Editing Glastonbury Festival (section)

=== 1980s ===
[[File:Glastonmud 85.jpg|thumb|The Pyramid Stage in 1985. Due to heavy rainfall, a large area of mud covered this area.]]
The 1980s saw the festival become an annual fixture, barring periodic fallow years. In 1981, Michael Eavis took back sole control of the festival, and it was organised in conjunction with the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] (CND). That year a new Pyramid Stage was constructed from telegraph poles and metal sheeting (repurposed from materials of the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]), a permanent structure which doubled as a hay barn and cowshed during the winter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury CND Festival. 19–21 June 1981 |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/glastonbury-festival-1981.html |publisher=eFestivals |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=11 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211160313/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/glastonbury-festival-1981.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 1980s, the children's area of the festival (which had been organised by Arabella Churchill and others) became the starting point for a new children's charity called [[Children's World (charity)|Children's World]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Arabella R.I.P. |url=http://www.childrensworldcharity.org/arabella_rip.php |publisher=Children's World |access-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064823/http://www.childrensworldcharity.org/arabella_rip.php |archive-date=14 June 2011}}</ref> 1981 was the first year that the festival made profits, and Eavis donated £20,000 of them to CND ({{Inflation|UK|20000|1981|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).<ref>{{cite web |last=Paterson |first=Thomas |title=Glastonbury Festival: Charting a history of inflation |url=http://www.goldmadesimplenews.com/gold/glastonbury-festival-charting-a-history-of-inflation-4379/ |publisher=Gold News |date=24 June 2011 |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629022840/http://www.goldmadesimplenews.com/gold/glastonbury-festival-charting-a-history-of-inflation-4379/ |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=David |title=Far-out man. The Observer profile: Michael Eavis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/19/popandrock.glastonbury2005 |access-date=30 June 2011 |newspaper=The Observer |date=19 June 2005 |location=London |archive-date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305225705/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/19/popandrock.glastonbury2005 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the following years, donations were made to a number of organisations, and since the end of the [[Cold War]] the main beneficiaries have been [[Oxfam]], [[Greenpeace]] and [[WaterAid]], who all contribute towards the festival by providing features and volunteers, who work at the festival in exchange for free entry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stewarding |url=http://www.oxfam.org.uk/Stewarding/what-is/stewarding |publisher=Oxfam |access-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608032511/http://www.oxfam.org.uk/Stewarding/what-is/stewarding |archive-date=8 June 2011}}</ref>

It also saw the first TV coverage, with ITV broadcasting recorded highlights in the weeks after the festival.

Since 1983, large festivals have required licences from local authorities. This led to certain restrictions being placed on the festival, including a crowd limit and specified times during which the stages could operate. The crowd limit was initially set at 30,000 but has grown every year to over 100,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=1980–1989 |url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/glastonbury-festival/biography/1981-2013-1989 |work=Glastonbury Festival |publisher=Icons of England |access-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420033337/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/glastonbury-festival/biography/1981-2013-1989 |archive-date=20 April 2010}}</ref> 1984 saw the stage invaded by fans during [[The Smiths]]' set.<ref>{{cite web |title=Smiths Glasto controversy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20090622_marr.shtml |work=6 Music |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=28 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128053327/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20090622_marr.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury CND Festival 22–24 June 1984 |url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/glastonbury-festival-1984.html |publisher=eFestivals |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629064146/http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/glastonbury-festival-1984.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Weather Report]] played the main stage, and [[Elvis Costello]] headlined the last night for almost three hours.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury Festival Timeline |url=http://negativentropy.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/glastonbury-festival-timeline/ |publisher=Negativenetropy |access-date=29 June 2011 |date=10 January 2011 |archive-date=10 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610080836/http://negativentropy.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/glastonbury-festival-timeline/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1985, the festival grew too large for Worthy Farm, but neighbouring Cockmill Farm was purchased.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury 1985 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/glastonbury/archive/1985/?page=18 |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 June 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303141154/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/glastonbury/archive/1985/?page=18 |url-status=live}}</ref> That year saw a wet festival with considerable rain; Worthy Farm is a dairy farm and what washed down into the low areas was a mixture of mud and liquefied cow dung. This did not prevent festival goers from enjoying the knee-deep slurry in front of the Pyramid Stage.

1989 was the first year that impromptu, unofficial sound systems sprang up around the festival site – a portent of things to come. These sound systems would play loud, electronic acid house music around the clock, with the largest, the Hypnosis sound system, rivalling the volume of some of the official stages and running non-stop throughout the festival.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Charles |title=Vintage photos show what Glastonbury music festival was like in 1989 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/vintage-photos-of-glastonbury-from-1989-2015-6 |website=Business Insider |access-date=6 October 2017 |archive-date=26 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026033037/http://uk.businessinsider.com/vintage-photos-of-glastonbury-from-1989-2015-6#martinez-and-his-friends-were-just-a-few-of-the-65000-people-to-descend-on-worthy-farm-that-summer-1 |url-status=live}}</ref>