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A photograph taken during the day at Glastonbury Festival. The image shows a group of festival goers walking across a grassy field. In the foreground of the image are two young women; the women to the left is wearing a cream coloured crop top, blue jean shorts, black wellington boots and holds a beverage can in her right hand with a green jacket draped over her right arm. She is wearing sunglasses and has long brown hair. To her right, the second woman is wearing a cowboy hat, a blue tshirt, blue jean shorts and black wellington boots. She has a brown bag around her right shoulder and has her arm up, waving towards the camera. Behind the two women, groups of people are walking and sitting in the grass. In the background there are large letter signs that spell out GLASTONBURY in rainbow colours.

Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2013

The Rolling Stones made their first ever Glastonbury appearance, playing to a record crowd. The Stones' performance was accompanied by a fire-breathing phoenix sculpture – made by artist Joe Rush – that sat perched atop the Pyramid Stage

Statistics

  • 89*
    performances

* Catalogued so far.

Performances

Gallery

  • A photograph taken at night at Glastonbury festival. It depicts the Pyramid stage taken from a distance. The stage is lit up with red and orange lights. The Rolling Stones are performing on the stage. On either side of te stage are large screens showing Mick Jagger singing into a microphone. The very apex of the Pyramid Stage is glowing. In front of the stage is a very large crowd of people.
    Photography by Barry Lewis
  • A photograph taken during the day at Glastonbury Festival. The image shows a group of festival goers walking across a grassy field. In the foreground of the image are two young women; the women to the left is wearing a cream coloured crop top, blue jean shorts, black wellington boots and holds a beverage can in her right hand with a green jacket draped over her right arm. She is wearing sunglasses and has long brown hair. To her right, the second woman is wearing a cowboy hat, a blue tshirt, blue jean shorts and black wellington boots. She has a brown bag around her right shoulder and has her arm up, waving towards the camera. Behind the two women, groups of people are walking and sitting in the grass. In the background there are large letter signs that spell out GLASTONBURY in rainbow colours.
    Photography by Barry Lewis

Resources

  • Glastonbury 2013 poster. Line up, Arctic Monkeys, Rolling Stones, Mumford and Sons. Rainbow diamond border. Light yellow background with pyramid in the middle.
    Glastonbury 2013 poster. Line up, Arctic Monkeys, Rolling Stones, Mumford and Sons. Rainbow diamond border. Light yellow background with pyramid in the middle.