Glastonbury 50
the official celebration of the world’s greatest festival
$113.27
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2019
Summary
Glastonbury: 50 Years of Music, Mud, and Magic
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, lig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409183938 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409183939 |
| Author: | Emily Eavis, Michael Eavis |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Trapeze |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.78kg |
| Dimensions: | 292mm x 246mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
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
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. - WomanIn 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 MagazineAbout The Author
Emily Eavis
Born in Somerset in 1935, Michael Eavis worked as a Midshipman in the Merchant Navy and as a miner before becoming a farmer. He is a lifelong Methodist.
Emily Eavis grew up and still lives at Worthy Farm, where Glastonbury Festival is held each year.
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