Glastonbury Memories: Your festival stories

Your Glastonbury Memories

I have no glastonbury memories to date but will try hard for next time. Missed out BIG time this year. Boyfriend, Mark is there as well as some of my favourite acts. Work is the most I have to look forward to. GUTTED! Hope my man has a fantastic time as I'm there in spirit if nothing else. I'll just count down for Reading
Hayley Ward, Newport land of Goldie lookin' chain

Wobbling around next to the Cider Bus, having a singalong, watching a group of 12 Elvis lookalikes shouting "ZIDER" ad nauseam. Fine and Blurry
Dave Y, Cambridge

So many good memories but the one that stands out as quintessential Glasto was in 2004 The year of wind, rain and sun. My friend Amy and I arrived Wednesday and were setting up the tentage and boy was it hard the wind carried off our gazebo five times and we managed to rip our tent in the process. As seasoned Glasto goers we were prepared for rain, prepared for sun but not for wind as I laughingly pointed out. That night the two of us were wandering the site when a random came running up and gave us a windmill each (the type you get at the seaside to top your castle). Sorted for wind then!!!
Jo, my hearts at Glasto

2003 has to the one for me seeing as it was my 1st and only visit to Glastonbury - unlucky in getting tickets since. I'd never even camped before let alone been to a festival! So it was an exceptional experience for me and the weather was just perfect. I remember watching the sun go down as David Grey was playing on the Friday night. Radiohead were just brilliant on the Saturday night. I remember getting drunk in the Green Fields on Sunday afternoon and missing Keane who I'd wanted to see. Then later watching my boyfriend slowly getting stoned as Moby closed the festival. Even the journey home on the Monday morning was good, listening to Sarah Cox playing back live recordings of the best acts. Last thing I remember was drifting off to sleep as Radioheads 'Karma Police' was playing. Fantastic weekend!
Denice, Fulham

My Glasto memory is when the Preston-based Morrocan immigrant gay rights activist, Christophe Shawks doing a far-out poetry recital in the left-field tent. There was nobody else watching so he shared his cornflake cake with me and my friends. Have a Good Glasto, Shawks, wherever you are.
Dicko Daegu

2002 was my first and best year. It was scorching hot for the entire weekend (it did drizzle a little on Sunday night) and I got sun-burned to hell! I remember the beer that we brought with us was actually hot whilst i was drinking it, despite us storing it under the tent in a vain attempt to keep it cool. The best bits of the weekend were probably chilling in the midday sun listening to the Dandy Warhols (their older stuff is much better) and being very "loved-up" whilst watching Starsailor. It was the best weekend of my life and nothing will ever beat the experience. I wish I was going this year though. Time to get the telly out in the garden i think!
Mike, Blackpool.

the scissor sisters last year were uber gay and I loved every minute
Warren Hunt ,Bartley Green

Meeting the fantastic girl who has since become my wife outside the dance tent. It started with a random conversation and ended up with a wedding! Dancing together to Underworld rocking it on the main stage with the sun going down was also a major highlight of that year. Gutted I can't make it this year but it's a long way to go from Australia - have fun if you're going, I'm very jealous.
Andy Hatch, Sydney

my son stevwn dixon is the unluckiest glastonbury fan in the world, he attended last year 2004 and this year he has a ticket and is camped outside the festival because he has lost his driving licence on the way down today wednesday. he got the tickets for a twenty first birthday present which was on the 20th last monday. the organisers wont let him in, dont they have a heart please try and help steven please please please, his mum nykla
nykla dixon grimsby

My first was in 1982 and the guy on the gate with the legalise pot T-shirt said "don't all pay - that would be un-cool"! It was £13, but there was no fence til '86 anyway. It was mainly muddy due to the wettest Somerset (fri)day in 45 years!, but the following year in '83 was glorious sunshine and, er, 'ET' was all the rage if you know what I mean! Dancing out of our heads on the rooftop of our hired van (they stopped vehicles from entering the campsite in '89) was fab - the world was ours!
Stan The Man (Porth, Rhondda, S. Wales)

