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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Eavis was born in [[Pilton, Somerset]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bandcstaffregister.co.uk/page3334.html |title=Michael Eavis |access-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210181714/http://www.bandcstaffregister.co.uk/page3334.html |archive-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> on 17 October 1935,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Eavis News {{!}} Photos {{!}} Quotes {{!}} Video {{!}} Wiki - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/topic/Michael_Eavis/ |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=UPI |
Eavis was born in [[Pilton, Somerset]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bandcstaffregister.co.uk/page3334.html |title=Michael Eavis |access-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210181714/http://www.bandcstaffregister.co.uk/page3334.html |archive-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> on 17 October 1935,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Eavis News {{!}} Photos {{!}} Quotes {{!}} Video {{!}} Wiki - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/topic/Michael_Eavis/ |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> and grew up at Worthy Farm in the village. His father was a [[Methodist]] [[local preacher]], and his mother a school teacher. Eavis was educated at [[Wells Cathedral School]], followed by the [[Thames Nautical Training College]] in [[Greenhithe, Kent]], after which he joined the [[Union-Castle Line]], part of the [[British Merchant Navy]], as a trainee [[midshipman]]. His plan was to spend twenty years at sea, and return with a pension to help subsidise the income from the family farm. |
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After his father died when Eavis was 19, he inherited the family farm of {{convert|150|acre|ha}} and 60 cows.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/glastonbury2005/story/0,,1509864,00.html|title=Far-out man|last=Smith |first=David|work=The Guardian|date=19 June 2005|access-date=28 June 2008 | location=London}}</ref> He worked at Mendip Colliery at [[Nettlebridge]] or New Rock colliery at [[Stratton-on-the-Fosse]] on the [[Somerset Coalfield]] for a couple of years to help supplement the income from the farm.<ref name=benson>{{cite news|last1=Benson|first1=Richard|title='Why haven't you booked me for the Pyramid stage?': Michael Eavis answers famous festivalgoers' questions|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/22/michael-eavis-glastonbury-questions-jarvis-cocker-john-humphrys-kelis|access-date=23 June 2014|work=The Guardian|date=22 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Norbury|first1=Suzanne|title=Glastonbury Festival's Michael Eavis joins former coal miners in Radstock|url=http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/glastonbury-festival-s-michael-eavis-joins-former-coal-miners-in-radstock-pictures/story-29689606-detail/story.html|access-date=6 September 2016|work=Somerset Live|date=6 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907154644/http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/glastonbury-festival-s-michael-eavis-joins-former-coal-miners-in-radstock-pictures/story-29689606-detail/story.html|archive-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> |
After his father died when Eavis was 19, he inherited the family farm of {{convert|150|acre|ha}} and 60 cows.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/glastonbury2005/story/0,,1509864,00.html|title=Far-out man|last=Smith |first=David|work=The Guardian|date=19 June 2005|access-date=28 June 2008 | location=London}}</ref> He worked at Mendip Colliery at [[Nettlebridge]] or New Rock colliery at [[Stratton-on-the-Fosse]] on the [[Somerset Coalfield]] for a couple of years to help supplement the income from the farm.<ref name=benson>{{cite news|last1=Benson|first1=Richard|title='Why haven't you booked me for the Pyramid stage?': Michael Eavis answers famous festivalgoers' questions|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/22/michael-eavis-glastonbury-questions-jarvis-cocker-john-humphrys-kelis|access-date=23 June 2014|work=The Guardian|date=22 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Norbury|first1=Suzanne|title=Glastonbury Festival's Michael Eavis joins former coal miners in Radstock|url=http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/glastonbury-festival-s-michael-eavis-joins-former-coal-miners-in-radstock-pictures/story-29689606-detail/story.html|access-date=6 September 2016|work=Somerset Live|date=6 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907154644/http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/glastonbury-festival-s-michael-eavis-joins-former-coal-miners-in-radstock-pictures/story-29689606-detail/story.html|archive-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> |
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In 2010, [[Glastonbury Festival 2010|the festival's 40th year]], he appeared on the main stage at the Festival, with headline artist [[Stevie Wonder]], to sing the chorus of the latter's "[[Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)|Happy Birthday]]". |
In 2010, [[Glastonbury Festival 2010|the festival's 40th year]], he appeared on the main stage at the Festival, with headline artist [[Stevie Wonder]], to sing the chorus of the latter's "[[Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)|Happy Birthday]]". |
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At the [[Glastonbury Festival 2016]], at the age of 80, he accompanied [[Coldplay]] on stage in a rendition of "[[My Way]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/27/did-michael-eavis-just-announce-his-retirement-by-singing-frank-sinatras-my-way-at-the-end-of-glastonbury-5968388/|title=People are worried Michael Eavis just retired after singing My Way at Glatonbury|last=Duncan|first=Amy|date=27 June 2016|work=Metro}}</ref> |
