10 iconic Glastonbury moments

In 2008, there was a lot of pre-match hype steeped upon Jay Z’s debut at the festival. Sure, it was a complete curveball from Eavis and co. to go with a hip hop headliner, the first in Glastonbury’s history, but his inclusion was made all the more interesting when Oasis’ Noel Gallagher slammed Jay Z before he even stepped on stage. “I’m not having hip hop at Glastonbury. It’s wrong,” he said.

And that was it, the spark was lit for what was to come. It wasn’t until Jay Z strolled onto the Pyramid Stage with a guitar wrapped around his shoulder did we realise that the pioneering rapper meant business. As soon as the chords to ‘Wonderwall’ fizzed around the stage, it was “gametime” as Zane Lowe described it. Jay Z sang along with the verse and chorus while the crowd backed him wholeheartedly. Sure his singing wasn’t great, in fact it was pretty weak, but it didn’t matter, it was a statement and after he’d won people over, he launched into ‘99 Problems’. Game. Over. Jay Z’s performance on the Pyramid has gone down as one of the greatest of all time. Try not look back in anger, Noel. Funster

In 2011, three years on from her hubby Jay Z’s headline slot on the Pyramid Stage, it was the turn of Queen B herself to show everyone how to perform a show. Beyoncé bossed the Pyramid Stage and she did it with love, happiness and a whole lot of sass. In a masterstroke move from Eavis and co., Bey was able to reel off every notable song in her discography. Opener ‘Crazy In Love’ was a retina-dazzling kick to the face, bringing out Tricky was a bit weird, but the Destiny’s Child Megamix? Wow, that was just too much. Anyone who was around in '90s to appreciate how epic Destiny’s Child were jumping for joy as B played all the bangers. 'Survivor', 'Independent Women' and 'Bootylicious' sent everyone in attendance wild and we’re not sure even Jay Z’s Oasis crowd-pleaser could have topped this. Funster

Every year, hundreds of tents, wellies and other festival essentials are left behind by Glasto-goers. Usually the boots find a new home at the festival's recycling centre, but 2015 - Glasto's 45th anniversary - saw them leave the country and go to Calais in France, where thousands of migrants were living in a camp dubbed 'the jungle'. More than 500 pairs of boots were transported alongside 2,000 brand new rain ponchos and first aid kits. Think about where your gear could go before chucking it away this year. DT

The Sonic Stage, located in Silver Hayes, celebrated its third birthday last year, dedicating the Friday to a whole host of grime and UK rap acts, a first for the festival. Dubbed 'Grime Day', the bill included the likes of Stormzy, Section Boyz and Nadia Rose, before headliner Kano rounded things off. With grime and rap still very much doing bits this year, Sonic's Friday will welcome the likes of AJ Tracey, 67 and Sian Anderson (pictured). We were there for a few acts last year and we had a right good time. You should try it. DT

Whether you’ve been to Glastonbury or not, there’s one thing that everyone knows about the festival and it’s not the music. It’s the mud, that fucking mud. It’s the difference between an enjoyable time and if you’ve all seen the pictures, you'll know how savage it looks. People diving in pools of thick gloopy hell, revellers dragging suitcases through bogs and 80 per cent of attendees genuinely trying not to fall over. 2016 took the piss, though, and Michael Eavis said that “in all 46 years, it hasn’t been as bad as this”. The rain fell and fell for weeks before the festival and, although there wasn’t a huge amount of rainfall during the event, the damage was well and truly done. It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t clean but who gave a damn? No one. It’s Glasto, baby.