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The first Glastonbury Festival took place in 1970 and was organised by Michael Eavis, who still runs the festival now on his farm in Somerset in the south-west of England. Michael charged people just £1 to enter, and the ticket included free milk from the farm. Only 1,500 people attended on that occasion, but this number has grown since then. In 2011, there were approximately 100 times more people in the crowd and tickets, which cost £195 each, sold out within 4 hours. The festival takes place almost every year in the last weekend of June and lasts for three days.
Although it is best known for contemporary music, Glastonbury (or ‘Glasto’ as it is often called) is host to other performing arts such as dance, comedy and theatre.
Countless famous British musicians have played at the festival, including Sir Paul McCartney, Oasis and Coldplay, however the festival also attracts international interest, and has seen headline acts in recent years such as the likes of Beyonce Knowles, Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z.
The festival is well-known for being extremely muddy, and on many occasions, most notably in 1997, heavy rainfall turned the whole festival site into a quagmire.
Because of the high demand for tickets, the festival has also been famous for ‘fence-jumpers’. In 2000, when only 100,000 tickets were sold, about 250,000 people attended the event – many of whom jumped over the surrounding fence to enter the festival. Security increased in 2002 and a ‘superfence’ was created to prevent people from entering without a ticket.
The festival supports Fair Trade and has made substantial contributions to charity over the years. In 2003, over a million pounds was donated to such organizations as Greenpeace, Oxfam and Water Aid.
* quagmire - a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it
*muddy - mixture of earth and water
About 1500 people attend the festival every year.
True b) False c) Not stated
The festival takes place the last 3 days of June.
True b) False c) Not stated
The number of people attended the festival is usually more than the tickets sold.
True b) False c) Not stated
Security make people without tickets go away from the festival.
True b) False c) Not stated
The festival donates money to charity.
a) True b) False c) Not stated
