Glastonbury Festival 1999

Glastonbury Festival 1999
Location(s)	Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
Previous event	Glastonbury Festival 1998
Next event	Glastonbury Festival 2000

Another hot dry year was recorded for the Glastonbury Festival 1999, much to the relief of organisers and festival goers. The festival was again overcrowded due to fence-jumpers, but this would not prove to be a major problem until the following year, when an additional 100,000 people gatecrashed the site, increasing the attendance to an estimated 250,000 people total. ^[1]

The 1999 festival is also remembered for the Manic Street Preachers requesting and being given their own backstage toilets; however, it was revealed by the band that this was a joke – the "reserved" sign on the toilet was not at the authorisation of the management. ^[2]

Michael Stipe, lead singer of the band 'R.E.M.', performing on the Pyramid Stage during the 1999 Glastonbury Festival.

All live B-Side tracks from REM's "The Great Beyond" were recorded on June 25, 1999, at the Glastonbury Festival: "Man on the Moon" (live at Glastonbury); ^{[3] [4] [5]} "The One I Love" (live at Glastonbury); "Everybody Hurts" (live at Glastonbury).

Pyramid stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
R.E.M. Beautiful South Hole Bush Blondie Barenaked Ladies Björn Again	Manic Street Preachers Underworld Texas Ash Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Beth Orton Eliza Carthy Billy Bragg Younger Younger 28s	Skunk Anansie Fun Lovin' Criminals Lenny Kravitz The Corrs Al Green Yothu Yindi Delirious? London Community Gospel Choir

(Björn Again moved up the bill to replace Ian Dury & The Blockheads, who cancelled their appearance due to illness)

Other stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Kula Shaker Gomez Pavement Wilco dEUS Gay Dad Heather Nova Queens of the Stone Age Everlast Moke Doves	Paul Oakenfold Cast Super Furry Animals The Cardigans Travis The Creatures Hurricane #1 Straw Mishka Fungus Witness	Mogwai Mercury Rev Tindersticks Feeder The Delgados Dogstar Electrasy Snowpony Dr Didg Toploader Glastonbury Town Band

Lineup also included:

• Coldplay (New Tent)
• Doves (New Tent)
• David Gray (New Tent)
• Merz (New Tent)

References

1. Chivers, Tom (14 June 2010). "Glastonbury 2010: disasters and mishaps at Worthy Farm". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
2. Gibbons, Fiachra (24 July 1999). "Red rockers wage battle of Portaloo". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
3. The Great Beyond (US CD single liner notes). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 2000. 9 16888-2.
4. The Great Beyond (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 1999. 7-16888.
5. The Great Beyond (US cassette single sleeve). R.E.M. Warner Bros. Records, Jersey Records. 1999. 9 16888-4.

External links

• BBC at Glastonbury 1999