Tom Dunne: Paul McCartney and my four other Glastonbury highlights  

Of course I knew Macca would be great, but my first trip to Glastonbury also provided a few welcome surprises 

Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen on stage at Glastonbury. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

I had left it late. I am younger than Paul McCartney but older than many of his best albums. At this point in my life I should be carrying a “Down With This Sort of Thing” placard whilst muttering: “Festivals! I’ll give ya festivals.” But there I was: 2022, a Glastonbury virgin with weekend passes.

It was, as everyone said it would be, utterly overwhelming. People had said it was big, but yet I was unprepared. We were dropped at a gate, wandered into scene reminiscent of a Game of Thrones market day and asked for the Pyramid stage. A voice, a Devon one I’ll wager said, “Well yer a long way from dere.”