Thursday 22nd June 2017 PROUDLY PRINTED IN THE THEATRE AND CIRCUS FIELDS OF FREE • LIBERA • GRATIS 2 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS THURSDAY 22ND JUNE 2017 CINERAMAGEDDON: THE BUILD For the past few months, EMILY MACKAY has been checking in with the creators of Glastonbury’s latest mind-bending addition — a dystopian drive-in cinema

6 APRIL Oldsmobiles – and a crew putting showing American Graffiti, which is And we’ve got the screen up already. a new version with performances screening of the Glastonbury film tractor wheels on them and tank set in a drive-in. And I’m really happy We’ve just sent over a 1950s helicopter from the last 10 years. We’ve also for all the staff. We’re beyond nerves Julien Temple had been petitioning tracks and aircraft engines and about getting Stalker, the Tarkovsky – a chopper with the middle cut out got a special opening guest, but that’s at this stage. The entertainment side about an alternative generally making them all as mad film about these guys who enter and joined back together, and wheels under wraps for now. Julien Temple of things is now in the lap of the cinema concept. I said, “You know as you like. Some of them will be this strange zone, in a slightly post- on it so it’s a strange little cruising gods. As well as Johnny Depp, who’s how you get this done? Ask Joe converted into fish. They’ll have Chernobyl area. It’ll really capture machine driven by two robots. That’s 13 JUNE introducing the films on Thursday Rush to be involved”. We’re calling it wireless sound systems in the car the haunting dawn vibe. We’ve got getting stared at as we speak. The night, Andrew Garfield is going a sculptural cinema field. Maybe it and for people outside the cars, two aspects to Cineramageddon: the aeroplane also caused a stir on the We’ve got 30 cars down there now, to introduce American Graffiti. should be called The Field Of Broken headphones. And we’ve bought big drive-in night-time screenings way through Glastonbury village. out of 50 that we can fit in the field. Michael’s got over-excited and put Dreams – Joe’s been buying cars that a light aircraft, a 1960s Hawker 125 that fit the post-apocalyptic mood, “What’s Michael up to now?!” We just fitted Maybelline – that’s Cineramageddon on all the crew people have had as a project, taken to from Biggin Hill. That’s going to be and then a daytime tent that will Joe Rush the Cadillac Coupe De Ville that’s T-shirts. We’re very much looking bits, and then can’t put back together the projection booth. And there’ll have a number of different genres. our tribute to Chuck Berry. Each forward to having everybody down again. It’s going to be a really great, be big old teddy boys making sure I want people to remember it. And 5 JUNE car has a very distinct character and here. Stephen Malit eclectic bunch of sculpture pieces nobody’s bashing the cars up, and whether it’s a beautiful midsummer a name. I’ll have to test-watch one film that’ll lend themselves to really girls selling hamburgers and cleaning night or an apocalyptic mud bath, It’s a learning curve. You think you’ve in each car – and the aeroplane. For great imagery. Julien’s going to have the windows. Back in the day they I think they will. Julien Temple, got there and then one of the studios American Graffiti, I think I’ll sit in psychedelic, thought-provoking, out- used roller-skates, but I can’t really Cineramageddon director doesn’t have a film in digital format, the Coupe De Ville. We’re expecting there films for the dawn slot. Have see that at Glastonbury, can you? and well, you can imagine, unspooling a queue of ladies to come tearing in we got the programme sorted yet? Oh Joe Rush, Cineramageddon 15 MAY rolls of 15mm film cans in the mud… for the special guest, Johnny Depp. no! We’re far too rock ’n’ roll for that. designer Also, the films can’t be too long. Three We’ve got barricades up. Everyone Stephen Malit, Cineramageddon There’s loads left to do, but for what films have to fit in between dusk and I tell, all the girls, no matter what Illustration by Joe Rush producer 2 MAY plan there is, we’re still pretty much dawn. I quite like the idea that the last their age is, are like, “Oh, yeah, I’ll be on course. We’re all chopping and one will be thinning like a vampire down there!” Joe Rush 26 APRIL What stage is the programme at? painting and welding. We’ve got 60 with the dawn. We should have [Laughs] It’s in flux. But we’ve got vehicles and