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Glastonbury has been going on since Wednesday morning for most punters who travelled through the heat and dust to get to Worthy Farm. But for many, the main event doesn’t get going until Friday, as that’s when the big name music acts come on. And while Glastonbury might be known for its sprawling programme of cultural activities, it’s still primarily a music festival. Here’s what went down as Euronews Culture got stuck into Glastonbury Festival 2024 on Friday. Cirque du VulgarStarting off with the early hours of Friday/late hours of Thursday, the circus tent was abuzz with dynamic acts showing...
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Glastonbury has hosted some of the loudest rock bands in the world and is known for its rowdy crowds and high jinks. What could be bolder than asking for silence at an event of this scale? Marina Abramović, the acclaimed performance artist who has dedicated her life to pushing the boundaries of conceptual art, is about to stage her largest-ever participatory work at Worthy Farm this evening. At 17:55 GMT, just before PJ Harvey’s set, the 77-year-old Serbian artist will take to the Pyramid Stage for seven minutes of silence. Hardly out of step for an artist who has done naked stand-ins, laid in...
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With the brunt of people arriving on Wednesday, the crowds in their thousands made their way up the hill at the Park Stage for the festival's opening ceremony fireworks. But there was also a new addition to the rituals. As the sun set on a baking first day, people were drawn to the grounds outside the Pyramid Stage for a drone show. A huge number of synchronised drones moved effortlessly through the sky, conjuring multicoloured images of the Pyramid, the Glastonbury sign and other classic imagery from the festival. Set to a silent background, the effect is impressive if a little subdued. You m...
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This year marks a historic first, with two female acts headlining the main stage on two of the three nights. Running through June 30, Glastonbury has been a major cultural event since its inception in 1970, continuing to evolve and set new precedents in the music festival scene.
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This year’s Glastonbury Festival has opened with hundreds of thousands of festivalgoers descending on Worthy Farm amid a heatwave which experts have warned could be dangerous. The British Red Cross has urged people to stay safe in the sun and to recognise the risks of dehydration and heat stroke. However, in true British fashion, the 30° temperatures came to an abrupt end today with revellers enduring rain this morning. The festival regaled attendees last night with its first-ever opening drone show, which took place ahead of its regular fireworks display. Worthy Farm’s opening show required 5...
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And so it begins. Over the next two days, over 200,000 people will descend on Worthy Farm in Somerset for the Glastonbury Festival. A month ago, weather reports were suggesting that this year would be the first in recent memory to present a classic washout event. A typical southwest English summertime with rain showers and footfall churning the dairy farm’s fields into rivers of squelching mud. At the time, the UK was dealing with one of its wettest years on record. Then suddenly, a week before it began the weather changed. Worthy Farm is in an area of England defined by its ancient grounds li...
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Liam Bailey came to both photography and music festivals later in life. After stints in odd jobs, the British photographer found his passion while attempting to teach football to American school children. Uninterested in learning soccer (as they called it), the Chicago school noticed his chemistry degree and handed him the keys to a camera development studio. There, Bailey learned the tools of his future trade. After moving back to the UK, it was a chance gig with a charity that handed him his first Glastonbury press ticket in 1992, aged 27. The festival had already grown to be a legendary par...
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The music festival season is well under way and the UK has, as every year, a wealth of events catering to every music taste. However, a recent study leaves a sour taste in the mouth... New research compiled by A2D2, a British company aiming to connect analogue audio devices with modern smart speaker sound systems, reveals that UK music festivals are still exhibiting a persistent gender gap on their main stages. By analysing ten of the UK’s biggest and most popular festivals, A2D2 has identified the events that have the best and worst female representation, revealing that while festivals like G...
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Glastonbury Festival, taking place the week before the upcoming UK general election, is running a competition where registered voters can win tickets to this year’s Worthy Farm extravaganza. The initiative is a collaboration with Just Vote for its ‘Crash The Party’ campaign, which is targeting 18-34-year-olds and urging them to hit the polls on 4 July. The UK's biggest festival will also be hosting an interactive ‘Crash the Party’ installation on site, reminding festival-goers of the importance of voting. This year’s lineup includes Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA, marking the first time that two ...
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