Improved drainage and organisation made for the safest ever festival and a 'Greener Glastonbury' saw 32% of waste recycled. 150,000 people spent £112 to watch Sir Paul McCartney, Muse, James Brown and Scissor Sisters, while an estimated 65,000 people saw England's European Championship game on the big screen. A 70 foot tall structure called the 'Leftfield Tower' was unveiled and the Unsigned Performers Competition enabled new acts to compete for a place on the Other Stage line up.
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Is the poll a joke? Morrissey put on one of the worst performances I have ever seen at a festival in 2004, looking completely disinterested, coming on late and finishing his set early. Yet Muse came on afterwards and gave the performance of their lives which rocketed them up to being considered the UK's greatest live band.
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Joke poll indeed, McCartney played a blinder and has been ignored. Even NME hailed his performance.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/glastonbury2004/performers/mccartney.shtml
http://www.nme.com/reviews/glastonbury/7445
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Matter of opinion all of it. Morrissey was fun..we danced. Macca was..we went somewhere else. James Brown was the best.
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I went determined not to enjoy Macca but hands up I agree with Heilanjam that he played a blinder.
This was my first Glasto, thanks to my daughter's influence. I found it life enhancing, and have been going ever since.
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Supergrass were awesome, they played Sun Hits The Sky just as the rain stopped... Orbital's gig that night was also cool, although they did say it was their last gig ever which doesn't appear to be true looking at this years line up.
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Paul McCartney was truly excellent and should be in the top 10 ever. Oasis and Kings of Leon were disappointing on Friday night
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Arthur Lee from Love in the Acoustic tent was my highlight. He kept on complaining that he wasn't on the Pyramid Stage, as he was in 2003, in between melodic psychedelica.
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I loved Moz in 2004, thought it couldn't get any better and then Muse came on. The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up now just thinking about it. That was some show.
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My first festival of any kind. It was magic!
Muse were mind-blowing. Morrissey seemed a bit unhappy to be there, truth be told. Damien Rice was also very good (with the segue into Radiohead's 'Creep' at the end of 'Blower's Daughter').
Thursday and Friday were blazing sunshine. Saturday brought the rain (and plenty of naked mud-covered people).
Drank the greatest smoothie I've ever had sometime on Sunday... sweet relief after days of beer and burgers.
I remember being woken up by the sound of James Brown on-stage. Bless him. Sheer genius, but most lyrics were substituted for him yelling his own name. Still legendary!
Watching it on telly tonight makes me wish I was there again right now. Next year, next year...
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