For the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2004, tickets sold out within 24 hours amid much controversy over the ticket ordering process, which left potential festival goers trying for hours to connect to the overloaded telephone and internet sites. The website got two million attempted connections within the first five minutes of the tickets going on sale and an average of 2,500 people on the phone lines every minute.
The festival was not hit by extreme weather, but high winds on the Wednesday delayed entry, and steady rain throughout Saturday turned some areas of the site to mud. The festival ended with Muse headlining the Pyramid Stage on Sunday, after Oasis had headlined on Friday. Franz Ferdinand and Sir Paul McCartney also performed.
Fallow year announcement After the 2004 festival, Michael Eavis commented that 2006 would be a year off – in keeping with the previous history of taking one "fallow year" in every five to give the villagers and surrounding areas a rest from the yearly disruption. This was confirmed after the licence for 2005 was granted.
Drug usage In the British press publications appeared about the use of psychedelic drugs by festival visitors. The magazine NME pronounced that 2004 would be "the third summer of love" due to the resurgence of the "shroom" that was praised as a natural alternative to ecstasy, which was said to be declining in popularity (LSD fuelled the first summer of love in 1967; ecstasy and LSD the second in 1988).
Pyramid stage FridaySaturdaySunday Oasis Kings of Leon PJ Harvey Groove Armada Elbow Nelly Furtado Wilco Bright Eyes Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band Paul McCartney The Black Eyed Peas Starsailor Ben Harper Lostprophets Scissor Sisters Spearhead Sister Sledge Taima Muse Morrissey Supergrass (replaced The Libertines) James Brown Christy Moore Joss Stone Dennis Locorriere English National Opera Glastonbury Town Band ENO Rehearsal
Other stage FridaySaturdaySunday Chemical Brothers Goldfrapp Franz Ferdinand Snow Patrol Badly Drawn Boy (replaced Jet) The Rapture I Am Kloot The Stands Hal (replaced Billy Talent) Kasabian Basement Jaxx Damien Rice The Von Bondies British Sea Power My Morning Jacket Keane Simple Kid 22-20's The Duke Spirit Rilo Kiley The Subways Orbital Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Belle & Sebastian Gomez The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster The Ordinary Boys Divine Comedy The Zutons Razorlight The Choir
Dance tent FridaySaturdaySunday Dave Clarke Kosheen Fergie Chicks on Speed Tim Deluxe Atomic Hooligan Mylo 100% ISIS & Aroma Jockey OD07 The Outlaws Dark Chunk DJ Salty Cakeboy DJ Miss Minty Sister Sledge Fatback Band DJ Diggz Scissor Sisters Soultrain DJs Soul II Soul Soundsystem Soultrain DJs Gwen Dickey's Rose Royce Soultrain DJs Earth Wind For Hire Soultrain DJs DJ Taylor Ozomatli Future World Funk Goldie Lookin' Chain Future World Funk (DJ set) Daara J Future World Funk (DJ set) Ty Stanton Warriors The Loose Cannons DubDadda Skinnyman & DJ Flip DJ Parker Redrama Plan B
New tent FridaySaturdaySunday Spiritualized The Bees Mark Gardener Electrelane Minuteman Chikinki Concretes Grand Transmitter The Walkmen South The Experimental Pop Band Halima Once Under Zero 7 Tim Booth Hope of the States The Killers Chikinki Longview Carina Round Marjorie Fair Dogs Die in Hot Cars Gisli Blackbud Milk Teeth The Others Television stellastarr* Delays The Raveonettes Ian McNabb Buck 65 The Open Ella Guru Gonga The Golden Virgins Fiction Plane Broken Dolls James Blunt
Jazzworld stage FridaySaturdaySunday Michael Franti & Spearhead Ojos De Brujo Lucky Dube Soulive The Magic Band Da Lata Blurt Spree Babyhead Toots & the Maytals Jamie Cullum Joss Stone Antibalas Amp Fiddler Asere The Angel Brothers Quantic Soul Orchestra Mosiamo Roy Ayers Bonnie Raitt Amy Winehouse Mikey Dread Trio Mocotó When Worlds Collide Tinariwen Fernanda Porto Taima
Acoustic stage FridaySaturdaySunday Tindersticks Love with Arthur Lee The Kilfenora Ceili Band Justin Adams & The Wayward Sheiks Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club Taima Lisa Mills Paul Armfield & The Four Good Reasons Hothouse Flowers The Rutles Hot Club of Cowtown The Long Ryders Josh Rouse The Sadies Michael Weston King Bodixa Suzanne Vega Simon Fowler & Oscar Harrison (OCS) John Cooper Clarke Cara Dillon Simple Kid Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club Obi Waking the Witch
Avalon stage FridaySaturdaySunday The Levellers (acoustic) Lamb Jelitara Futa Baghdaddies Moksha Blackbud Tamra Oi Va Voi 1 Giant Leap Slovo Love Grocer Hazel O'Connor Show of Hands Martin Furey Loonaloop Matt Sage Resonators Adrian Sherwood Space Ritual Ging Six By Seven Here & Now Far Cue Blue States The Matzos Astrid Williamson
The Glade ThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday Alucid Nation A Man Called Adam Hybrid Hyper Elite Force Clever Bunny (Live) Tigger David Jack (Live) Bitesize Tom Real Pete Jordan Scratchy High Eight James Gill London Dust Explosion Drunk Soul Brother Freq Nasty (live) Rennie Pilgrem (DJ) Infusion (live) Meat Katie (DJ) Name: (live) Will White (DJ) Future Funk Squad (live) Krafty Kutz Modeliser (live) Nick Warren (DJ) LP (live) Capoeira Twins (DJ) Acarine (live) Flat-E Bonobo Plaid (live / DJ) Squarepusher (live) DJ AFX DJD (DJ) The Egg (live) James Holden DimnD & Juan Thyme (live) Ned Toob (live) Matt Herbert Patthan Clever Bunny (live) XAN System 7 Tristan Eat Static Eskimo Ans Protoculture Hyrophonic James Monroe Hallucinogen in Dub Grantlee
References
External links
BBC at Glastonbury 2004