Quiet Days

I am very grateful that we still have a local record shop in our area because they are becoming a thing of the past. So, on Friday I rushed ...

Chapter 1. 1979, Year of The Child.  As Glastonbury is coming up again soon I thought I'd dust off my old Glastonbury stories. My firs...

Van Morrison will be celebrating his 78 th birthday in a few days’ time, but the Celtic soul brother is showing no sign of slowing down. Va...

In 1990 I went with a friend called Sara from Westbury. It was pouring rain when we got to the station in Westbury. “Oh no, it’s going to...

Van Morrison has appeared on the famous Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury more times than any other artist. Seven times in total and I have se...

Odele & Me backstage. It was Wednesday morning at Glastonbury, the sun was shining, the gates were open, thousands of excited music fans...

Chapter 13. 1995, Never Mind The Bollocks. I will always remember 1995 as the year that I put the bollocks into Glastonbury. I never cl...

Alanis by Anna Barclay. Friday and Saturday proved to be the worst of days and the best of days for me at Glasto 25. I’ll get Friday out of ...

I know it is still only August but I think that Brian Wilson’s concert at Glastonbury Abbey must be a contender for my favourite gig of t...

Chapter 2. 1981, Down by The Pylons. The 1979 festival was a financial disaster unfortunately and after 79 there wasn’t another festival...