Glastonbury Analysis

Glastonbury Festival, was created in 1970, on the 19th September. This was the first year that Glastonbury ran and had a £1 entry fee. At this time, new crews were interested in the festival, but it wasn't until 1994 when it became a major feature of UK Television.

The festival in 1994 was broadcast live on Channel 4. On the Saturday night of the 1994 festival there was a shooting incident involving five people but no one was badly hurt. Although there was the first death in the Festivals history when a young man was found dead from a drugs overdose.

BBC Choice (now known as BBC Three) ran 6 hour long specials from 1994, 95, 97, 98, 99 and 2000. Glastonbury has had a number of media partners, you could watch or listen to BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 4, playlouder.com and also HTV. Since 2002 Glastonbury has been licensed to be aired outside of the UK in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and 9 other countries. 2002 was Glastonbury's busiest year so far with approximately 140,000.

Highlights from the festival have been shown internationally by NBDTV which have had a huge impact on the festivals fame. This year Glastonbury has been at its most populated with 175,000 attending, and it also made history with the first female headliner in quarter of a century.