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== Political activity == |
== Political activity == |
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Eavis holds honorary degrees from the [[University of Bath]] (Doctor of Arts ''honoris causa'', 2004)<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Eavis – Honorary Graduates – December 2004|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/archive/2004/12/10/hon04-eavis.html|publisher=University of Bath|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> and the [[University of Bristol]] (Master of Arts ''honoris causa'', 2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cms/go/hon-degree/Feb/feb-eavis.html |title=Bristol University | Public and Ceremonial Events Office | Honorary degrees |publisher=University of Bristol |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> In the [[2007 Queen's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) for services to music.<ref name=londgazette /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6758183.stm |title=Rushdie and Eavis lead honours |work=BBC News |date=15 June 2007}}</ref> He was appointed [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2024 New Year Honours]] for services to music and charity.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=64269 |date=30 December 2023 |page=N2 |supp=y }}</ref> |
Eavis holds honorary degrees from the [[University of Bath]] (Doctor of Arts ''honoris causa'', 2004)<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Eavis – Honorary Graduates – December 2004|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/archive/2004/12/10/hon04-eavis.html|publisher=University of Bath|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> and the [[University of Bristol]] (Master of Arts ''honoris causa'', 2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cms/go/hon-degree/Feb/feb-eavis.html |title=Bristol University | Public and Ceremonial Events Office | Honorary degrees |publisher=University of Bristol |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> In the [[2007 Queen's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) for services to music.<ref name=londgazette /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6758183.stm |title=Rushdie and Eavis lead honours |work=BBC News |date=15 June 2007}}</ref> He was appointed [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2024 New Year Honours]] for services to music and charity.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=64269 |date=30 December 2023 |page=N2 |supp=y }}</ref> |
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In 2009 Eavis was nominated by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1894289_1894264,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503144919/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1894289_1894264,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2009|title=Time magazine Eavis Listing|magazine=Time|access-date=11 June 2009 | date=30 April 2009}}</ref> In 2012, he was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from the [[University for the Creative Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2012/july/honorary-degrees-2012|title=UCA – News|access-date=1 August 2014|archive-date=19 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519114152/http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2012/july/honorary-degrees-2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In 2015 |
In 2015 train operator [[First Great Western]] named [[InterCity 125|High Speed Train]] powercar [[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|43026]] ''Michael Eavis''.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/music/glastonbury-41-1224415 Train to Glastonbury named after festival founder Michael Eavis]. ''[[NME]]'', 23 April 2015</ref> After this was withdrawn, [[British Rail Class 802|802013]] was named in April 2019.<ref>Wrong IET set at Castle Cary for Glastonbury event founder naming ''[[The Railway Magazine]]'' issue 1418, May 2019. Page 106</ref> |
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He was awarded the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Town]] of [[Glastonbury]] on 3 May 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis on getting the Freedom of the town |url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2022-05-04/can-i-park-for-free-michael-eavis-on-getting-freedom-of-glastonbury |website=ITV News West Country |access-date=8 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
He was awarded the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Town]] of [[Glastonbury]] on 3 May 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis on getting the Freedom of the town |url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2022-05-04/can-i-park-for-free-michael-eavis-on-getting-freedom-of-glastonbury |website=ITV News West Country |access-date=8 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
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In early 2024 Eavis was knighted at [[Windsor Castle]], by the [[Princess Royal]], for services to music and charity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis to receive knighthood |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n1e89k0ylo |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
Michael Eavis
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Born | Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis (1935-10-17) 17 October 1935 (age 88)
Pilton, Somerset, England, UK
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Children | 5, including Emily Eavis |
Sir Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis CBE[1][2] (born 17 October 1935) is an English dairy farmer and the co-creator of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset.
