<P> The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pilton Pop , Blues & Folk Festival , mounted by Michael Eavis on Saturday 19 September 1970 , and attended by 1,500 people . The original headline acts were The Kinks and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders but these acts were replaced at short notice by Tyrannosaurus Rex , later known as T. Rex . Tickets were £ 1 . Other billed acts of note were Quintessence , Stackridge , and Al Stewart . </P>
<P> The first festival at Worthy Farm was the Pilton Pop , Blues & Folk Festival , mounted by Michael Eavis on Saturday 19 September 1970 , and attended by 1,500 people . The original headline acts were The Kinks and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders but these acts were replaced at short notice by Tyrannosaurus Rex , later known as T. Rex . Tickets were £ 1 . Other billed acts of note were Quintessence , Stackridge , and Al Stewart . </P>
who headlined the first ever glastonbury festival in 1970
who headlined the first ever glastonbury festival in 1970
T. Rex
T. Rex