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GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 1994
JUNE 24, 25 & 26th

Interesting, very interesting, as BARRY DAVIES might say.

Not the ace French side of MICHEL PLATINI, but the group, ST. ETIENNE, made the first impression - babacious blonde and backing singers, and the old ethereal vocals. MADDER ROSE were lively.

The cutting off of the music and switches to the edible KATIE PUCKRICK and those dead-funny Yorkie ERICS was irritating, but they have personalities we could all buy.

Friday night saw a rousing set by THE LEVELLERS, and so to bed.

Saturday a'noon saw a disappointing set by RIDE, but a vibrantly entertaining one by BUFFALO TOM.

Later caught a glimpse of ORBITAL, who did me eyes in. PAUL WELLER I also caught - sort of hippie music. Missed ELVIS COSTELLO and BJORK - don't know how... and everyone said how good ELVIS was - it's always the way.

Sunday was THE day. Lovely little acoustic set by REG “rubber neck” PRESLEY, and his TROGG Friends - "Wild Thing" and "Love Is All Around". REG had his crop circle T-shirt on, a cause he supports. Groovy acoustic set by Female duo POOKA.

CHUMBAWAMBA had a resplendent ALICE NUTTER in boxing gear, looking genuinely menacing, and the old drawler, JOHNNY CASH, was on around this time - later to spill the beans to JOHNNIE WALKER about the beast within him. What a great guy JOHNNY always seems. He's still got it, even if the voice is croakier than ever.

Missed BLUR and INSPIRAL CARPETS, but caught PULP. Loved all the babes on their guys shoulders singing along here. Understanding blokes, they were only surrogate boyfriends! Best “newish” band at the festival. The JAMES frontman did strange things with his loudhailer, and JAH WOBBLE brought a UNITED NATIONS touch. SPIRUTALIZED - mind blowing as always.

KEITH ALLEN did a balloon dance, and caught a glimpse of THE TREE SPIRIT stall, and campaigners to save SOLSBURY HILL. Lots of ethnic stuff on sale. Lots of wood carving, rain pipes.

Still think MICHAEL HOWARD should have been there - tied to a pole and made to listen to SENSER. The spirit of freedom is the thing about GLASTONBURY, the gentle people creeps like HOWARD want to crush.

This article originally appeared in a 1994 issue of Peace & Freedom - Volume 10, Number 1. Thanks to Andy 'Poseidon' Bruce for retrieving this archive! - P.R.

Glastonbury Anthems - The Best Of Glastonbury 1994 To 2004

DVD Description
Tracklisting: 1.Franz Ferdinand Matinee 2004 2.Travis Driftwood 2000 3.Faithless We Come 1 2002 4.Manic Street Preachers A Design For Life 1999 5.Moby Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? 2000 6.Robbie Williams Angels 1998 7.Supergrass Pumping On Your Stereo 2003 8.Ash Shining Light 2002 9.Levellers One Way 1994 10.Primal Scream Rocks 2003 11.Elastica Connection 1995 12.The Chemical Brothers Hey Boy Hey Girl 2000 13.Basement Jaxx Good Luck 2004 14.Coldplay Yellow 2002 15.Fun Lovin' Criminals Scooby Snacks 1999 16.Prodigy Breathe 1997 17.Blur This Is A Low 1994 18.Placebo The Crawl 1998 19.Radiohead Karma Police 1997 20. Paul McCartney Hey Jude 2004

Synopsis
The tracklist includes: 'Blur - 'This Is A Low', Levellers - 'One Way', Robbie Williams - 'Angels', Paul McCartney - 'Hey Jude', Travis - 'Driftwood', Coldplay - 'Yellow', Supergrass - 'Pumping On Your Stereo' and Placebo - 'The Crawl'. Twenty tracks in total.

Glastonbury - 2 Disc

DVD Description
In 1970, a young farmer named Michael Eavis opened his 150-acre farm to 1,500 people for the weekend who paid one pound each to watch a handful of pop and folk stars perform...and the Glastonbury Festival was born. Julien Temple, (The Filth and the Fury), has spent the past few years collecting footage from every single Glastonbury Festival, interweaving images of the people, the spectacles and the legendary music performances, and capturing the unbridled energy of each successive generation of youthful music fans. Glastonbury skilfully chronicles, and lets you experience, the evolution of the longest-running music festival in the world.

Special Features
SPECIAL FEATURES Disc 1: Interactive shuffle track feature: re-edit the film to create your own festival Commentary by Julien Temple (Director) and Jarvis Cocker

Disc 2: Uncut Tracks: 10 full performances from: Foo Fighters, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Goldfrapp, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, Nick Cave, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, R.E.M, The White Stripes Interviews with: Michael Eavis, Festival Founder Celebrities including: James Brown, Coldplay, Noel Gallagher, The Dandy Warhols, Moby, John Peel, Festival Goers Deleted sequences: Glastonbury Ceremony, The Stone Circle Freeing The Spirit: Glastonbury 1999 Featurette

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