Glastonbury 2014 A Festival Review 撰文及考題設計 英國文化協會 Jack Falconer
當紅的魁北克搖 滾樂團拱廊之火 在音樂節中熱力 四射的演出。 （歐新社）
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n Somerset in the west of England between the
million litres. Thankfully for farm owner Michael Ea-
country villages of Pilton and Pylle lies a farm.
vis there is no shortage of volunteers happy to work in
Most of the year the quiet fields are indistinguishable
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return for free entry, transport and food.
from the surrounding area, but for one week in late
With dozens of stages and hundreds of artists over
June 175,000 music fans descend on Worthy Farm and
the weekend festival goers are spoiled for choice, with
the small local villages to revel at the world’s largest
cinema, theatre, dance, circus, cabaret, comedy, but
greenfield music festival – Glastonbury.
above all live music. The main stage alone has 250
Thousands of workers are needed to transform the
speakers. People of all ages lucky enough to get a
farm into a temporary five day 24 hour city of tents,
10,000NTD ticket brave the summer rain and mud to
stages, entertainment, food and shopping. There are
camp in tents for up to five days in the campsites that
more than 4,000 toilets and water supplies of over two
surround the myriad of stages and performances.
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