I have to great glastonbury memories, the first was spending all of sunday night and monday morning at the stone circle watching the sun rise. With all the people and the noise of bongos I can only describe it as a once in a lifetime experience. The second would be when a small mouse kept crawling up my leg and I thought it was a tarantular or something. I felt sorry for that mouse as we've invaded its home, and dont worry it did live to tell the tale.
joe, middlesbrough

my main memory must be sampling the awesome brothers cider bar on the friday in 2002 getting slightly tipsey as one does and deciding to go for and catch the now legendary coldplay set on the pyrmaid stage .unfortunatly i bumped in to the tequila lady on the way i just managed to see half the of the first song then fell asleep only to wake to see the band leaving the stage to raptious applause
ben bradford

my best was when the cure in 1990 same time as the would cup robert smith came out ant told us the score when england were playing
shawn watson kettering

1993, on the shoulders of my boyfriend, friday night , the levellers headlining, arms up in the air, shivvers down my spine.il never forget that moment.
caroline, dorset.

just all the random missions over the last 3 years im gutted im not going this year :( best and funniest memory has to be 2003 sat nite passing out in the hari krishna tent n waking up to discover my friend-also worse for wear had nicked a tshirt from a stall thinking it was 1) hers 2) had been stolen from her tent 3)washed 4)ironed and 5) on sale in the space of a few hours-at glastonbury!! brilliant! haha!
peach bristol

I've been 7 times my first was at one year old cant remember much but since then my love 4 music has grown along with my love 4 glasto. My best memory is when th world cup was on, we took a telly (along with th normal 3porta loos, 3campin fridges, r own campin shower, sofas n armchairs... we live a life of luxury there!) it felt like the whole of the field gathered 2 watch it. Amazing.
Sami. Banbury

one of the best memmories of glastonbury is when paul mcartny played last year (hey jude) and everyone walked off singing it, it was the best feeling ive ever had
daryl,manchester

Glasto 2004. big group of us sitting at the stone circle being attacked by the infamous Lola (who got her bazoomas out) and her Caveman pimp. ohh and going round all weekend doing Biker Grove impressions..."Geoffman..im blind" I love Glastonbury see you tomorow!
Ginger Nat, Nottingham

98 the a year of Mud and Rain camped in front of the Pyramid stage. Behind us were a group of 15 or so Welsh people all huddled under a plastic tarpaulin, they never moved, they drunk strong white cider and they never slept. They did however get so annoyed with the smoke from our ineffectual fire one of them was sent down to us to sort us out, with the help of a large knife and unintelligable Welsh cursing he soon had us organised and split into teams to go hunting for proper wood and had our fire burning merrily within 20 minutes or so before retiring back to the huddle under the tarpaulin.
Joe, Birmingham

The first time I went to Glastonbury is my best Glastonbury memory. Three very dear friends and I had just passed our degrees and we decided to go to Glastonbury to celebrate. My daughter also came with us and one of my friends daughter. It was my first time there. We arrived in the dark. What joy I had when I awoke in the daylight and wandered around. Glasto is full of weird and wonderful happenings. I found it to be a place of peace and a total chill time. Each year I have gone has been special. This year will be my 4th Glastonbury I went every year after that first time. To those who have never been before - enjoy - whatever the weather!
Ann Warke, Keighley

Hello All, I have many fond memories, but the best feeling is on arival. Once you have walked through the turnstyle.. life stops & life begins. See you all there. :0)
dw. brighton

99. When the sewage tanker helped suck up the mud from the dance tent. However the guy selected teh wrong lever. Ooops.
Jimmy, Preston

After experiencing the big crush of 2000 then experiencing the chilled out haven of 2002. The closest feeling in modern times to the true beginnings of Glastonbury. Music in a field with a lot of cool people.
Vic, Maidenhead

