From Damon Albarn to Charlotte Church, artists have expressed their opinions about the war candidly on stage. In response, many people in the crowd are waving Palestinian flags.Closer to home, although the approaching election has forced the cancellation of scheduled appearances by Labour’s Angela Rayner and the Greens’ Caroline Lucas, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham did deliver a speech, and installations like the Just Vote campaign’s large black cube, which represents a ballot box, are here to remind people that there is one way.
A fake migrant inflatable life raft was launched into the crowd during Idles’ Friday night performance. The band has claimed that Banksy was behind this stunt, though the anonymous artist has not commented on it officially as of yet. They were unaware of it until after the fact.
Even while Glastonbury is a place for escape, many attendees of the event obviously care about what’s happening in the real world.
