08:50Witness HistoryThe First Glastonbury FestivalBBC World Service Duration: 9 minutes Thu 17th Sep 2015, 08:50 on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a yearListen nowWe hear from farmer Michael Eavis, who began the music festival in 1970 Show more GenresNewsFormatsMagazines & ReviewsBrandWitness History Source: BBC Online