Glastonbury, a festival held at Worthy Farm in England, has become Europe's largest such gathering for music fans. Its five-day run ended Sunday, after entertaining nearly 175,000 fans. Heavy rain and mud greeted the attendees, who paid 195 pounds (about $310) for a basic ticket compared to the 1 pound when the show began in 1970. The next festival will take place in 2013. - Lloyd Young (35 photos total)
Festival-goers dance to Jarvis Cocker and his band Pulp as the sunsets during the third day of the Glastonbury Festival June 25, 2011.
This year's festival featured headline acts U2, Coldplay and Beyonce. Now in its fifth decade, the event has grown from a humble gathering of 1,500 people on Michael Eavis's Worthy dairy farm in 1970, each paying 1 pound and receiving free milk, to a giant five-day celebration of music costing 195 pounds for a basic ticket. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images))
A young boy is sprayed with cold water to cool down during the last day of the Glastonbury Festival June 26. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 pound to attend, has grown into Europe's largest music festival attracting more than 175,000 people over five days. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of The Black Eagles, an acrobatic show, limbos beneath a flaming bar in the Circus Big Top at the Glastonbury Festival June 25. Now in its fifth decade, the event has grown from a humble gathering of 1,500 people on Michael Eavis's Worthy dairy farm in 1970, each paying one pound and receiving free milk, to a giant 5 day celebration of music costing 195 pounds for a basic ticket. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)
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