Sunday 25th June 2017 PROUDLY PRINTED IN THE THEATRE AND CIRCUS FIELDS OF FREE • LIBERA • GRATIS

IT’S THE FINAL DAY OF “THE BEST GLASTONBURY YET”, SO FILL UP ON MEMORIES AND WE’LL... HEAVY METAL RULES JOHN LEWIS investigates the great grindcore and anarcho-thrash invasion of Glastonbury Festival 2017

It might have invited the likes the indie kids who are the complacent Sex Pistol Glenn Matlock and San of Metallica and Motörhead to apolitical ones, while metal bands Francisco anarcho punks the Dead perform, but Glastonbury has like Rage Against The Machine, Kennedys (sans Jello Biafra). The traditionally had a bit of a blindspot Sepultura and System Of A Down Truth Stage has become the unlikely SEE YOU IN when it comes to metal. It’s have been nailing their colours to centrepiece of Shangri-La, the South something that Nottingham-based the mast, with militant, defiantly East Corner’s hidden-away late- hardcore label Earache Records internationalist anthems that night club culture gem. The stage is attempting to redress this year explicitly support the fight against is surrounded by anti-globalisation as it brings some of its favourite globalisation, war and corporate banners (“Build The World That You acts to Shangri-La’s Truth Stage corruption. Want To Belong To”, “They Starve, and their own Earache Express And it’s this insurrectionary We Carry On Shopping”, “Don’t Be – Glastonbury’s first ever metal metal spirit that Shangri-La A Dick”, “If You Don’t Like The 731 DAYS venue, set in a battered old London is harnessing, with slots Music, F-Off” , and its audience is CHRIS SALMON catches up with Emily and ) Underground tube carriage. It from icons like Crass a mix of crusty ravers and hardcore kicked off on Thursday night with poet Steve Ignorant, metal fans. “It has to be the best one yet,” says example, the Festival returned with “Half a century. It’s an incredible a frankly terrifying sonic assault The metal is leavened by other , getting straight in there two brand new areas: Block9 and feat, actually. We’ve been through so from the godfathers of grindcore fare – Tourette’s Heroes were with the traditional Eavis family The Park. A decade on, it’s hard to many struggles to get here.” Napalm Death and continues a shambolic folk band whose claim about each year’s Festival imagine Glastonbury without either. And now Michael is ready for the rest of the Festival with ramblings were interrupted by outdoing its predecessors. And the The Park was also the first area for another challenge: a new event a politicised brand of thrash metal the politicised shouting thing is, it’s hard to argue with her. to officially be overseen by Emily, away from Worthy Farm, with the and more. of a young woman in By the time we speak on Saturday alongside husband Nick. working title of Variety Bazaar. “Ah Back in the day, the punky a wheelchair, while other afternoon, it’s clear Glastonbury “Do you remember when you yes,” he smiles. “The last big gamble indie kids were supposed to be acts this weekend have 2017 has been a very special one. drove us up to the top of the hill one in my life. We have no plans to stop the earnest political ones, and the ranged from funk to gypsy “The weather’s definitely helped,” Christmas?” Emily asks her father. doing the Festival here, but we want heavy metal kids were the apolitical punk. But the emphasis, especially says Emily, “but there have been so “You went, ‘This is the field The to try something in another location hedonists. Heavy metal was often aboard the hot and sweaty Earache many wonderful things.” She rattles Park could be’. And we were like, away from the farm, possibly in dismissed as a reactionary art Express, is on metal – from Extreme off highlights including Thursday’s ‘But it’s miles away from the Festival 2021. It’s still very much in the form – one that was populated by Noise Terror to Japanese grindcore human peace sign; Friday’s powerful site!” We stood there, in the middle planning stages, but we’ve got to be dunderheaded Republicans like Ted band Wormrot. This is Glastonbury minute’s silence at the Pyramid; of winter, and you just said, ‘Give it brave enough to have a go.” Nugent – while indie kids were the Festival emphasising its position as David Beckham opening Pilton a go’. It was brilliant.” That’s very much one for the ones behind everything from Rock the home of the underground with village’s new social housing on his “And it’s been a phenomenal future, then. But for now, we’ve all Against Racism to Red Wedge. the help of rock music’s perpetually way to the Festival; and ’s success,” says Michael, proudly. got one day left to enjoy the magical But, for the last few decades, it’s underground genre. awe-inspiring headline set. “Beyond my wildest dreams.” fruits of the Eavises’ labours, before “But as much as anything,” she What then, of the future for the Festival takes its sabbatical. How adds, “it’s the atmosphere around the Glastonbury beyond 2018? are people going to cope without it? site. It’s been incredible. We work “We’ll be back here at the farm “I think everyone’s enjoyed a wealth HOLD YOUR COOL so hard on this festival, but you can in 2019,” says Emily. “And we’re of pleasures they’ll