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Ahead of Glastonbury 2025, listen to Worthy Farm's own Michael Eavis choose the soundtrack to his life in this classic episode of Desert Island Discs.
It's more than 30 years since he launched the Glastonbury Festival at his dairy farm in Somerset. Back in 1970, the headline act was Marc Bolan. His fee for appearing was just £500 and party-goers were given all the milk that the farm's herd of Friesians produced.
Over the years Michael risked losing his farm in order to fund the festival, faced years when the event was mired in mud and was criticised for booking a hip-hop act to top this year's bill. But, he says, he always felt compelled to keep the Glastonbury Festival going and now it attracts 180,000 people each year and brings millions of pounds into the local economy.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley
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Ahead of Glastonbury 2025, listen to Worthy Farm's own Michael Eavis choose the soundtrack to his life in this classic episode of Desert Island Discs.
It's more than 30 years since he launched the Glastonbury Festival at his dairy farm in Somerset. Back in 1970, the headline act was Marc Bolan. His fee for appearing was just £500 and party-goers were given all the milk that the farm's herd of Friesians produced.
Over the years Michael risked losing his farm in order to fund the festival, faced years when the event was mired in mud and was criticised for booking a hip-hop act to top this year's bill. But, he says, he always felt compelled to keep the Glastonbury Festival going and now it attracts 180,000 people each year and brings millions of pounds into the local economy.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley
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