Glastonbury 50: The Official Story of Glastonbury Festival

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And then, one by one, these clubs began to disappear, as if eradicated by avirus in the middle of the night. It’s been a total joy to look back through piles of old photo albums and scrapbooks and to reflect upon what it meant at the time, and the incredible evolution of the event. Medical treatment at the Festival is provided by Festival Medical Services who are a separate legal entity.

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If you’d swung open the doors of the Joiners on aTuesday night in 2007, for instance, you’d have walked straight into aroom of wrinkled old men in fishnets, lesbians in leather chokers and fashion kids in creepers and hi-top fades, all dancing to Yazoo deep cuts and Island Life-era Grace Jones until getting kicked out at 4a. Unfortunately, if tickets are delivered to ticket holders, and subsequently lost, destroyed or misplaced, we cannot replace them.Quite the opposite in fact – this means the site is serving the maximum number of people at the same time.

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They’re joined by a host of big-name contributors from the world of music – among them Adele, JAY-Z, Dolly Parton, Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher, Lars Ulrich and Guy Garvey. You may collect a child wristband for children attending with you from the KidzField or the various Information Points once you have entered the Festival site. Tickets cannot be used as part of any advertising, endorsement, sponsorship, marketing, media campaign, sales promotion, staff reward programme or used in any competition whether commercial or non-commercial without prior written permission of GFEL. In this new place – which was loosely supposed to be an absurd, psychedelic version of Vegas, and comprised of aseries of temporary venues – you could go ballroom dancing, attend cabaret shows, take part in burlesque casinos and dance to DJs all night.

GFEL does not offer refunds in the event of lost or stolen tickets or where the ticket holder cannot attend the Festival due to reasons beyond the Festival’s control. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompaniedto the Festivalby a responsible adult (aged 18 or over, who would usually be the parent, carer, legal guardian or other adult entrusted with the care of that child) who accepts full responsibility, at all times, for all under 16s attending under their supervision. If you intend on applying for a PA ticket and your application is successful, this person must travel with you on your designated coach.

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Anyone resisting confiscation of disallowed items or disregarding these conditions will face eviction from the Festival Site. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have sufficient funds in your account to pay for the tickets.Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2024 (hereafter “the Festival”) are non-refundable after 3rd May 2024 and always non-transferable. Michael Eavis comes across as a great guy even if deluded at times – that surely was what enabled him to go against the odds and create such an incredible festival! Obviously not everybody who ends up at The Unfairground accidentally gets spiked with acid by atoilet attendant taking them on atour of the compost loos.

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You can pay the balance for up to 6 tickets in one transaction, providing you have all paid a deposit and they are all the same ticket type. We are used to mainstream events distancing themselves from the issues that affect us – maybe so as not to alienate attendees or piss off brands – but Glastonbury has only got louder and more outspoken as each year passes. And three years later came Genosys, which is an outside venue that resembles afuturistic laser show, techno music blasting outside, geometric glass structures towering above you. The move follows bans on plastic cutlery, plates, straws and cups initiated in previous years, along with sauces in single-serving sachets. If you miss out on tickets when they go on sale, please bear in mind that any cancellations will be made available for resale at face value via the Festival’s authorised ticket agency, See Tickets.Parental Permission for Exit/Re-entry Wristbands can be obtained from public Festival entrances and on-site Info points, where the responsible adult and teenager must both be present for collection. 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. Please note that some areas of the site, particularly front-of-stage barriers and late-night areas are unsuitable for children. Wristbands removed from the wrist or tampered with will be rendered invalid and will not be replaced. The Sunday Times Bestseller, Glastonbury 50 is the authorised, behind-the-scenes, inside story of the music festival that has become a true global phenomenon.