never forget,” almost forget how good it is. It’s the definitely here in 2020 for our 50th says Michael. “We’ve all got enough Artist-in-residence STANLEY DONWOOD explains the inspiration behind best thing in the whole world. I’ve had birthday.” “We’re already booking memories and treasures to live off this year’s artwork below left such a great time. Everyone has.” acts for that one,” says Michael. for at least two years.” ( ) Sitting alongside his daughter and co-organiser, Michael Eavis clearly I spend a lot of time on trains metal-clad warehouses along some rubbish. The feeling of inadequacy concurs. “It’s been wonderful hasn’t because I can’t drive. And often railway sidings were the words that’s the result of watching the it?” he beams. I pass through Swindon, usually HOLD YOUR COOL sprayed news. The feeling of guilt. The horror. All of which rather begs the without stopping or getting off. This in letters about ten feet high. Every The terror. HOLD YOUR COOL. question: does the Festival *really* is not to denigrate Swindon. I know time I passed them I felt better. They Some halfwit thought that this have to take its scheduled year off nothing about the place aside from were even spaced really well, like public service announcement was in 2018? the fact that it has a bus station, H O L D Y O U R C O O L. “graffiti” so they covered it up. It’s my “Oh, I’m afraid so,” laughs situated underneath a multi-storey It was like an instruction; duty to the anonymous “perpetrator” Michael. “We’ve got lots of reasons car park, that smells strongly of whatever happens, whatever anyone of the aforementioned “graffiti” to why we need a fallow year. The human urine and is frequented by says to you, however badly your take these heartfelt and beautiful farm needs a rest. So does the village characters unlikely to pass muster work goes, however awfully your words and spread them as widely and the wildlife.” in a swanky restaurant. The rest of partner responds to your attempts to as I can. And so this artwork is “And it gives us a chance to Swindon is probably great. heal a rift, however frightening the dedicated to the anonymous artist reflect,” says Emily. “Everybody Anyway, the reason why newspaper headlines are, whatever who painted it and to all unknown has time to recover and come back I think Swindon is probably great your boss says to you, that idiot on artists everywhere. with fresh ideas.” is that, until quite recently, on the tube, anyone who takes you for Hold Your Cool art posters are After the 2006 fallow year, for HOLD YOUR COOL BY STANLEY DONWOOD the side of some huge and boring a fool, all the people that treat you like available from the Free Press tent. 2 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS SUNDAY 25TH JUNE 2017 Q&A: BILLY BRAGG The organiser of Glastonbury’s Left Field stage talks to JOHN LEWIS about Brexit, Corbyn and mobilising the youth vote

Is there an appetite for politics the Brexit result? One young woman of has always been on dated from the last century. Which is Isn’t it ironic that Tony Benn, the is something that is inherently among the young? was in tears, telling me how she’d just domestic, British politics. That’s what fine when you want to invite Jeremy Left Field’s figurehead, was an politicised, and it has kept its edge. I think that Brexit has crept up on come out to her parents, which took the Left Field, in association with the Corbyn or whatever – I’ve shared ardent Brexiteer? Young people – they’re *woke*. the under 30s in the same way that her a lot of courage, and was then trade unions, wanted to address. It’s a stage with Jeremy countless times He was always very anti-EU, but Thatcher crept up on my generation. horrified to discover that her parents dealing with the bread-and-butter since the 1980s! – but I wasn’t really who knows how he would have What do you think the most I didn’t even vote in the 1979 election. had voted to leave the EU, which she issues that face Britain from a left- engaged with a lot of the younger campaigned in the EU referendum? positive outcomes have been of I was uninterested in politics and felt was a real kick in the teeth. wing perspective. grassroots activists. It’s why we’ve got Tony Benn was a kind of left-wing the 2017 election? thought it didn’t affect me. Even my But still, the show that Friday in Rosie Rogers, who was involved in Buddha figure to me. In his older The main one is: if you turn up, early songs weren’t really political, night in the Left Field was one of Is there a danger that the Left UK Uncut and Reclaim The Power age he took a broader view that was you make a difference. If enough except in a personal political way. the most moving I’ve ever played – Field just concentrates on and the anti-cuts movement. She had more emotional than ideological. young people vote, parties have to I think I only really got politicised even more important for me than a specific part of the Momentum- a lot of connections, most of them I think the last time I spoke to him take notice. The surge in the youth ideologically during the miners strike the time I played in Belfast the night dominated left? with people less than half my age! about it he was enthused about