerr (29 November 1933 – 6 October 2014) [1] was a co-founder of Glastonbury Fair, the 1971 forerunner of today's Glastonbury Festival. Kerr managed the festival site up to the mid-1980s, helping establish it as the UK's foremost music festival.