Being able to get a ticket a week before, with no hassle at all. That is one of my best memories, and it not being a yearly national event, but somewhere you'd go if you were a bit leftfield and alternative. Now it's far too safe, expensive and sanitized, that it's become like an outdoor version of The Proms. A victim of it's own success I guess. Still other highlights were The Beastie Boys, Orbital, Jeff Buckley and Johnny Cash.
KB, Essex

2004 - monday afternoon - whilst trying to come to terms with the concept of leaving utopia for another year, myself and my mates noticed 3 people walking up the hill to our camp..... i was pretty certain that i recognised one of them having recently 'collected' some camping chairs from around the place, we had a few spare and we invited them to sit down around what was left of our fire. one of our new freinds (the one i recognised) piped up and told us that he would require some props if he was to continue his mission . ??ok???? ....... well there you go ... so ... off he went with his buddies and came back with a huge array of plastic toys ranging from a bucket and spade to a kids fireman hat .... along with various other curiosities. he sat down and proceeded to resite a beutifull and bewildering story about the earth, space , love and time.. fully intergrating the newly found props into the equation. it was only when they had gone some half an hour later that it clicked .... the guy i thought I recognised was RON TREE ... the one time frontman of the legends that are HAWKWIND. nice...!!
Gee - Nottingham

2004 was my first time at Glastonbury. Me and some friends were fortunate enough to get tickets for after our A levels, as we knew it'd be the last time together before going our seperate ways to uni. There were so many good memories. I'll never forget the 'break dancer' (you know who you are), the 'organic apples' we tried to flog at 3am and skinny dipping into a muddy lake!(what was that all about!?) For all my mates - Jenny, Rachel, Clive, Sam, Dunc, Peagreen, Nat, I miss you all!! Just look at our crazy photos and remember the DSML years - hehehe!! Have a wicked summer!
Sarah. Devon

Has to be 2003 stood at the other stage watching doves close the festival. My friend was leaning on me after the band had finsished I said wow what a set etc..... My friend fell flat on his face. YUP he had been asleep on my shoulder for nearly the whole set stood up. GaZZa
Gary Grimsby Green GAzebo UK

one memory from last year was when i was watching supergrass on the sunday and it rained for about 10 mins then when the sun came out and formed a rainbow the whole crowed just pointed at it and cheered becasue of it
gezzer, brighton

sobering up to radioheads karma police in 2003, which just happened to be the last song of the night, i'd love to know what happened to the rest of the day
Bob/wigan

Being at my first glatonbury last year and getting on stage with belle and sebastian on the other stage, pure magic! cant wait til wednesday!!!!!
Russ Morris, fishguard

I work at the festival and have heard many 'stories' from blaggers trying to get in! from 'my girlfriend is pregnant and about to give birth inside' to 'my dog has just run inside the festival, can I go and get him?'. All in all the whole feel and atmosphere of Glasto from me is one of happiness, sharing and the ocassional 'love'. Everyone has a good time and their is a real sense of community! If you are going this year, don't forget your ticket, ID and wellies!!!!
Rob, Somerset

Thank you for your Glasto coverage Aunty Beeb, thankfully I won't be needing it this year ! As for memories the mud of 97 will always stay with me (must wash these jeans), particuarly for my friend Carl who still boasts for turning up with 27p !!! having an absolute ball and going home with 2p ! Pride may be a strange bedfellow but having the time of your life and not needing money to do it in this day and age highlights the magic of Glastonbury. 10 years on from my first I'll be at the stone circles whooping with delight at the sun. Thank you Michael... I met you and you wife in 97 and was taken by your humility. My generation, the previous one and the next one owe you... a weekend we aspire to every weekend
Asa, Essex

In 1999 My 40th birthday coincided with my eldest daughter Kellys 16th, we were regular concert goers,and decided to take the plunge and go to Glastonbury{tickets were oh so easy to buy!}.We spent the weekend just two buddies having the time of our lives,felt really close. In 2000 joined by Mum,Jen, and youngest daughter,Sophie 15,the rest is history. After home its the best place in the world PS Andy from Norfolk is spot on about the Levellers 2005,we've seen them five times but that was the best.
Andy T, Hertford

