Phun City
Phun City was a rock festival that took place from July 24 to July 26, 1970 in Ecclesden Common near Worthing on the south coast of England .
The festival was organized by underground activist Mick Farren . Entry was free, there was no limit to the festival site. This was not initially planned, but when the funding failed, Farren asked the already booked bands to perform for free. Most of them accepted. Among the bands that didn't appear in the end was Free .
Performing bands and artists included MC5 , The Pretty Things , Kevin Ayers , Steve Took's Shagrat , The Edgar Broughton Band , Mungo Jerry , Mighty Baby and the Pink Fairies , all of whom stripped off their clothes during their performance. The Beat Generation poet put William S. Burroughs also occurred.
Headlining MC5's performance was released on CD in 1996, 26 years after the event .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MC5: Phun City, UK on Allmusic (English)
- ↑ MC5: Phun City, UK on Discogs (English)