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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK IN THE TIMES: ''Captivating''
A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR: ''In-depth and inspiring''
''Beautifully compiled ... the perfect festival experience'' SUNDAY TIMES
Glastonbury 50 is the authorised, behind-the-scenes, inside story of the music festival that has become a true global phenomenon.
The story begins in 1970. The day after Jimi Hendrix''s death... dairy farmer Michael Eavis invites revellers to his field in Somerset to attend a ''Pop, Folk & Blues'' festival. Tickets are 1 each, enticing more than a thousand customers with the promise of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment - as well as free milk from his own Worthy Farm cows.
Fast forward through five tumultuous decades and the Eavis''s vision now encompasses a gigantic ''city in the fields'', with a total annual population nearing a quarter of a mil
Trade Review
A must-have for festival fans. * Woman & Home *
With exclusive interviews, never-before-seen photos and lots of insight from big names, including Adele, Dolly Parton and Noel Gallagher, this is a must for any music fan. * Woman *
In this beautifully compiled history, Eavis and his daughter Emily trace Glastonbury's remarkable 50-year evolution, alongside testimony from performers and a fabulous trove of photographs. Blessedly mud-free, it's the perfect festival experience. * The Sunday Times (Culture) *
... Emily Eavis's childhood recollections, and photographs documenting how it went from a mellow hippy love-in with free milk in 2971 to a crusty nightmare in the early Nineties to a fully functioning pop-up city it is today, are captivating. * The Times (Saturday Review) *
Michael Eavis and his daughter Emily prove typically welcoming guides as Glastonbury 50 unravels the history, the book's scrapbook approach mixing personal stories and classic photography with colourful reminiscences from the likes of Chris Martin, Ed Chemical, Noel Gallagher and Banksy. * Q Magazine *
