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The glowing Pyramid Stage is an instantly recognisable icon of Glastonbury Festival. Inspired by the Giza pyramids in Egypt, its bold and enduring shape, and carefully considered location are testament to the festival founders who created the first pyramid structure on the site back in 1971.
- Pyramid Stage
- First Pyramid Stage – 1971
- Second Pyramid Stage – 1981
- Third Pyramid Stage – 2000
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The Pyramid Stage, is the most instantly recognised festival stage in the world. Rising from the site of a blind spring close to the Glastonbury Abbey/Stonehenge ley line, it is now in its third incarnation.
The first pyramid stage was built in 1971 by theatre designer Bill Harkin and his crew from scaffolding, expanded metal and plastic sheeting. It was believed that a pyramid is a very powerful shape: the apex projects energy upwards while energy from the stars and sun are drawn down. The original Pyramid resembled a diamond transmitting pure vibrati...
In 1981 a permanent structure doubling as a cowshed and animal foodstore during the winter months was built on the same site using redundant telegraph poles and surplus box section iron sheets from the Ministry of Defence. This Pyramid grew to symbolise the magic of Glastonbury Festival. In 1994, shortly before the Festival, it burned to the ground...
In 2000 the phoenix rose from the ashes. Using designs based on the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, Pilton villager Bill Burroughs constructed a Pyramid Stage four times the size of the original. The glittering 30m steel structure now covers 40m x 40m, uses four kilometres of steel tubing and weighs over 40 tonnes. All materials and processes passe...
It would be impossible to put a finger on exactly what makes a Pyramid Stage artist. We’ve had old favourites and controversial surprises, the extraordinarily famous and the up-and-coming, pared down sets and huge theatrics. Whatever the intangible quality that puts a performer on Glastonbury Festival’s most iconic stage, it’s led to quite a line-u...
The Pyramid Stage is the most instantly recognisable festival stage in the world. Rising from the site of a blind spring close to the Glastonbury Abbey/Stonehenge ley line, it is now in its third incarnation.
Mar 12, 2021 · Down on the site, Kerr showed Harkin where he believed the stage should be: on a ley line that he’d found by dowsing the area with a divining rod. He’d also discovered that a straight line that...
Nov 2, 2022 · New evidence suggests the Azores may have been home to an ancient civilisation before the Portuguese arrived. Invisible, mystical 'energy lines' are believed by some to criss-cross England. Bel ...
The Pyramid is Glastonbury’s iconic main stage. Founded in 1971 as a temporary structure, the Pyramid Stage was rebuilt in 1981 and again in 2000, and hosts spectacular headline acts each Festival year.
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Nov 8, 2021 · Andrew dowsed the land to find the perfect spot to build the stage that mimicked the great Egyptian ancient monuments - on a ley line between Glastonbury and Stonehenge.
