Our Glastonbury memories

Johnny Marr recalls the music, others the good times. But for all, there's no festival quite like GlastonburyJohnny Marr46, the SmithsWhen the Smiths played Glastonbury in 1984, we were slightly out of our element. Previously, we'd always played to manic, devoted audiences who were more like supporters at a cup final, but at Glastonbury we were playing to people who largely hadn't seen us before. It wasn't like when Jay-Z played, but we were very "urban" compared to the other acts. Our songs we...

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