Eavis was born in Pilton, Somerset[3] on 17 October 1935,[4] and grew up at Worthy Farm in the village. His father was a Methodist local preacher, and his mother a school teacher. Eavis was educated at Wells Cathedral School, followed by the Thames Nautical Training CollegeinGreenhithe, Kent, after which he joined the Union-Castle Line, part of the British Merchant Navy, as a trainee midshipman. His plan was to spend twenty years at sea, and return with a pension to help subsidise the income from the family farm.
After his father died when Eavis was 19, he inherited the family farm of 150 acres (61 ha) and 60 cows.[5] He worked at Mendip Colliery at Nettlebridge or New Rock colliery at Stratton-on-the-Fosse on the Somerset Coalfield for a couple of years to help supplement the income from the farm.[6][7]
Eavis and his first wife Ruth had three children, (Juliet, Rebecca and Jane) but divorced in 1964.[5] He next married Jean Hayball, with whom he had a son Patrick and a daughter Emily. Jean died of cancer in 1999, and Eavis has since married his third wife, Liz.[8] In common with his parents and second wife, Eavis remains a practising Methodist,[9] although he has also stated that he is "not really bothered" about the existence of God.[10]
In 1969, Eavis and his second wife Jean visited the Bath Festival of Blues. Inspired by seeing the performance of Led Zeppelin, Eavis hosted the Pilton Pop Folk & Blues Festival in 1970. The following year a free festival, Glastonbury Fayre was organised by Andrew Kerr and associates, which later developed into the Glastonbury Festival.[11]
In 2010, the festival's 40th year, he appeared on the main stage at the Festival, with headline artist Stevie Wonder, to sing the chorus of the latter's "Happy Birthday".
Eavis has credited a number of influences for his political views, including traditions of nonconformity in his family, as well as his time as a miner, during which he was a member of the National Union of Mineworkers.[6] During the early 1980s he was involved in establishing a local branch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and subsequently agreed to make the Glastonbury Festival a fundraiser for CND, as it was from 1981 to 1987.[12][13]
After recovering from stomach cancer, Eavis stood as a candidate for the Labour Party in the 1997 general electioninWells, polling 10,204 votes.[14] In 2004, however, he suggested that disillusioned Labour voters should switch their vote to the Green Party in protest at the Iraq War,[15] though he returned to supporting the Labour Party in 2010.[16]
In 2005, Eavis was quoted in The Guardian as being a supporter of hunting. "I don't hunt myself, but I support the people who want to hunt. With all that's going on in the world, it was outrageous to ban it."[17] In 2006, he was appointed as President of the Somerset Chamber of commerce and Industry.[18]
In 2011, Eavis was quoted as lamenting the decline in political activity associated with the Glastonbury Festival.[19] He was guest editor of the Western Daily Press newspaper on Glastonbury's 'fallow' weekend, 23 June 2012.[20]
Eavis invited Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to appear at the 2017 festival, introducing the Run the Jewels' set. Eavis supported Corbyn's anti-nuclear and anti-austerity policies, saying "he's got something new and precious, and people are excited about it. He really is the hero of the hour."[21]
Eavis has apportioned profits from his Glastonbury Festival to support charitable causes, including local projects such as the restoration of the Tithe Barn, Pilton.[22][23] In November 2008, during an appearance on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, Eavis stated that the Festival could never lose its licence due to the contribution it makes to the local economy.[24]
In 2009, Eavis starred in a short film to promote Somerset, commissioned by Inward Investment Agency Into Somerset.[25]
Eavis served as vice-president (alongside Rebecca PowMP) of Somerset Wildlife Trust until June 2018: he stepped down following an online petition criticising his support for badger culling. In response to the petition, Eavis claimed that signatories "probably live in Kensington" and had "never seen a badger".[26]
Eavis holds honorary degrees from the University of Bath (Doctor of Arts honoris causa, 2004)[27] and the University of Bristol (Master of Arts honoris causa, 2006).[28] In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to music.[1][29] He was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to music and charity.[30]
In 2009 Eavis was nominated by Time magazine as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world.[31] In 2012, he was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from the University for the Creative Arts.[32]
In 2015 train operator First Great Western named High Speed Train powercar 43026 Michael Eavis.[33] After this was withdrawn, 802013 was named in April 2019.[34]
He was awarded the Freedom of the TownofGlastonbury on 3 May 2022.[35]
In early 2024 Eavis was knighted at Windsor Castle, by the Princess Royal, for services to music and charity.[36]
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