the vote has broken a lot of cast-iron of 1984/85. And I think now that that Thatcher resigned. People in I think we cover a pretty broad range idea that young people could work assumptions about elections. About there is a whole generation who are the audience realised that they were of left opinion. We had Mhairi Black It must be difficult putting a bill and immigrate anywhere in Europe. the social-media echo chamber, about getting politicised through Brexit and not alone in feeling outraged by the a couple of years ago and we’ve often together, given the uncertainty the power of the tabloids, about the whole resistance to austerity result. There was a lot of emotion had SNP figures speaking here – of recent events. Is there still political pop music a hard Brexit being an inevitability. It politics. about, and it was cathartic for many we’ve also got someone representing God, yes. There are MPs appearing, being made? also questions the idea that you can’t people in the Left Field. Radical Independence Scotland this like Clive Lewis, who were in danger Any old farts my age who moan win votes with a left-wing manifesto. Last year, the EU referendum year. And there are a lot of speakers of losing their seats when we booked that pop stars today aren’t engaged – Primarily I’m hoping, now that result put a bit of a downer on What is the political brief of Left here from the centre left. John them. Even last year, Jeremy Corbyn tell that to Shay D, who raps about young people have made themselves the Left Field. Field? Harris from the Guardian, who had to cancel at the last minute feminist issues, or Declan McKenna, more visible to Westminster, It was terrible news to wake up to Well, the politics of Glastonbury helps book the speakers, has helped to because the coup against him had a young singer-songwriter who politicians will have to accommodate on the Friday morning, and there have always been international and broaden our horizons started. Which is why it’s fantastic addresses gender issues, or Shame, their view. Of course, it might turn was a definite air of gloom. People internationalist – Oxfam, WaterAid, When I started getting involved that he was booked to appear at the an agit-prop band from London. out that, after all this engagement, were saying, what are you going to stuff like that. Which is incredibly in this, about ten years ago, most of Left Field after introducing Run The Tell that to the people behind the these young people will end up with do? You surely can’t carry on after good and important, but the emphasis my contacts in the Labour movement Jewels on the Pyramid Stage. Grime4Corbyn movement. Grime Boris Johnson as prime minister.

Illustration by NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU Scott Tyrrell EMILY MACKAY crosses her fingers and heads up to the Lost And Found tent

Have you left an important part common lost item, phones, there are would have had to send a helicopter of your brain somewhere in a field tents, cameras and a fitness tracker down with it.” in Somerset? Or your phone, house taking a rest. “Our policy is that Other notable finds of past years keys, wallet, favourite shoehorn? whatever gets handed in to us gets include a DJ’s laptop with his entire Well, all may not be lost. Head to returned to the owner, with the set on it, a glass eye, a professional the 24-hour Lost And Found office exception of weapons,” says Lost upright piano and a barrister’s up at Worthy Farm and you may And Found director Jahn. Over the briefcase of top-secret documents. be pleasantly surprised. Adam and weekend, about 2,500 things will be There’s a lesson in these losses: “If Sarah – experts at reuniting people handed in, and Jahn says they will you’re coming to the Festival, don’t with their belongings – are on duty try their best to return it all. “The bring anything you can’t afford to when I arrive and there’s already honesty of people here boggles me,” lose,” says Jahn. “And label things.” MOO FIGHTERS a steady stream of finders and er, he says. “You find £500 in a wallet But if you do mislay something, losers. “A lot of tents came in at and you hand it in? That’s quite don’t despair – Glastonbury first,” says Sarah. “And then wallets, amazing. I think the record was just real joy in the job, bringing relief to camaraderie may well carry it up tickets, phones, bags.” under £900. And we once had a chap people as they’re reunited with their to the team at the Farm. “I always “Yesterday somebody handed in who looked like Father Christmas, belongings. “We did once actually say that we bring more joy to the SIZE DOESN’T a baby hare,” adds Adam. “A leveret. bearded, white hair. Totally naked. return a bag to a woman which had Festival than any of the acts,” says Someone else handed in a tyre iron.” Walked in, handed in £350 in a little medication for her baby inside,” says Jahn. “If you’ve lost your bag or MATTER In a back room, tools, wildlife plastic bag. The girl at the desk was Jahn. “The medication was so rare it your wallet and you get it back – and everything else is sorted into very embarrassed.” was only stocked in one hospital in for most people that’s better than ALEXIA LOUNDRAS returns to the tent where pigeonholes. As well as the most As well as weird moments, there’s Scotland. If we hadn’t found it, they watching Radiohead.” tonight’s Pyramid headliner made his debut

