who headlined the first ever glastonbury festival in 1970
Glastonbury Festival The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival, mounted by Michael Eavis on Saturday 19 September 1970, and attended by 1,500 people. The original headline acts were The Kinks and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders but these acts were replaced at short notice by Tyrannosaurus Rex, later known as T. Rex. Tickets were Â£1. Other billed acts of note were Quintessence, Stackridge, and Al Stewart.[6][7]
The Stones in the Park The Stones in the Park generally refers to a free outdoor festival held in Hyde Park on 5 July 1969, headlined by The Rolling Stones and featuring Third Ear Band, King Crimson, Screw, Alexis Korner's New Church, Family and The Battered Ornaments,[1] in front of a crowd estimated at between 250,000[1] and 500,000 fans.[3][4][5]