Stuart Roy Clarke's scenes from British music festivals

Big Green Gathering
It’s good to see the old ways and traditions being continued… A crowd of dancers get down and dirty in a convenient hole in the Mendips
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Dodging The Mud
Glastonbury Festival
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Espies a Morning in the Comfort of His Troop
Glastonbury Festival
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Four Single Young Men And A Girl Tented Up Top
Reading Festival
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Killing Themselves Laughing
Glastonbury Festival
Revellers creased up with laughter. The caption from the book reads: ‘Five in the morning. Each time they reinvent and announce the joke it gets better’
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Making A Furry in The Sand
Shambala
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Mud-Wrestling Takes Off
Glastonbury Festival
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Phonecall from The Water's Edge
Glastonbury Festival
A man surveys the rising waters surrounding his tent. Not the nicest way to wake up. The organisers had built flood defences by the next festival, in 2007
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Street-Wise Seller Meets University Boys
Reading Festival
An enterprising local accosts punters on their way to the site. He stands a good chance of a sale if the balloon hat seller’s luck is anything to go by…
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The Hot-tubbers Can Afford to Relax
Shambala
Hot tubbers taking it easy down by the lake at Northamptonshire’s Shambala. The site for this year’s festival remains, as ever, a closely guarded secret.
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The Performer Awaits Her Turn Beside The Dressing Room
Green Man
Linda Beecroft of Brooklyn duo Golden Animals waits to go on stage at the Green Man festival at Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, in August 2009
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Two Sharks in the Goldfish Bowl
Glastonbury Festival
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