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Glastonbury 2002

The Ring Of Steel

Following a year without a festival, Glastonbury was back in 2002 and boasted new security measures to prevent gatecrashers - namely the £1m 'Ring of Steel', with it's £2m security operation that successfully stopped all non-ticket holders from gaining entry to the event. £97 tickets sold out in weeks and 140,000 festival-goers revelled in glorious sunshine and saw the likes of Stereophonics, Coldplay, Fatboy Slim and The White Stripes perform. Bizarrely, Lost Vagueness in the Green Fields featured a restaurant providing silver service and ballroom dancing.

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  1. Glastonbury 2002 - From Shibusashirazu Orchestra to ColdplayGlastonbury 2002 - From Shibusashirazu Orchestra to Coldplay
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    • 1. At 10:54am on 08 Jun 2010, the doctor wrote:

      Blimey! The new fence has towers and jeeps driving the circumference. Not my favorite lineup but marvelous marvelous sunshine, Caberet, and Lost Vagueness fully develops into a destination. Glastonbury again proves its not just about bands but a festival experience.

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    • 2. At 10:22am on 09 Jun 2010, MollScroll wrote:

      What a year. This was my first Glasto, at the grand old age of 50, midlife crisis. A totally awe inspiring experience. That wonder of your first Glasto can never be recreated or repeated....But I'll keep trying.

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    • 3. At 10:23pm on 20 Jun 2010, Redallover wrote:

      I recall this being the first Glastonbury I watched on television (aged eleven - I bet you're feeling old now, right?), and having been to free festivals in and around Bristol, I got the thirst to attend.

      Eventually I did. Thanks Glasto '02.

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      • The White Stripes
      • Belle and Sebastian
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      • Queens of the Stone Age
      • Rod Stewart
      • Orbital
      • Isaac Hayes
      • Nelly Furtado
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