Kirsty
Young's castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is Michael Eavis. It's more
than 30 years since he launched the Glastonbury Festival at his dairy farm in
Somerset. Back in 1970, the headline act was Marc Bolan. His fee for appearing
was just £500 and party-goers were given all the milk that the farm's herd of
Friesians produced.
Over the
years Michael risked losing his farm in order to fund the festival, faced years
when the event was mired in mud and was criticised for booking a hip-hop act to
top this year's bill. But, he says, he always felt compelled to keep the
Glastonbury Festival going and now it attracts 180,000 people each year and
brings millions of pounds into the local economy.
[Taken from
the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island
Discs]
Music Played-
Marc
Bolan-Children of the revolution
Pee Wee
Hunt-Twelfth street rag
Elvis
Presley-How great thou art
Grateful
Dead-Uncle John’s band
Bob Dylan-I threw
it all away
The
Smiths-Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before
The Stone
Roses-Waterfall
Coldplay-The
scientist
Captured
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