“Oh, we all remember Ed!” says like Travis, who filled the entire COLOUR ME GLAD Sally Howell, area coordinator of Croissant Neuf field when they the Green Fields’ Croissant Neuf opened the stage at last year’s Festival. If you want a messy experience, KATIE GLASS – and, as it happens, a sterling It’s Croissant Neuf’s ethos that also recommends the Festival’s annual paint fight talent-spotter. The Ed in question appeals. Their flag is firmly pinned is indeed unforgettable and tonight to the environmental mast. Green he’ll serenade a sea of Festival-goers messages permeate gently and the Forget hangovers and sunburn. distributing thousands of wraps of as he closes the Pyramid Stage. field is entirely powered by solar. Really impress Monday morning purple, pink, blue, yellow and green But back in 2011, before his three Croissant Neuf rightly prides itself commuters by leaving Glastonbury UV paint, expect to see the Temple chart-topping albums, on its sustainability. And this is caked in a fine acid rainbow of erupt like a cross between Holi and performed his Glastonbury debut reflected in its eclectic line-up, too. shimmering UV paint, courtesy of a psychedelic rave. in Sally’s tent to a tiny crowd. “He “I really love giving new bands the Bearded Kitten crew. In the sixth “It’ll be an explosion of love and was a quite shy and unassuming a chance to play at the Festival,” says year of their Sunday colour and the biggest lad,” says Sally, “but when he got on Sally. “I’m always on the lookout Temple takeover, and finale The Common stage, he played with such passion. for that new sound, for the special with this year’s capacity has ever seen,” Bearded It was a special moment, like there something that stands out.” So if increased to over 2,000, Kitten’s Hannah tells me, was a mutual friendship between Ed you’re roaming the Green Fields expect nothing less than describing how last year and everyone there.” today, while a certain Croissant the biggest paint fight two passing policemen Nestled away in a quiet corner Neuf alumni is warming his vocal Glastonbury has ever wearing uniforms of the Green Fields, the relatively cords, check out Bristol’s Insight seen. wandered in, mid paint cosy Croissant Neuf stage lends Ensemble Orchestra (1pm) and Kicking off at fight, and couldn’t resist itself well to such moments of Boston’s ethereal progressive-folk duo 10pm at The Common, getting stuck in. “It’ll be hair-raising intimacy. “There’s Tall Heights (4pm) for something with tech-house sets from Patrick amazing; the air literally changes a warmth here, where you really a bit special. Topping, Route 94, Robert James colour and everyone becomes multi- feel a connection between artist and Thirty-one years in and this and The Bearded Kitten All coloured and unrecognizable.” Is audience,” says Howell. “You just Glastonbury mainstay continues Stars, at 12.45am the two halves the paint hard to get off? “Not can’t get that on the larger stages.” to get it right. So wander on down You can buy this poster by Drew Millward from the Glastonbury Free of the Temple’s dancefloor go to really – although you’ll see it until But it’s not just this seductive to the little stage where big Festival Press tent in the Theatre & Circus Field. Other posters are available. war. With the Bearded Kittens Wednesday,” she grins. charm that woos even big acts moments happen. SUNDAY 25TH JUNE 2017 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS 3 crossword ANSWERS WE’RE WORTHY THE THEATRE & CIRCUS FIELD IN NUMBERS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B A R R Y G I B B M A P MINNIE WRIGHT meets the Farm’s defenders A E U A R U R 8 9 P I L G R I M U N D L E You may have seen members recycle; and making sure of the 800-strong people aren’t having fires T U T B C S team of Festival-goers where they shouldn’t 10 11 12 who, generous with be,” she continues. I N C H C I D E R B U S their time, have been “We’re basically 13 wandering around the making sure the land S T C L S O site since Wednesday, is respected.” 14 15 16 M E A D O W B E A S T S watching out for the The role of these welfare of the Farm. The volunteers raising 17 – N M R E E H Worthy Warriors are ensuring awareness of how the site that this year’s Festival is the should be treated is essential to 18 19 – B Y T H E W A Y B L U E greenest and cleanest so far. the Festival’s future. The Warriors 20 “Our motto is: ‘protecting water, are attempting to stay sustainable R R B M E E air, earth and fire,’” says Rosie, who themselves, too, by sourcing their 21 22 23 is helping to coordinate the troop. own uniforms. Volunteers have been E A V I S B O U N C E R “They’re the proctors of the land.” bringing along old plain T-shirts “They’re such a lovely group from home and screen-printing the A A E I S T A of volunteers and they’re making Worthy Warriors logo onto them 24 25 D I N T I T H E B A R N sure people aren’t weeing anywhere at the Glastonbury Free Press tent they shouldn’t; making sure people in the Theatre And Circus Field. SIZZLING GOT YOUR