On June 27th, in Somerset, England, the world's largest open-air music festival, the 38th Glastonbury Music Festival, slowly kicked off!

In 1970, the inaugural Glastonbury Festival lasted for two days with just 1,500 fans.

And the following year, the number of fans increased dramatically, reaching 12,000.

The organizers, the farmer, Michael Ives, began selling a small number of tickets and erected the iconic gold tower-shaped stage with scaffolding.

In the 70s, the theme of the Glastonbury Festival was dominated by hippie culture, and in the 80s, it absorbed a wider range of cultural connotations and swelled in scale.

Glastonbury, in the early 90s, experienced a brief period of chaos and violence, but in its more than 30-year history, it has always been in a positive and enthusiastic state, and its unique musical atmosphere has won the love of rock fans.

However, the Glastonbury Festival, which has been in existence for almost 40 years, ran into real trouble when it was in its 38th edition in 2008.

It is a tradition of Glastonbury to choose a guitar-rock band as the opening card of the festival.

However, this year, the organizers chose American rapper Jay-Z as the opening card of the festival.

After this decision was announced, it was immediately criticized by many parties.

Not only that, but the most desperate thing for the organizers was that in the month before the festival began, ticket sales were very dismal, and tens of thousands of tickets were still unsold, and until the opening day of the festival on the 27th, there were nearly 1,000 tickets left, without an owner.

Ticket sales are the lifeblood of music festivals.

After all, if you can't sell tickets, it means that there are no audiences.

Without an audience, there is no income and no influence, which means that it is very difficult for the festival to continue.

There are not many big-name artists who want to come to a music festival without influence...

The reason why Glastonbury Festival does not sell out tickets is largely due to the arrival of the economic crisis.

The United Kingdom, under the economic crisis, has begun to show signs of economic decline.

Against the backdrop of a sluggish economy, Britons are more willing to save their money for a rainy day than to go to a show that is not about life or death.

Another reason is the competition from competitors.

Glastonbury is the most famous music festival in the UK, but it's not the only option for audiences.

For example, the "two-in-one" Reading Leeds Festival, which also has a long history and is co-organised, has quickly become a music festival that threatens the hegemony of Glastonbury and the British music festival.

The diversion of the festival to the "Glastonbury Festival" will inevitably reduce the influence of the Glastonbury Festival.

However, none of this has anything to do with Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

You must know that the three-day Glastonbury Music Festival has more than 100,000 spectators!

With such a scale event, it is already a great honor for THE SUN to be able to participate in it, as for music saving energy and not making money, what does it matter to them?

They just come and sing a song and enjoy the atmosphere of the European and American music festivals...

It wasn't until they arrived at Glastonbury that they realized they were just one of hundreds of singers.

Moreover, it may also be the most obscure group of singers among the hundreds of invited singers, and the SUN trio have no pressure at all.

This is the UK, not Japan.

In Japan, THE SUN is a popular national band, and every move is followed by the media and the public.

And in the strange country of England, they are just nobodies.

No one knows them, no media paparazzi will chase and intercept them, and no one will be as crazy as Japanese female fans, screaming when they see the three of them, and then desperately surround them

In two words, it is "freedom"

All three of them enjoyed this brief moment of freedom.

However, the three of them have not forgotten the purpose of their trip, which is to use the platform of Glastonbury to promote the name THE SUN to the world for the first time!

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"Bang Bang!"

The entire Worthy farm burst into thunderous applause.

And this applause is just for Pete Doherty, who has just finished singing "Albion" on the stage.

Even Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was standing backstage and preparing to take the stage, applauded Pete Doherty.

"The soul of The Libertines ... Ogawa really couldn't help but sigh.

Former core of The Libertines at Glastonbury Music Festival for the first time, Pete Doherty, is the "former" core of The Libertines, known as "Britain's greatest rock band today".

Because of a conflict with the other core, Carl Balart, which led to a falling out between the two soul figures, The Libertines was disbanded.

However, if Pete Doherty, who often gets into trouble, stops and performs well, he is still the most talented singer!

Ogawa is really a big fan of The Libertines, and it's a pity for The Libertines' explanation.

