Regarding the festival description which he found via Google, Jim Dixon writes as follows: "Fair or not, it's a vivid piece of writing:"

Well Jim, before you take it as gospel, please consider the following points.

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story" has been a guiding principle of mass-media journalism since the days when the only mass medium was the itinerant ballad-singer.

"Man bites dog = news. Dog bites man = no news" is an equally traditional rule of the journalist's craft.

"Music festival enjoyed by thousands of well-behaved fans = half a column on an inside page". Whereas "Drunken fans riot at festival" = front page article (with journalist's name in big letters under the headline)."

Or to put it another way: "Journalist goes to festival and reports that lots of people enjoyed themselves peacefully = no big step forward in journalist's career." Whereas "Journalist goes to festival and reports that a violent orgy occurred = (guess what?)."

Draw your own conclusions.

Wassail