an aeroplane. We’ve shown Dracula! Some films had to 19 JUNE We’re not in the field yet. At the a whole set of building blocks in place got two finished cars now – an old be yanked because they didn’t fit into moment we’ve got 55 cars up in that are getting more difficult to blow Mercedes covered in grass and a 2CV the timescale. We’re going to open We’ve got to put the delicate screen on a new barn at the top – Daimlers down. We’ve got Mad Max: Fury with tractor wheels on it. Both of it with Michael on the Wednesday the front of the canvas backing screen and Chevrolets and Cadillacs and Road in black and chrome. We’re those are now going down to the site. with a screening of Glastonbury – on Tuesday, when we’re doing a test HERE COMES MEET THE HIGHWAYMAN JOHN LEWIS lists five things you might not know about country star Kris Kristofferson

THE SUN He was a Rhodes He’s twice been McGee. A great performance, from He consoled Sinead Green Fields veteran and earth wisdom expert scholar at Oxford awarded American someone I cared about a hell of a lot. O’Connor after 1 University in the late 2 Veteran Of The Year. I first heard the recording a few 5 she was booed GLENNIE KINDRED explains the Festival’s deep 1950s. “I got heavily into William “That surprised me, because I’ve been weeks after she died and I cried my off stage. “This was a concert connection with the summer solstice Blake and Shakespeare; I boxed very critical of American foreign eyes out. I’m so lucky that my songs I was compering that celebrated Bob for Merton College as a 154lb policy for many years. I’m an army have been covered by heroes who’ve Dylan’s 30th anniversary in the music People have gathered to celebrate up, take a walk to the stone circle light middleweight/welterweight; brat. My dad was an air force become friends: Johnny Cash, Willie industry. Regardless of whether you the summer solstice – the longest and watch the sun lift from the I played rugby in various muddy general, my brother was a jet pilot Nelson, Muhammad Ali, Roger agreed with her stance on the Pope or day and shortest night of the year horizon. Anywhere on the slopes cow pastures and then downed in the navy. I support our troops. But Miller, Hank Williams Jr, even Elvis.” not, surely, if there’s any place where in the northern hemisphere – since of King’s Meadow, Tipi Field or The pints of ale in nearby pubs. While I sure as hell don’t identify with the you can have freedom of speech, it’d Celtic times. It’s a tribal thing; Park, facing north-east, will offer at Oxford I also answered an advert bastards who sometimes send them He dated Janis be a Bob Dylan tribute! I love Sinead, a deep need to be with your clan at a good view. in the paper for a singer. I recorded around the world.” Joplin, Joan Baez, she’s a special person, and I wrote this high point of the year. Stone Watching the sunrise isn’t four tracks under the name ‘Kris 4 Carly Simon, Barbra a song about her called Sister Sinead. circles mark the solstice sunrise crucial, though. Just take a break Carson’ with British producer and His songs have Streisand and Cherry She was absolutely damn right to throughout the Celtic lands and from the busy Festival and have songwriter Tony Hatch. They been covered by Vanilla. “That’s what they tell me. highlight child abuse in the church.” at Glastonbury we have a circle a quiet solstice moment. Sit in one were never released, and I hope they 3 dozens of singers, My memory is terrible these days, that does the same: the swan stone of the gardens in the Healing Field, haven’t survived, because they were including Elvis. “My favourite and I can’t remember some of these Kris Kristofferson plays the circle in King’s Meadow, at the top King’s Meadow, or sit with one of absolutely terrible.” has to be Janis Joplin’s Me And Bobby relationships, if I’m honest!” Pyramid Stage on Friday, 4.15pm. of the Green Fields. Commissioned the many ancient oak trees on the by Michael Eavis and built by Ivan site. The solstice marks a transition McBeth in 1992, it represents the point in the year’s cycle when we stars that make up the constellation can stop, reflect and choose to do of Cygnus and the solstice sun rises something different in our lives to ON THE RISE over the stone that represents the create positive change for the future. DAISY HEARN checks in with 2015 ETC WORTHY FM swan’s head. We can take the love and harmony ON 87.7 FM This year’s solstice fell on we create at