MONEY ANDY’S WILD ADVENTURE BY POET-IN-RESIDENCE, DOMINIC BARRY CHRIS PARKIN finds out how Oxfam, ALEXIA LOUNDRAS catches up with the CBeebies star and Festival pro WaterAid and Greenpeace spend their donation Last night, we were lunatics, Curly mop-topped Cbeebies star haven’t been before. You can’t really have a full-on packed set, which will bare skin dripping glitter. If you’ve ever zipped down the minds – something that Greenpeace Andy Day is back for his sixth describe it. It’s like its own country. certainly wake up any sleepy parents! Our demonic dancing woke the stars. Greenpeace Field’s death slide, is also focused on. Glastonbury and he’s bringing his True pre-school rock ’n’ roll! topped up at a WaterAid kiosk, or “You’re helping us to sail around raucous Dinosaur Raps with him I think it showcases a world of

found your way to Strummerville Scotland so we can prove we have again. His band, Andy And The Odd possibility. Somewhere free from Has Glastonbury inspired Today, thanks to the directions of an to stop plastic pollution,” says Socks, are also making their Festival preconceptions. anything you’ve done? the sun is flirting with us Oxfam steward, you’ll know it just Greenpeace’s head of events Bob debut. We stole a quiet moment That’s it. Creativity comes from It does rub off. You see so many ‘cos the sun thinks we are fit. wouldn’t be Glastonbury without Wilson. “You’re helping in the fight with him amid the madness. freedom and space. You have that things that you always come away the Festival’s three partner charities. to stop Brexit dismantling our when you’re here. There are no with your creative bucket filled to Wants us to strip. But it swings both ways. Every environmental laws; to demand that What keeps luring you back to boundaries or perimeters. You can the brim. All this special stuff going Well. Let it tease. year, the Festival aims to give £2m Trump rejoins the international the Kidzfield? go out, fall over, build something, on permeates you like osmosis. The We’re happy to please. to Oxfam, WaterAid, Greenpeace climate agreement; and to pay for The Kidzfield really is like nothing learn about things and not be judged. whole place is a sensory overload Celebrate our sublime, sweaty skin; and a range of other causes to help investigations to get the government else children get to experience. The Glastonbury is great for that. – it’s a party for your eyes and them fight their good fights. But to act on air pollution.” freedom you feel here is so inspiring. ears. Amazing bands and incredible some burnt, where does the money go? Thanks to WaterAid, money It’s a space you don’t really get So tell us about your band, The performers. The whole thing – patterned in patchy tan, In the case of Oxfam, the from the Festival is also spent out in the big, wide world. It’s not Odd Socks. I completely lap it up. some swimming Festival’s donation is vital to its providing clean water and improving policed; it’s just kids having fun, Glastonbury is actually our first in oceans of lotion. ongoing battle against poverty. hygiene for the world’s poorest parents enjoying their kids having ever performance! We just played Any tips for Glastonbury newbies Oxfam’s head of festivals, George communities. WaterAid’s director fun. And there are so many creative the Kidzfield Big Top, and on Sunday with a day left to explore? All is Upcott, told us: “It makes a massive of communications and fundraising things going on. Being here is such morning – a first for me – we’re at Don’t just go to the main stages; sizzling. difference for people. It gets Marcus Missen explains: “Last year, a buzz. You’re also at Glastonbury William’s Green. We’ve got some check out some random stuff. Try to basics like clean water to people with the help of our partners, we which is just crazy brilliant. fantastic songs. Sort of like The get lost a bit, because you’ll always Some stomachs are washboards. in emergencies and helps people provided 1.9 million people with Mighty Boosh for kids crossed with come across something incredible. earn a decent living. But not only clean water, 3 million people with If you’ve never been, it’s hard to The Monkees, if you like. Bigger Just go with it. It’s a moment-by- Some bellies beachball. that, it’s helping us tackle the big sanitation, and 4.7 million with explain just what it’s like. than The Wiggles! That’s the idea. moment experience, I think. But All are beautiful, issues that keep people poor, like improved hygiene. By tackling these Yeah, I tried the other day. A lot of It’s nice, good, proper music that kids I would definitely have a map. You dirty clean, inequality.” That means paying not three essentials, in ways that last, the guys from the Odd Sock band can enjoy but so can parents. We still need to find your tent. under this naughty sun. just for everyday essentials but also people can take control of their lives for campaigns aimed at changing and build better futures.” Cheeky sun, smacking our cheeks. LIVE AND LEARN Doesn’t peak. EMILY MACKAY Stares! seeks life-improvement in the Green Futures field Smouldering gaze, In a bid to take home something to lure new converts. South West as “The Precarious Contract”. Five