And this time, it was a great surprise to be able to see Pete Doherty's performance at the festival, not to mention, Pete Doherty also revealed his apologies to his former teammate Carl Balart.

"In other words, is there a possibility that The Libertines will be reorganized?" Chiba Masaki had also heard the songs of this band, and he also knew something about the disbandment turmoil that year.

"If it's true, that's fine ... Ogawa muttered.

Syllable!

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto patted him gently, and Shin Ogawa, who was contemplating, said, "It's our turn!"

"Oh!"

Shin Ogawa, who came back to his senses, was just about to take the stage when he was pulled by Kiyoshi Sakamoto.

Just when Ogawa turned his head suspiciously, he saw that Sakamoto Kiyoshi stretched out his palm downwards and smiled.

"You seem to have forgotten something?"

The first to react was Masaki Chiba.

Stacking his palms on Kiyoshi Sakamoto's hands, Chiba Masaki also looked at Ogawa Shin with a smile.

If you can't remember, then Ogawa really shouldn't.

AFTER ALL, THIS IS THE SUN TRADITION ...

"Oh! I almost forgot... ”

Ogawa quickly folded his hands and looked at the two of them with a slight apology.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

"Come on!!"

All three hands were raised into the air at the same time.

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"Next, let's welcome the first new generation of rock band from Asia, THE SUN !!"

Under the slightly surprised introduction of the host, the three SUN came to the stage and began to tune in.

Most of the audience who heard the host's introduction were confused.

In addition to the well-known orchestras performing on the big stage surrounded by tens of thousands of spectators, there are also countless small stages around, countless unnamed orchestras with different styles performing a variety of different music, inviting passers-by to join in the dance.

The stage where the three SUN are located is not the "pyramid" stage of the main stage, but it is also a second-level large stage, and it should be about 20,000 people based on the number of audiences in the audience.

At this time, the 20,000 people were all looking at the three young people on the stage with puzzled expressions, and they were preparing for the performance.

Under the stage, many audiences began to ask their friends.

In the crowd, a couple began to chat about the unnamed band.

"Kane, do you know this band?"

"Uh... I don't know, what's it called?"

“THE SUN？”

"Well, listen to the host, it's a rock band from Asia?"

"It seems to be ... ”

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20,000 people, even if each person speaks a word softly, it will cause a lot of noise, not to mention a heated discussion?

There was a commotion off the stage, and for such an unknown band, audiences from all over the world did not buy it.

Some questioning voices synthesized into waves of swept sounds, rushing towards the three of them!

However, even this did not affect the three people on stage.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto calmly stood in front of the shaking wheat and nodded his head slightly to Chiba Masaki behind him.

Chiba Masaki, who received the signal, also nodded, raised his hand holding the drum stick, and signaled that it was ready.

"Everyone, next, please enjoy, "e Are Young"!"

After shouting loudly at the shaking microphone, Kiyoshi Sakamoto stretched out his right hand and waved it down!

This action was like a starting pistol for a track and field competition, and suddenly, the drum stick held high in Chiba Masaki's hand slammed into the drum kit in front of him.

A "dong dong" drum accompaniment, abruptly and continuously, appeared.

The prelude to the song "e Are Young" can be said to be very catchy, as if there is a magic that makes people want to stop and listen intently when they listen to it.

Sure enough, as soon as the prelude sounded, the entire audience immediately stopped discussing and pricked up their ears.

Everyone's eyes converged on the stage.

In the final analysis, the audience in the audience will come to participate in this annual music event just to enjoy the music.

Since the intro is good, let's listen quietly!

At this moment, the 20,000 spectators around this stage are all thinking like this...

On the stage, in order to make the whole song more complete, Kiyoshi Sakamoto specially borrowed a senior keyboardist from the music festival to play the piano accompaniment part of the song.

In this way, except for the harmonic part without female voices, the whole song "e Are Young" is closer to the original song.

Eight beats later, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's magnetic voice, accompanied by the sound of piano and drums, reached the ears of everyone present through the microphone.

“Give me a second I'”

“I need to get my story straight”

“My friends are in the bathroom”

“getting higher than the Empire State”

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The eloquent songs made all the audience present fascinated.

At this time, there was only one question left in everyone's hearts.

That is, "Who the hell are they?!"