There's nothing quite like a glastonbury sunset. The best one was watching Death In Vegas on the Other stage in 2000. It was a gloomy evening but as the song "Dirge" climaxed the clouds parted and the stage was illuminated with the setting sun - orange, gold, purple...beautiful!
Kelly, Herts

Saturday Night, '95 'til 2000 (when it's been on)! Every year myself and some of the Pilton Massive (locals bless 'em) stone circle, stimulating, er, conversation. Sunday morning no ill effects! The magic of the festy!!!
d Bristol

i remember after oasis last year our group of mates all got split up and it wasn't until the saturaday morning we found everyone, one mate said he was up in the cinema field a bowt 4 in the morning and all he remembers was having a staring out contest with a tree!!!! and funnily enough the tree won!! too much cider i say!!!
Mark, Bristol

Radiowaves - the online network of schools radio stations - will be in the Kidz field this year. If you're at Glastonbury with young people bring them along to the Kidz Field to take part in the Radiowaves Roadshow, record their Glastonbury stories, interview the stars (of some description!) and have a right Radiowaves laugh with the Nearly Live Show.
Radiowaves @ Glasto

We set out on the Thursday afternoon at 5pm, a motley crew of individuals all stocked up with booze and drugs. We were all first-timers and didn't it show, our lift up turfed us out 5 miles from the site and what followed was a comedy of errors involving the transportation of 3 tents ten cases of cider and perceived short cuts. We were put outof our misery by the owner of a flat back jeep who for a £1 each piled us all on the back and took us to the main gate, driving through all manner of fields in the process. We bought wristbands for £20 off some dodgy mancs and we were in, we had the bright idea of pitching our tent next to the tap and the toilets, sheer genius that and the friday morning was spent pulling the tent down and hightailing it over to the main stage where we settled, right next to a bunch of thieving scousers who freaked us out by going out into the crowd and robbing flaked out festivalgoers. This was accompanied by unforgettable performances by the manics, inspirals, the levellers to name but a few.Plus we met mani from the roses in the crowd and he was scrounging skins off us, tight or what?
Gary, Cardiff

I remember sitting in beautiful sunshine at the stone circle whilst my friend went on and on about wanting a coconut; this seemed fairly ridiculus but he would INSIST that he needed one - we all chuckled at his virgin like desparation until he sat, looked mildly perplexed then stood, still looking mildy perplexed then exclaimed "YESSSSS!!!" whilst charging extatically down the hill after a random coconut that just happened to roll by! (there are no coconut trees in Glastonbury)
Will - bristol

As seasoned Glasto goers we had a plan! Meet everyone else behind the Pyramid sound desk on evry odd hour(1,3,5,etc). After turning up until 1.am and not meeting any of the group I got bored and gave up. Woke up next morning to find that the space in front of my tent had been transformed into a circle of tents and a fire in the middle, which was quite a nice feeling to be counted into the circle. When my eyes finally focused i noticed someone sitting outside one of the tents "Sue, is that you?", "How u doin Paul! Oh my God!". Can you believe it 120,000 people and my mates end up camping right next to me!!!! Freaky.
Paul, Perth

For me 1998 was the special one, as my shoes kept coming away in the sludge, and coming back to my tent to find it was sinking within the mud.I'll be back this year for the tenth time!!!
Andrew Smyth/East Grinstead

Last year after a night of no sleep, walking back to my tent just after sunrise to see everyone who was still up/just getting up looking at the sky. The source of interest was an incredibly clear rainbow which seemed to originate from the stone circle!
Erik

The levellers last year on the friday night at the avalon stage,id never seen them live and they blew me away 2005 will be my 5th glasto see you all there
Andy /Norfolk

