After a two 12 months break as a result of pandemic, the UK’s Glastonbury Pageant is again and in full swing. The five-day-long pageant kicked off on Wednesday, June 22, and can proceed via June 26 in Pilton, Somerset, England. It options performances from artists throughout all generations, together with 20-year-old Billie Eilish (who made historical past on Friday because the youngest solo headliner within the pageant’s historical past), Kendrick Lamar, and Paul McCartney.
Along with its big range of performers, the pageant can be attracting big-name stars and public figures from the UK and past. Celebrities in attendance embody Package Harington, Rose Leslie, and Sienna Miller.
This 12 months’s Glastonbury Pageant is not nearly having fun with the music, nonetheless. Some performers and company have taken the time to protest the US Supreme Court docket’s determination to overturn Roe v. Wade, whereas activist Greta Thunberg urged attendees to take motion towards local weather change. “We’re able to essentially the most unbelievable issues,” she mentioned on Saturday, as reported by the BBC. “As soon as we’re given the total story . . . we’ll know what to do. There’s nonetheless time to decide on a brand new path, to step again from the cliff. As a substitute of in search of hope, begin creating that hope your self.”
Try the gallery to see all the celebrities jamming out at Glastonbury this 12 months.
