Glastonbury Festival 1997
| Glastonbury Festival 1997 | |
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| Location(s) | Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England |
| Previous event | Glastonbury Festival 1995 |
| Next event | Glastonbury Festival 1998 |
Glastonbury Festival of Contempory Performing Arts returned in 1997 after 1996's fallow year. The attendance was 90,000 and tickets cost £75 including official programme.[1]
This time there was major sponsorship from The Guardian and the BBC, who had taken over televising the event from Channel 4. This was also the year of the mud,[2] with the site suffering severe rainfalls which turned the entire site into a muddy bog.[3] However, those who stayed for the festival were treated to many memorable performances, including Radiohead's headlining Pyramid Stage set on the Saturday which is said to be one of the greatest ever Glastonbury performances.[4] The live recording of "Paranoid Android" from this performance, as well as others such as "The Day Before Yesterday's Man" by The Supernaturals, were released on a BBC CD entitled Mud For It.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/history/history-1997/
- ^ "The Glastonbury Years". BBC. 15 June 2004. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ "Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts '97". eFestivals. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
- ^ "Radiohead live at Glastonbury 1997". The line of best fit. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ "Glastonbury Live' 97: Mud For It: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon UK. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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