for we are smooth more lasting than euphoria, a sore Against Nuclear, for example, entice buzzes and you’re sacked. A typical head and a special aroma tomorrow, anti-Trident passing trade with journalist, I didn’t even make it to hairy it’s time to seek inspiration in the a hula-hoop game. “You get a prize 10am. And if that wasn’t scary fat Green Futures field, home of if you can hula and say ‘Nuclear enough, Animal Equality have skinny Glastonbury’s ecologically-aware, Power F-Off’ before the hoop falls on a virtual reality experience of the scarred future-forward spirit. the floor,” explains SWAN member life of a factory farm animal. (You’ll In this politically and Camilla Berens. I didn’t get a prize. be needing those vegan cookery healing ( ) environmentally tumultuous year, There are more physical demonstrations next door, then.) stripping it’s doing a roaring trade in hope. challenges at the Actionwork Anti No one’s sure what the future sexy. The community farm and garden Bullying Village, where blindfolded will be, but I’m feeling inspired. At stall offer my first delicious taste, running conquers fear (or dignity, the Resistance Exhibition, a potted with advice on creating green depending on the runner). “We history of 25 years of movements Don’t think that you’re the only one. spaces, from full-blown farms to do shows, empowerment games, and marches in the UK, I bathe in This sun is flirting with us all. edible hanging baskets. “People have workshops, trying to get people to the proud legacy of protest. “People It’s not that you’re not special. started volunteering at my farm think about bullying and power come away from festivals having had You are special. after they’ve come across us here,” relationships,” explains Actionwork’s transformational experiences – one says Paul Jayson of the Federation Andy Hickson. “If you feel good leaflet can turn someone vegetarian,” We are all special Of Community Farms. “Farms and about yourself, you’re less likely to get enthuses organiser Phoenix. “That’s here. gardens act as a catalyst – creating bullied or be a bully.” what Glastonbury’s amazing for, We are devilishly delicious. those spaces kickstarts all sorts of Not to be outdone, War On bringing together all these campaigns. Taste it. community initiatives.” Want’s stall dares you to try “The Mr Corbyn has given us a little bit And just so, Green Futures Working Day”, in which participants of hope. Now it’s about every single We are all is a space where disparate groups brave a buzz wire while standing on person taking action and creating the sizzling. BARRY GIBB by PETE FOWLER find common cause in the quest a wobble board, otherwise known kind of futures they want to see.” 4 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS SUNDAY 25TH JUNE 2017 “THE USUAL RULES OF LIFE DON’T APPLY” Our onsite agony aunt, Charli XCX, is here to help you make the most of your last day at the Festival BY PETE PAPHIDES

“I don’t care!” famously exclaimed And with that, she picks up the first someone on shoulders, we’re rooting [clocks how ancient her interviewer is music that makes me see those where everything looks amazing, but compact pop whirlwind Charli XCX card containing the questions sent in for them, because we remember is] It samples Santana, you know! colours. What colours do I try and if you pedal too hard, you’ll have to on one of her biggest hits, I Love It, by Glastonbury revellers in need of being little and going on a grown- You’d really like it!” avoid? I don’t like green and brown get off. And then you might never but we can only assume she was guidance and has a good long think up’s shoulders. Also, think about the so much. For some reason, I see green make it. It’s better to slow down just being ironic and that really she cares before dispensing her wise counsel. TV crew looking for heartwarming I’ve spotted someone who I can and brown when I hear drum ’n’ bass, enough to have the best possible time VERY MUCH. Why? Because, 15 scenes to film. Everyone wants to only assume is the love of my so I try and avoid that.” all the way through. Then, if it gets minutes after completing her really Charli, do you have any advice on see someone totally losing it while life in a nearby tent. Do festival to Monday and you have a strange rather life-affirming Glastonbury how to survive not being able to standing on someone’s shoulders. relationships ever last or am Dear Charli, I’m knackered. Please desire to call your parents for no set on Friday afternoon – one which wash for five nights? Remember that Nick Cave moment I setting myself up for failure? inspire a second wind and tell me real reason and start crying, then saw her bedecking the roof of the CAMERON at Glastonbury a couple of years PUPPY LOVE what’s the longest you’ve ever you know you did it properly. Do stage with giant pink streamers – “Forgive me for being blunt, Cam, ago, when Nick and that fan got “The good thing about getting gone without sleeping? JAZ I call my parents during a festival? she invited the Glastonbury Free but I think you just have to suck it locked into some intense mutual stare together with someone at a festival is “I once went for two days without I drop my mum a text. Then I get Press into her dressing room, coming up and take it like a man. No one [during his performance of Stagger that it’s quite an intense experience, sleep when I was shooting a video, a classic mum text back. ‘Be careful. good on her promise to act as this else is washing either. We’re all in the Lee]? That was one of the great and every day here feels like four days but that wasn’t as much fun as not Stay away from all that funny stuff.’ year’s Festival agony aunt. She’s still same boat here. Part of the Festival festival moments of all time, and in the real world – so you can get to sleeping at Glastonbury. If you’re My parents are pretty cool, though. only 24, but the singer known to experience is the joy of getting home it happened because of *shoulders*. know someone really well in a short struggling to find a second wind, My dad comes to quite a few shows. her parents as Charlotte Aitchison and having that first shower. After I think maybe that’s why humans space of time. But, of course, you I recommend Shangri-La. It’s my There’s a bit in Sucker where I get has previous form here. This is her four days, it’s the best way of coming evolved sittable-on shoulders. The need to manage that transition back favourite Glastonbury place. It everyone to put their middle fingers fourth Glastonbury. “I’ve experienced to terms with the fact that you’re other thing you can do if you’re short into the real world. At festivals, the also provided me with my 2016 up, and I once looked down and saw the emotional highs and lows of back in the real world. Failing that, is scurry to the front like a dormouse, usual rules of life don’t apply. When Glastonbury highlight: watching my him doing it too. It really put me off.” doing the Festival properly,” she tells there are showers on site. You can use weaving between people’s legs. What I’m at home, I never think it’s a good best friend talk to an invisible man. us. “We camped here last year, and one of those, but ask yourself, Cam tall person is going to begrudge you?” idea to have a pancake at three in the He was trying to pay him some What should I carry in my fanny we weathered the post-referendum – is this really the best use of your morning and wash it down with hot money and get an invoice for it.” pack to keep me going? NICOLA comedown like everyone else did – time?! AT GLASTONBURY?!?” Dear Charli, I always feel sad on cider. But at Glastonbury, I wouldn’t “Well, I tend to favour a small in the best way possible.” And what, the drive home from Glastonbury think twice about it. Same goes for How do you know if you’re having backpack, but that’s by the by. pray tell, was that? “You have to Dear Charli, being a fellow smaller because I never want it to end. partners, if you catch my drift.” too much of a good time? ALEX What do I keep in it? Well, if I’m at go in search of bangers. No, I don’t woman, what are your tips for What do you suggest I listen to “You can only *really* have too much a festival, I’ll have some alcohol and mean sausages – although sausages positioning in big festival crowds in order to stop me from crying? You have synaesthesia; what of a good time if you party so hard a disposable camera, because you are important, too. You have to find for best views? Also, on shoulders CAITLIN colours can you see in the sounds at the beginning of the Festival, that want to save your phone battery a place where they’re playing non- or not on shoulders? EMILY “Well, any album, or mixtape by at Glastonbury? ROB you burn out by the end of Friday for the really important stuff, like stop bangers. It might be a shop or it “I don’t think you can tell people not Charli XCX will help, I think. Failing “Well, I’ve not properly been out and and only really recover as it’s ending. finding out which corner of Shangri- could be a DJ or a live set. Real life to climb on other people’s shoulders, that, I’d say maybe Rihanna. Work, about yet, but for me, the colours I think the key to enjoying a festival La your mates are in. Sunglasses are will be waiting for you when you really, can you? I understand that from the latest album will definitely I like to see when I hear music are like Glastonbury is to think of it as important. Do I bring a book? Hmm. return home, and that’s where it it might block someone’s view do the job. Or Wild Thoughts – the pinks and purples and silvers – so being like cycling up a hill. Yes, we Books and festivals don’t gel too well needs to stay, thank you very much.” temporarily but I think when we see track she made with DJ Khaled. the music I try to listen to and make all want to get to the highest point, for me.” GUMBO JUMBO KATIE GLASS meets the Festival food stall holder with a tasty solution to sustainability issues in UK waterways