One Glasto memory that instantly comes to mind that is our mate Doggles coming back to the tent with his trousers soaking wet where he was so wasted he stood in front of the urinal and wet himself as he was so wasted he forgot he had to get his manhood out to pee. Another is when a confused J (who I hasten to add had not partaken in any psychedelic drugs) pointed out during one evening at the stone circle; "There's a monkey on stilts over there.... oh no there isn't!", only to be laughed at as that's about the ONLY thing Glastonbury didn't have, and is about the only place in the world you might expect to see such a mad spectacle! Yes, Glasto has a beach too if you can find it in the green fields; with artificial surround sea noises, so if you sit chilling having a conversation on it in late evening you forget you're at Glasto for a minute! I must stop now as I've already had to edit this comment as it's "too long" and I could go on forever ... like about the worried looking tree Klive and I giggled at for ages...
PJ Dolphin (A Glastafarian), Southampton

My funniest memory of Glastonbury (2004)was on the Saturday night. Myself, my three brothers and two of his friends had managed to get tickets (amazing!). On the Saturday night two of my brothers had gone to the cinema tent to watch a film after the bands had finished. They both ended up falling asleep there but, when my younger brother woke up there was no sign of my older brother just a pair of waterproof boots which he thought was a bit strange but thought he wouldn't be daft enough to leave his boots especially with the rain and mud. He just decided to return to his tent and get some more kip. (sensible) About an hour or two later we were all woken up with the sound of my older brother ranting that he had been fleeced! of course he was also annoyed that his brother had left him! He had spent quite a bit of time trying to scale a very muddy bank in his socks! As it turned out he must have done a bit of sleepwalking and woken up somewhere completely different in the cinema tent thus not seeing his boots. Of course the next day there were apologies on my older brother's part and needless to say we had a damn good laugh about it!
Jane. Colwyn Bay, North Wales

One of my best memories is , apart from watching people fall over our guy ropes, is just sitting with my mates in the sun drinking. Awesome...........Go visit the comedy stage if you can is a nice change from following bands around all day..Laughing is good!
ian Northants

Too many really - but 2003 we were sat at the top of the hill by the pyramid stage and I could see this guy running up towards us - he just kept coming coming and coming until he eventually reached us out of puff, arm outstretched with a little plastic cup. "Do you want some suncream" he puffed - at that point I turned and looked at my boyfriend who was red raw - I'd been too wrapped up in the music to notice! That's the gerat thing about glasto - people will quite literally move heaven and earth to help you out ............. and if that guy reads this board - cheers, and for everyone else - don't forget your SPF
JONO, Sheffield

2004 was the year i really thought i was'nt going to make my pilgrimage to glastonbury, but all through the weeks to the event i held the faith i would get a ticket. Anyway i decided if i was not going to go to glast then id go to penzance for a long weekend. I went to visit a friend, and on the journey down i got this feeling something quite special would happen. On the saturday night went to a club where in the dance room this fine young lady took a liking to me and started to chat to me! Through the night we hit it off and she invited me back to her lovely farm, where we talked about stuff we loved to do, and of course Glastonbury came up! "STOP" i said "dont talk to me about glastonbury,tickets are gold dust this year!" at which she turned to me and replied "I've got a spare ticket would you like it?" With a incredulous gulp I said "ERH YEAH how much do you want for it?" "Nothing I get them free every year!!" To which I asked with a frown" How do you get free tickets out here in the middle of nowhere?" She looked with eyes wide " Oh my next door neighbour is Michael Eavis eldest daughter!" ENOUGH SAID!!!
Vito Guildford

being there year after year but thats just memories or wos it just a dream. could never get a ticket!
ian atherton wirral

One of my fondest memories is going up to the stone circle on the Thursday evening one year to watch the sun set. The weather was amazing and there loads of people on the hill with drums and didgeridoos all playing together being led by one guy who had a snare drum slung over his shoulder. I remember the ground shaking like a sort of funked up earthquake.. and then this half naked guy climbed up on one of the stones with clutching a trumpet. Once he had his balance he started playing When The Saints Go Marching In at full tilt. Everyone fell about laughing and then promptly appaluded and cheered at the top of their lungs. Wicked!
James, Colchester