Glastonbury Festival: Oasis, Pulp And A Post-Take That Robbie Williams - This Is What Glasto Looked Like In 1995 (PICS)

This Is What Glastonbury Looked Like In 1995
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In the 45 years since the Eavis family held their first Glastonbury, the festival has played host to pretty much everyone who’s anyone in the music business.

What started out as a small event, has now transformed into one of the world’s biggest and most famous weekends.

Plenty of pop culture’s greatest icons have at some point made their way across the festival’s hallowed fields, so we’re casting our eyes back at years gone by, starting with 1995.

In the mid-nineties, Britpop was in full swing, Oasis and Blur were about to do battle in the charts, and the latter's frontman was still in a relationship with Elastica's Justine Frischmann.

It was officially cool to be British and while Take That fans were still mourning Robbie's departure, a new, edgier crowd were taking over.

So what did that mean for Glasto? Here's what the festival looked like in 1995...

Glastonbury 1995 Listicle
Glastonbury was officially 25 years old(01 of19)
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80,000 revellers attended the festival's anniversary celebrations. (credit:Mick Hutson via Getty Images)
It was the golden age of Britpop...(02 of19)
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In three months time, Oasis and Blur would go head-to-head in the most-talked about chart battle ever. (credit:Peter Still via Getty Images)
...And Justine Frischmann was its undisputed Queen(03 of19)
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While the blokes were busy fighting among themselves, the 3/4 female band Elastica were trumping them both. Their self-titled album became the fastest-selling British debut and Justine and her bandmates also cracked the notoriously difficult US market. (credit:All Action/EMPICS Entertainment)
Tickets cost £65. (04 of19)
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This is one of the most 1995 crowd shots you'll ever see. (credit:Mick Hutson via Getty Images)
There was no Pyramid Stage(05 of19)
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The second Pyramid burnt down in 1994, and until 2000, organisers made do with a plain, old dome stage. (credit:Mick Hutson via Getty Images)
John Peel was there (06 of19)
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Nine years later, when the DJ died, the Eavis family named a stage in his honour. (credit:Martyn Goodacre via Getty Images)
Tricky performed(07 of19)
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Sixteen years later, he had the nation asking "WTF?" when he joined Beyoncé on stage during her headline set. (credit:Sue Moore/EMPICS Entertainment)
Look how fresh-faced Weezer's Rivers Cuomo was (08 of19)
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The Stone Roses pulled out at the last minute... (09 of19)
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....And Jarvis Cocker's Pulp stepped in.(10 of19)
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The single 'Common People' was released just a month before Glasto, and Pulp's 'Different Class' album was yet to be released. (credit:Mick Hutson via Getty Images)
Jeff Buckley performed(11 of19)
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The singer died at the age of 30 just two years later. His cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' was one of his biggest hits and is often found on lists including Rolling Stones' Best Songs Of All-Time. (credit:Mick Hutson via Getty Images)
The dance stage was introduced(12 of19)
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Massive Attack, Carl Cox and Eat Static graced the stage during its inaugural year. (credit:Andre Csillag/REX)
Sinead O'Connor was rocking a seriously '90s look (13 of19)
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'Nothing Compares To U' was 5 years old and Sinead's career was in full swing. (credit:Mick Hutson via Getty Images)
Robbie Williams had a fab weekend with the Gallaghers(14 of19)
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After quitting Take That in early 1995, the Robster let his (peroxide blond) hair down at Worthy Farm. (credit:EMPICS Entertainment)
Seriously, he had a great time (15 of19)
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The Cure headlined(16 of19)
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Their amp sticker refers to the French president at the time, Jacques Chirac. (credit:Peter Still via Getty Images)
Stone Circle was already the place to be (17 of19)
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Stones? Check. Sunshine? Check. T-shirts? Umm... (credit:Mick Hutson via Getty Images)
Shangri La DID NOT EXIST(18 of19)
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Can you imagine a world without the festival's South-West Corner? The late night area wasn't added until 2008. (credit:Mick Hutson via Getty Images)
Michael Eavis looked the same as he does now(19 of19)
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We're looking into whether or not he is actually immune to the effects of ageing. (credit:Martyn Goodacre via Getty Images)