Woodstock, Altamont and the Isle Of Wight are etched into the history books as the most famous festivals of the late 60s and early 70s. But there were plenty of others – and some of them are notable for the wrong reasons. The UK’s Weeley and Bickershaw festivals were two of them, whose extreme weather, pitched battles between Hells Angels and security and general air of chaos put them closer to Armageddon than the Summer of Love. In 2007, writer and musician Mick Farren – who attended both – looked back at his time on the front lines.
