Eavis at 90: 'The festival is what's keeping me going'
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PA Media Michael Eavis founded Glastonbury festival in 1970
As he turns 90, the founder of Glastonbury Festival says he is feeling "very well" and has credited the event for "keeping him going". Michael Eavis put on the first Pilton Pop, Folk and Blues Festival in 1970 with his late wife Jean. He was a struggling dairy farmer and said at the time he hoped it would "clear his overdraft".
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