Crayfish Bob: eco hero or mass Every day during the Festival eliminated much of Britain’s native crayfish is his favourite thing: “Every murderer? This is a question Robert at 6am, while you’re still tearing up white-clawed crayfish population. time I serve one I have one myself Ring has often posed to himself, the dancefloor at NYC Downlow, Bob’s creative solution to tackling the they’re so good!” he says, as we stand in his stall Bob sets off from Glastonbury to issue was to start farming crayfish, The crayfish season only runs Crayfish Bob’s, sorting through Warminster to pick up his serving them up as tasty from June to November. Bob doesn’t live, thrashing crayfish caught this haul coming in from the food. “The Swedes loved do any festivals besides Glastonbury. morning, while behind us some boil Oxfordshire rivers. He them so we knew they’d Through summer, he runs pop-up in the pot. “I’ve had to consider the sources crayfish in taste good,” explains dining events around London. In the ethics of it,” says Bob, who can serve bulk from responsible Bob, who runs Crayfish winter, his main customers are the up to a quarter of a ton of crayfish trappers and has three Bob in harmony with otters he feeds at London Zoo. “It’s during Glastonbury Festival. “He of his own boats Crayaway crayfish brilliant to be able to drive in and see talks to them”, Marie, sitting on casting 150 to 200 removals. In 2014, his the giraffes every week!” He laughs as his stall, explains. “He calls them by traps at a time. stall at Glastonbury he shells me a cajun boiled crayfish. It name. He says things to them like, Crayfish Bob won sustainable trader tastes amazing. Delicate. Spiced. Bob ‘don’t you behave that way.’” began after Robert of the year. Crayfish doesn’t look surprised. “When I’m Bob – who looks more Rick discovered an Bob serves up thick here I eat my own food, which says Stein than Captain Birdseye – has environmental issue breeding gumbo soup, American-style something,” he laughs. been coming here since the ’70s. in Britain’s waterways. crayfish boiled in hot cajun From his stall on William’s Green “When it was the wild west,” he American Signal crayfish, spices and meaty crayfish he’s got a perfect view right down laughs. “You saw what life was like introduced to Britain by the delicately cooked Swedish-style. to the Pyramid Stage. I ask who he’s without bureaucracy but also what government in the ’70s, turned out “It’s pretty constant,” says Alex, looking forward to seeing. He shrugs, an anarchist state is like!” He’s been (disastrously) to be carrying a plague working on the stall plating up food “I don’t even know who’s on except serving up crayfish here since 2011. that kills off other crayfish species. It for queues of customers. The potted Radiohead.” NOTICES

LADIES FIRST White Ribbon GET PASTED Visit the Backdoor AGIT POP Glastonbury’s 2016 FRAZZLED! US import Ruby Wax MAKE ‘EM GO OH! OH! OH! (aimed at a family audience) features Alliance’s march for mums gathers Print Shop in Shangri-La for a chance Emerging Talent Competition gives us a tour of the mind – how External Combustion lay on live guests from Whadjuk Noongar at 10.45am on Sunday at the Park to pick up and paste artworks from winners, She Drew The Gun, stir to use it, not lose it – in her new music, mad performances and Nation, Australia, and the Indigenous Stage, where the Avalonian Free State some of our most elusive artists. All and inspire with their politically- one-woman show at the Astrolabe a whole load of fireworks. Head to Lakota Water Protectors from Choir and refugee women will sing. printed on scrap paper. Live screen- informed rock at The Park, 11.50am. Theatre, 5.25pm. the Tor View Lookout, Theatre & Standing Rock, USA, alongside its printing and free giveaways, too. Circus, 12midnight. famous, fire-belching giant spider. CAN YOU KICK IT? Don your JOIN THE CONVERSATION TAKE A TRIP Discover the stories From 9.30pm. best frilly knickers and head to the 20 YEARS OLD! Get along to the Turkish author Elif Shafak and of the Amazon’s Munduruku people, HAPPY HOURS Stop in for a cocktail Cabaret Tent for some corseted Bandstand stage in the market area ex-Greek finance minister and with Greenpeace’s VR experience and some soul-awakening jams as SONGS OF RAVE Experience frolicks with Sussex’s favourite Can- and help them celebrate 20 years of economics supremo Yanis Varoufakis Munduruku: The Fight To Defend Jamie xx follows his Pyramid Stage a musical epiphany with the House Can girls, Les Ooh La Las at 11.07pm entertaining the wandering masses. debate how to Keep Hope Alive! on The Heart Of The Amazon at the set with The xx on Friday by taking Gospel Choir as, erm, house meets the Left Field Stage, 1.30pm Greenpeace Dome. over The Beat Hotel from 6.30pm gospel. A suitably spiritual and MAGIC MOMENTS Guaranteed RADIO ACTIVE Angus Deayton is for a special closing party. He takes uplifting way to ease into a Sunday to leave your young ones properly joined by much of the original line-up HAPPY BIRTHDAY Block9 closes BOOMBASTIC Pop dancehall over on the decks at 11.30pm. morning. West Holts, 11.30am. stunned, Dynamo brings his of this award-winning commercial its 10th birthday in characteristically superstar Shaggy serenades us with astounding trickery to the Kidzfield radio spoof, on BBC Radio 4 in the mad-for-it fashion. Celebrations his cheeky hits. West Holts, 5.15pm; INCREDIBLE METAMORPHOSIS This year’s notices were compiled Big Top for a kids-only show at 3pm. ’80s, to the Cabaret Tent at 11.05am. commence on Monday, 12.55am. and The Gully, 10.45pm. Arcadia’s first sunset spectacular by Alexia Loundras