‘Glastonbury ain’t what it used to be’.
You’ll probably hear this wistful refrain from Glasto veterans this weekend as the young ‘uns go wild for Kanye West.
But they’re not wrong – the legendary festival had some pretty humble beginnings back in 1970.
For starters it was only a quid to get in and you had to write a letter (with an actual pen and paper) to ‘M. Eavis Esq.’ in order to get a spot at Worthy Farm.
You didn’t have the 200,000-strong crowd, BBC TV cameras and hordes of glammed-up celebs flocking to the sacred Somerset fields back then either.
It was a few hundreds hippies in flip flops and some shoddy tents – and most of them didn’t bother wearing clothes at all.
The Guardian produced this cool video delving into the evolution of the world’s most famous festival over the past 45 years.
It’s a shame they’re not still dishing out a free pint of milk with the ticket – but we don’t know how they managed without free WiFi, solar showers and boutique tents in them days.
We’d have loved to see Kanye headlining for the spaced-out crowds back in the 70s. We don’t know who’d have been more freaked out – him or them…
H/T Guardian
