Books / local history
Glastonbury Festival Myths & Legends
A new book published next week by Tangent Books in the Paintworks details some of the Glastonbury Festival’s best stories, from a prosthetic leg being found in a slurry tank to the ticketless punter so desperate to get into the festival that he hired a small plane and parachuted into the site.
Glastonbury Festival Myths & Legends is a book that doesn’t take long to read – I finished my preview copy on a train between Cheltenham and Bristol – and will be ideal for a toilet book; indeed some of the best tales recounted are about the festival’s infamous facilities.
Author Marc Leverton is a seasoned Glastonbury Festival goer, whose previous books include Banksy Myths & Legends.
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Each story recounted by Leverton, some taller than others, is illustrated by an image from professional photographers as well as amateurs.
One of the professionals is Bristol-based Paul Norris, who recently rediscovered his photo collection in the attic, among which were two previously unseen images of The Smiths performing at Glastonbury in 1984 which feature in the book.
Glastonbury Festival Myths and Legends will be published on April 22.
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