Glastonbury Festival
Where does one start when describing Glastonbury? You could spend four whole days there and not see a single musical act on the renowned line-up: such a vast, eclectic place is the festival area. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts. The festival officially beegan the day after Jimi Hendrix died in 1970 and is now not only one of the largest festivals in Europe but also the largest greenfield festival in the world and sees 175,000 people coming through its gates. The five-day festival is held on Michael Eavis’ own farm Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset – with a break implemented every year to let the grass rejuvenate. The festival of Contemporary Performing Arts a.k.a Glastonbury is known for its admirable humanitarian and charitable efforts and in recent years WaterAid, Oxfam and Greenpeace have been its main beneficiaries who also contribute towards the festival by providing features and volunteers. Glastonbury Festival is a beacon of how things should be better, greener, fairer and a lot more peaceful and fun.
Glastonbury Festival Line-Up
ABOVE & BEYOND, ANGEL HAZE, ANNIE MAC, ARCADE FIRE, BLONDIE, BONOBO, BREACH, BRYAN FERRY, CHANCE THE RAPPER, CHLÖE HOWL, CHROMEO, CHVRCHES, CONNAN MOCKASIN, COURTNEY BARNETT, CRAIG CHARLES, CRYSTAL FIGHTERS, DANNY BROWN, DAYTONE SUPER SOUL REVUE, DE LA SOUL, DEXYS, DISCLOSURE, DJ PIERRE, DOLLY PARTON, EATS EVERYTHING, ECHO AND THE EMPRESS, ED SHEERAN, ELBOW, ESG, FOSTER THE PEOPLE, FOUR TET, FRANCOIS, GOLDFRAPP, GORGON CITY, IDRIS ELBA, INTERPOL, JACK WHITE, JAGWAR MA, JAKE BUGG, JAMES BLAKE, JAMIE XX, JOHN GRANT, JOHN NEWMAN, JURASSIC 5, KELIS, KEVORKIAN, KODALINE, LANA DEL REY, LIL LOUIS, LILY ALLEN, LITTLE DRAGON, LONDON GRAMMAR, M.I.A., MANIC STREET PREACHERS, MASSIVE ATTACK, METRONOMY, MGMT, MIDLAKE, MNEK, MOGWAI, MS DYNAMITE, NITIN SAWHNEY, PAOLO NUTINI, PARQUET COURTS, PHOSPHORESCENT, PIXIES, PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING, RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP, RICHIE HAWTIN, ROBERT PLANT, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, ROYAL BLOOD, RUDIMENTAL, SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80, SKRILLEX, STANTON WARRIORS, SUZANNE VEGA, TEMPLES, THE 1975, THE BLACK KEYS, THE RAILING STAINS, THE SUN RA ARKESTRA, THE WAILERS, TINA RIWEN, TOUMANI & SIDIKI DIABATE, TUNE-YARDS, WARPAINT, WOLF ALICE
Glastonbury Festival Info
Date: June 25-29 2014
Location: Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK
Homepage: glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
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