Hello from Glastonbury! This week’s publication is being written from the Guardian’s cabin at Worthy Farm, the place we’ll be masking the pageant in exhaustive element (extra on that in a bit). After an enforced pandemic-era break, Glastonbury feels notably wild and antic this yr, everybody hopped up on the prospect of a mass gathering after two years of the rule of six, Zoom pub quizzes, substantial Scotch egg meals and the like. Competition-goers of each stripe are right here – ravers, metalheads, poptimists, jazz aficionados, glamorous hospitality hangers-on, lads in SuperDry T-shirts throwing one another within the air for some cause – all drawn collectively by the promise of revelry, group and a few fairly spectacular music. There genuinely isn't any place prefer it.
Clearly, should you aren’t at Glastonbury, you might properly discover all this discuss of the “magic of the pageant” envy and or rage-inducing. However the advantage of Glastonbury is that it’s fairly straightforward to vicariously benefit from the pageant from wherever you might be. The BBC’s protection alone will see to that: this yr they've stay streams from the pageant’s “large 5” phases – Pyramid, Different, John Peel, Park and West Holts – in addition to TV protection of the Pyramid’s large headlining acts: the planet conquering Billie Eilish on Friday, some bloke known as Paul McCartney on Saturday and Kendrick Lamar, performing stay for the primary time because the launch of his new album, on Sunday. There’s a load of different stuff too, together with a plethora of different units to stream and the same old intensive radio protection – test right here for full information of the Beeb’s providing.
And naturally, the Guardian might be masking the pageant in microscopic element – each final squall of suggestions, particular visitor look and superstar sighting (certainly one of our lot has already noticed Tilda Swinton) might be feverishly reported on. Every day we’ll have a liveblog stuffed full of stories, evaluations, footage, movies and all method of entertaining ephemera. We’ll even have standalone evaluations of all the massive hitters, photograph essays from the location, interviews and tons else in addition to. In truth we’ve already kicked issues off, with musicians, broadcasters and writers recalling their favorite pageant moments, and Guardian music editor Ben Beaumont-Thomas’s picks of the 30 acts to not miss at this yr’s pageant.
So as to add to Ben’s checklist, just a few picks of my very own:
Manchester-based DJ Anz (taking part in the Sonic stage at 7.30pm on Friday) serves up a heat and welcoming storage, home and bassline hybrid excellent for these hazy summer season early evenings.
The marvellously monikered geordie stoner steel band Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs already performed Thursday night time, however are nonetheless value mentioning as a result of a) they’re glorious and b) it’s enjoyable to kind the phrase ‘pigs’ seven instances in a row.
Wu-Lu is a really thrilling south London producer who dabbles in every thing from psych rock to fuzzy electronica.
The relentlessly energetic Baltimore hardcore group Turnstile – who Ben did point out, however are value doubling up on as they could be probably the most thrilling stay act on the planet proper now.
The excellent news is that, even when you have a complete aversion to Glastonbury, all of the above acts are booked in for a bunch of gigs and festivals this summer season. See you down the entrance!
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