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‘We thought hippies would throw mud at us’: Billy Bragg, Kate Nash and other stars on their Glastonbury debuts
Every artist dreams of playing the world’s greatest festival, but what’s it actually like? Artists returning this year, including Fatboy Slim and Self Esteem, look back at their first shows
Keith Allen and [Scottish poet] Jock Scott blagged their way in, pretending to be a Belgian film crew, and sold cans of Red Stripe for 50p. Last year I joined [former Housemartins bandmate] Paul Heaton to reprise Happy Hour and celebrate our good fortune to still be allowed to play at the best festival in the world. It was a muddy year: I remember buying a red poncho, and I did an interview with NME wearing a bright yellow American Apparel hoodie.
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