Glastonbury 2024: Best moments of Europe's largest festival
Glastonbury 2024 (RBC-Ukraine collage)
From June 26 to 30, 2024, the grandiose Glastonbury music festival took place, which is held annually at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.
RBC-Ukraine report on the highlights of the festival, known as the most impassive and atmospheric in Europe.
Glastonbury 2024: How it was
This year's festival was one of the largest and brightest ever.
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Glastonbury is considered the coolest festival in Europe (photo: instagram.com/glastofest)
The headliner of the first day was Dua Lipa. Her performance was full of energy and dancing, and the audience sang along with the artist.
On Saturday, Coldplay performed on the famous Pyramid Stage. Their performance was emotional and touching, and the audience enjoyed their hits such as "Yellow", "Viva la Vida" and "Fix You".
The main artist on Sunday was the American singer SZA.
The festival also featured performances by Arctic Monkeys, Fontaines D.C., Keane, Avril Lavigne, The Killers, Idles, The National, Squeeze, Seventeen, and even the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
At this year's festival, the famous Serbian artist Marina Abramović gave a performance dressed as a pacifist sign. The artist urged the audience to spend seven minutes in silence to "feel the positive energy of the universe" and act as a bulwark against the horrors of war and violence.
Marina Abramović (photo: instagram.com/glastofest)
"It was a real celebration of music, art, and human unity," the music media wrote about Glastonbury.
About Glastonbury
Glastonbury is an annual festival of contemporary performing arts that traditionally takes place over five days in late June in England.
It is considered to be one of the most famous and largest music festivals in the world, bringing together hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world.
The festival was founded in 1970 and has been held every year since then, except in 1978, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1992, and 2020.
Glastonbury offers a wide range of music genres, including rock, pop, electronic music, hip-hop, folk, jazz, and more. Apart from music, the festival presents theater performances, circus shows, comedy performances, exhibitions, and other entertainment.
The festival has had a significant impact on the development of music culture in the world. It is considered one of the most important festivals in history. Over the years, such pop and rock icons as David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Ed Sheeran, and others have performed on the festival's stages.
