In 1979, aged 16, I went to Knebworth along with around 200,000 other people to see Led Zep. I enjoyed it and was glad that I went but I learned that I wasn’t that happy being part of a sea of humanity.
The only festivals that I went to subsequently were Paris Jazz in the Bois de Vincennes which I attended every year that I lived in Paris. Much more civilised. 
I used to attend Donington religiously and Reading sporadically early to late 80s. You developed a particular knack for dodging 2 litre bottles of piss as they sailed through the air.
T in the Park mid to late 90s. I have particularly fond memories of The Grid in a tent, and accidentally being RIGHT DOWN THE FRONT for The Prodigy at their absolute belting best. That was quite a thing.
These there are a couple of excellent festivals within walking distance of the house. All hail street food and craft ale.
WOMAD was always my favourite. Just chilled out with great mixes of music and food.
Was a regular attendee at Reading and WOMAD when we lived in Reading in the early 1990s. I also went to Glastonbury a couple of times but never really got into it. The best vibe was at the WOMAD festivals on the Reading Festival site although on a much smaller scale and with a dance focused show in the Rivermead Centre. Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart and the Afro Celt Sound system are particularly fond memories from those WOMAD gigs.
Indeed. Even Van Morrison did a fairly committed set at one of them.
92 was the year they blocked the convoy at Glastonbury. Traditionally Travelers would do the solstice at Stonehenge then make their way down to Pilton (This ended with the Battle of the bean-field a few years prior) Curiously Castle Morton had just happened by this point so all kinds of laws had sprung up. The Convoy ended up in Smetharpe (Devon) and they did their own thing anyway.
What was funny was the Smeatharpe site had previously been used for banger racing, there were loads of burned out crunched up cars around - The press in their summary blamed this on the travelers - Even though the shit had been there weeks before.
Jez Arkless on pfm is very proud of the punchups he had with the police when he was a traveler in the 90’s
Definitely not advocating, some of the travelers I knew were creative and genuine people. The darker edge (Brucru etc) however were some of the most destructive, damaged and dangerous people I’ve come across, living like they were on the other side of the Do Lung bridge.
Misspent youth attempting to get some free love. You guessed it, Mr. MWS failed.
Agree.
Quietly forming my plan for when I win the euromillions.
I will buy up the rights to, and ensure a properly restored 4k release of
Is there anything I’ve missed?
I would also buy enough votes to put Hardware
on the national curriculum. Lemmy, Iggy Pop, that bloke from Fields of the Nephilim, I mean, what more do you want?
On its way apparently.
I have a region 1 DVD that I hand-carried from, uhh, Boston? New York? some time in the 90s or early 00s.
Add the big blue to that list as well 
Hawkwind : Solstice at Stonehenge from 1984 on Sky Arts.
Jesus Christ 
Was he any good?
The encore was a let down.
We’re enjoying Sherwood, a drama loosely based on some strange events that happened in 2004 but which had echoes from the miners’ strike and its lasting effect on people living in the Nottingham area.
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Glastonbury
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We’ll have a dedicated Ultra HD live stream on iPlayer, with presenters guiding you through a mixture of live performances and highlights from the Pyramid stage from Friday to Sunday.
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Coverage starts from Monday 27 June, and the UHD live streams will be available from the iPlayer homepage when they start.
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