Glastonbury to introduce ‘Terminal 1’, a “re-purposed airport” to have a good time migration
Glastonbury has launched a brand new space, named Terminal 1, which they describe as a “re-purposed airport” that may have a good time migration.
Asserting the introduction on social media, the competition famous that “no human is prohibited”, and mentioned that Terminal 1 will probably be located on the Williams Inexperienced discipline, which had beforehand been residence to its personal namesake stage.
Additionally they mentioned that it’ll function contributions from a variety of visible and digital artists and creatives, together with Love Watts, La Linterna and Yoshi Sodeoka. See the total listing within the submit beneath.
Introducing Terminal 1 – a re-purposed airport celebrating migration, located on Williams Inexperienced pic.twitter.com/eUkv2mSskd
— Glastonbury Pageant (@glastonbury) June 8, 2024
The small print of the submit additionally states that “to realize entry all British residents should efficiently reply a query from the UKGOV citizenship take a look at”. The take a look at, which those that apply for settlement within the UK should cross, has come beneath criticism for being “arbitrary” and “misleading”.
Glastonbury returns to Worthy Farm from June 26 to 30, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA set to headline. Different confirmed acts embody Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, The Nationwide, Avril Lavigne, The Final Dinner Social gathering, Jungle, Justice, Bloc Social gathering, Fontaines D.C., Yard Act, Arlo Parks and Gossip.
This week, organisers revealed the total line-up, full with stage instances and day splits. You may plan your full weekend right here.
The competition has additionally launched its up to date map for 2024, revealing some key modifications. The brand new plan, which you’ll be able to see right here, contains a variety of tweaks, together with the introduction of the Wow stage, formely Meeting, and a seemingly bigger Tree Stage.
Glastonbury 2024 will see the introduction of a brand new stage within the Shangri-La space, known as Arrivals, which will probably be devoted to South Asian expertise. Shania Twain will tackle the coveted legends slot this yr, whereas Ok-pop could have its first presence on the competition with a efficiency from Pledis boyband SEVENTEEN on the Pyramid Stage.
Elsewhere on the positioning, Arcadia’s iconic spider will probably be changed by a “large biomechanical” dragonfly. The Park, in the meantime, will introduce two new venues this yr within the type of The Wishing Effectively and Scissors. These will change the Rabbit Gap, which has left Worthy Farm after 17 years.
There additionally stay a number of tantalising ‘TBA’ slots on the line-up, which seem to symbolize secret units. One such slot is on the Woodsies Stage at 6pm on Saturday, and earlier this week, bookie William Hill suspended betting on that slot being stuffed by Kasabian, who’ve been closely tipped.
Different unfilled slots are additionally seen on the Glasto schedule, together with one at Ranges at midnight on Saturday, and three slots in Nowhere. There are additionally two vacant slots on the BBC Introducing at 4:30pm on Saturday and seven:30pm on Sunday.
Glastonbury-goers will probably be desperate to study what the climate will probably be like on Worthy Farm, and this week the Met Workplace‘s newest long-range forecast acknowledged that “indicators are weak relating to prevailing climate patterns throughout this era” within the UK.
“Typical circumstances for the UK are most possible, with a mix of climate sorts,” it added. “All areas could be anticipated to see some spells of drier, sunnier climate however there can even be showers or longer spells of rain at instances. Temperatures are probably to be near regular or barely above.”
For these not fortunate sufficient to safe a ticket this yr, the BBC have outlined their plans for tv, radio and on-line protection, which you’ll be able to discover right here.