Glastonbury 1997

Friday June 27th - Saturday June 28th - Sunday June 29th

Not only was this my first Glasto it was also my first ever music festival and was I in for a baptism of fire or what? Arriving there on Thursday morning we picked our camp site pretty quickly and managed to pitch our tents in a dry spell before it began to rain. After that we huddled in out tents as it was so cold, I havn`t felt that cold ever and this was with all my cloths on and putting on my sleeping bag. After a few hours we dared to go outside and check out the Glasto site. The first impression was how huge it was, we knew we would be in for a lot of walking over the weekend. Our site was relatively mud free but the rest of the site was a mud bath and was so thick in places you had to wade through. The first few days were not too bad as it was still fluid but later on as it started to dry it became stickier and harder to lift your feet out of. I swear that when I got back home my leg muscles were twice as big!

The main headliners Radiohead were amazing, I was completely spell bound by their whole performance. Before they came on we had to endure the awful Ocean Colour Scene and to bide the time we had a peanut fight! Then one of my friends noticed how one of their new songs sounded like one of their old ones (ha, no surprise there!) so we sung the irritating chorus of that song to this one to annoy all the OCS fans around us although one of them thought it was hilarious!

Of the other bands I enjoyed Gorky`s Zygotic Mynci [For review and photos click here], Super Furry Animals, Placebo, Geneva, Symposium (mud fight special!). Bands that were disappointing Smashing Pumpkins. And bands that were shite OCS & Prodigy.

Highlight - Gorky`s playing Blood Chant.

Lowlight - Second stage sinking in the mud which meant that all the early bands on Friday couldn`t play and so this meant I missed Kenickie.