I remember reading an article about the history of the festival and it said that 1992 was the key year that the dance crowd came to glastonbury en masse and at the time the traveller community and hippies were still very much the backbone, they accepted the ravers with open arms (and apparently open bags, as the MDMA was said to have been very well received) and from there on out they were as much a part of the fabric of the place as any of the old timers.
That's what they also said about Liam and Squire playing Glastonbury this year, and the hundreds of other wind up tweets he's done.
You only need to see the trail of tweets from that night really.
i used to be a resident of Bristol, i was placed in my current accommodation (just outside of Bristol) by Bristol council, my bus pass and blue badge both issued by Bristol have just expired, i cant renew them cos i don't live in Bristol, i have to apply new to south glouc council - but cos I've moved i don't have the documentation they want with my new address on it, its maddening that Bristol put me here and then stop helping. 😞
It’s arguable that the UK counterculture has had at least as big an effect on the development of the festival as the festival has had on the UK counterculture, if not bigger.
Examples being the 80’s traveller scene and the late 80’s/early 90’s rave scene. Remember Michael Eavis was adamant that there would never be “dance music” at Glastonbury. The SE corner, Arcadia and Silver Hayes wouldn’t exist without the two.
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