Paul McCartney’s Glastonbury show hailed as ‘phenomenal’

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Admin

Ex-Beatle’s gig seen by many in huge festival crowd as ‘something to tell your grandkids about’

Paul McCartney’s history-making Glastonbury set was hailed as one of the greatest headline performances of this generation as a crowd of more than 100,000 people gathered at the festival’s famous Pyramid stage to watch him play.

He was joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen and Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl – and even sang a duet with his old bandmate John Lennon, using special effects pioneered by the Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson.

Greta Thunberg makes surprise appearance at Glastonbury festival

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Admin

19-year-old activist warns world faces ‘total natural catastrophe’ unless citizens take urgent action

Greta Thunberg has warned that the world faces “total natural catastrophe” unless citizens take urgent action as she made a surprise appearance at Glastonbury festival.

The 19-year-old activist led chants of “climate … justice” after delivering a rousing speech from the Pyramid stage which painted an apocalyptic picture of the future of the planet.

Sir Paul McCartney plays surprise pre-Glastonbury gig in Frome

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Admin

Set at Cheese and Grain sold out in under an hour after being announced on Thursday night

Sir Paul McCartney delivered a surprise performance the night before his Glastonbury festival headline set, which had caused traffic congestion as fans tried to buy a coveted ticket.

The impromptu gig at the Cheese and Grain entertainment venue in Frome, Somerset, was announced on Thursday evening and sold out in under an hour.

Digested week: the joy of missing out on Glastonbury, and why moaning works

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Admin

Glastonbury makes me revel in my sprung mattress from where I can watch RMT boss Mick Lynch dressing down media pundits

Hurrah! After an enforced three-year hiatus (there was this pandemic thing – I can’t get into it now) Glastonbury is back! The older I get, the more I love this music festival of music festivals, its noise, its mud, its people. The knowledge that I don’t have to endure any of it gets sweeter with every passing year. The sheer Jomo of it all far outpaces the delights of birthdays (they start to pall once you’re past seven and I’ve had 40 of them since then) and even Christmas (so much work now that I have a child of my own and can’t slip into a mimosas-bellinis-prosecco stupor over the course of the day).

Fundraiser launches to get terminally ill man to Glastonbury by helicopter

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Admin

Friends of Nigel Stonehouse, 58, who has kidney and lung cancer, seek help with costs of transporting him to his final festival

The friends of a terminally ill man have launched a fundraising campaign to help him attend the Glastonbury festival next week.

Nigel Stonehouse, 58, from Hartlepool, was recently diagnosed with kidney cancer, which has now spread to his lungs. After receiving the terminal diagnosis, his friends wanted to fulfil his “dying wish” of attending the festival for a final time.