Blondie Glastonbury 1999

[Nutella Versace]

I watched the Blondie set from 1999 on BBC 2 last night. While it states that they performed on the Pyramid stage, the crowd & field looks like the Pyramid stage, everything looks like it’s the Pyramid stage apart from…. The stage, which is distinctly un-pyramid like. Images of REM headlining are definitely on the Pyramid stage so does anybody know what happened with Blondie’s stage? I’m curious. 

Edited November 19, 2023 by Nutella Versace

[CaledonianGonzo]

There wasn't a Pyramid stage for most of the 1990s cos it burned down in like 1994 or something.

The current Pyramid only arrived in Y2K.

[oneeye]

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/areas/pyramid-stage/#:~:text=This Pyramid grew to symbolise,it burned to the ground. 

[Nutella Versace]

Aha! It all makes sense. That’ll teach me for trusting that a googled image is what it says it is. 

[fingers_mark]

When was the R.E.M. set from? They headlined in 2003, too - which had the Pyramid set up.

[incident]

The one thing to add to that article is that 1999 was the first year that the field adopted the current layout.

Previously the stage was located approximately where the joint charities stand now is, and more directly facing the farmhouse. So that's why footage up until 1998 looks a bit more unfamiliar.

[Neil]

36 minutes ago, Nutella Versace said:

I watched the Blondie set from 1999 on BBC 2 last night. While it states that they performed on the Pyramid stage, the crowd & field looks like the Pyramid stage, everything looks like it’s the Pyramid stage apart from…. The stage, which is distinctly un-pyramid like. Images of REM headlining are definitely on the Pyramid stage so does anybody know what happened with Blondie’s stage? I’m curious. 

the old pyramid stage burned down shortly before the 1999 festival so they had to use a normal rental stage. the festival then commissioned the design and build of the current pyramid stage.

[Gnomicide]

The new one was built in 2000.

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/00/000328a.shtml

[-TLR-]

it was deffo the pyramid stage as i listened to them from the comfort of the flush toilets that used to be at the top of the pyramid field (next to the massive sh*t pit).

[gooner1990]

19 hours ago, incident said:

The one thing to add to that article is that 1999 was the first year that the field adopted the current layout.

Previously the stage was located approximately where the joint charities stand now is, and more directly facing the farmhouse. So that's why footage up until 1998 looks a bit more unfamiliar.

Never knew that!