In 1970, a young farmer named Michael Eavis opened his 150-acre farm to
1,500 people who paid one pound each to watch a handful of pop and folk
stars perform all weekend long, and the Glastonbury Festival
was born. And for most of the past 30 years, the Worthy Farm in
Glastonbury has provided a delirious outdoor concert for thousands of
people. Julien Temple
(director of the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury), has
spent the past few years collecting footage from every single Glastonbury Festival
ranging from professional outtakes to amateur home videos collected
from attendees themselves, often retrieved from forgotten corners of
closets and attics. Interweaving images of sceptical locals and
stirring performances by music legends, not to mention the unbridled
energy of each successive generation of youthful music fans, Glastonbury skilfully chronicles the evolution of the longest-running music festival in the world.
Directed by Julien Temple
Special Features:
64 page book
2 CDs
Shuffle track feature enables viewers to substitute in alternative performances/bands throughout the duration of the film
12 extra live performances including: Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, White Stripes, Beck, The Killers, Goldfrapp, Oasis, Paul McCartney, REM, Nick Cave and Radiohead 20 minutes of celebrity interviews from the likes of Coldplay, Noel Gallagher John Peel, James Brown and The Dandy Warhols