Glastonbury Festival Weekend

Five days of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts. 

But it wasn't like this in the beginning - the very first festival in September 1970, Michael Eavis set up the Pilton Pop, Blues and Folk Festival on his farm, charging £1 to get in. Tyrannosaurus Rex headline the event after the Kinks pull out. Here's a fascinating insight from the BBC in 2015 called 6 surprising facts about the first-ever Glastonbury. Click this link: and enjoy the videos too.
This year's headliners are numerous and the BBC has lots of coverage over the weekend on it's Two and Four channels, during the evening. 
In the autumn of 1970 Tyrannosaurus Rex were on the verge of changing their name and their image. No more sitting on the floor playing wistful acoustic tunes, that I had witnessed in May of that year. Their album 'A Beard of Stars' had been released in March and indicated a move to electrics, epitomized by 'Elemental Child' and this transitional track which bridges the old and the new Marc Bolan. 'Lofty Skies'.