Glastonbury out into winner Declan McKenna Wednesday, 21 June. If you missed our everyday lives and live in greater BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE FARM it, the good news is that the sun will peace with each other and with Declan McKenna is playing the keeping an eye on me without there UNTIL MONDAY 26 JUNE continue to rise over the stone circle’s our beautiful planet. Change begins Festival for a third straight year being masses of hype.” headstone for a few more days. with you and me and each of us can after winning the 2015 Emerging As well as Barry’s four Sunrise is at 4.55am, so if you’re still influence what happens next. Talent Competition. With two sets performances this weekend, there N AIR lined up this year, all eyes are on will also be sets by his fellow 2017 O the 18-year-old ahead of the July finalists Young Yizzy, Flohio, Lucas Illustration by release of his debut And King, Lilith Ai, Scott Tyrrell album. He’s well-placed, Silences, Tyni and then, to explain how WOWH. 2017’s soul-pop winner McKenna’s own Josh Barry might performance at Left benefit from his time Field on Sunday is one to at the Festival, which look out for, too. With his includes an opening set indie anthems tackling on the Other Stage on FIFA corruption, the Saturday. misrepresentation of “It was a smooth introduction transgender teens and conflict to the industry without being around the world, McKenna too publicly overbearing,” says shares Left Field’s message. “I love LATEST NEWS FROM THE FESTIVAL ★ EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION ARTISTS McKenna. “That was the best thing the idea of a festival getting behind 10TH BIRTHDAY SPECIALS: THE PARK & BLOCK9 ★ SHOWCASING GAY GLASTONBURY I could’ve asked for, considering that a progressive movement – and to be I had a lot of ideas but nothing fully part of that is just so exciting. I can’t WORTHYFM.COM RADIOHERD developed. It meant people were wait to give it some on stage.” THURSDAY 22ND JUNE 2017 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS 3 THE GLASTONBURY CROSSWORD #2 THE POLITICS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ACROSS DOWN OF HOPE 1 Former Bee Gee (5,4) 1 An immersive experience (7) will help you recharge your 6 Diagrammatic representation of a geographical 2 You might feel like this before visiting the long area (3) drops (9) activism, says JOHN HARRIS 8 9 8 Come On _, debut album by 1989 and 2014 3 Circular tent (4) performers the Pixies (7) Has there ever been a political himself will be speaking at 4.30pm 4 Type of pentameter employed by Shit-Faced 9  _ Ground, field between Croissant Neuf and the Shakespeare last year (6) summer like this one? When on Saturday and plenty of other Unfairground (5) Theresa May called a snap election sessions will find people discussing 10 11 12 5 Star of Enter The Dragon, screening at Pilton back in April it was widely assumed and debating where Britain and the 10 Nine _ Nails, industrial rock band (4) Palais, Wednesday, 10.30pm (5,3) that it would prove to be a walkover, wider world is heading. 13 11 Public transport vehicle selling fermented apple 6 Thick brown substance known to accumulate at until ’s Labour There’s an event about the realities juice (5,3) the Festival (3) Party found its voice and upended of Brexit on Friday at 12noon; a very 14 15 16 14 King’s _, home to the Sacred Space (6) 7 Glastonbury Free _ (5) expectations. Now, the aftershocks topical session about solidarity and of horrific events that barely need campaigning featuring Clive Lewis 15 Wild _, performing on the Other 12 Declaration made by the crowd in Craig David’s 17 Stage (6) Re-Rewind (9) mentioning and the start of Brexit MP at the same time on Saturday; negotiations have both underlined and an appearance from “People’s 18 Incidentally; a hit for 1993 absentees Red Hot 13 English county famed for Cheddar, cider and what a unique political moment this Chancellor” John McDonnell in the 18 19 Chili Peppers (2,3,3) tractors (8) is – full of both sadness and anxiety, midday slot on Sunday. It all ends 20 19 Colour of the entrance gate nearest the Acoustic 16 Ed _, headliner whose four guitars are named but also a palpable sense of guarded with a must-see conversation with Stage (4) Lloyd, Felix, Cyril and Nigel (7) optimism. the Turkish writer and author Elif 21 22 23 21 Our Father, who art in Pilton, _ be thy name (5) 17 The _ Hole, venue that is home to Funkingham Glastonbury has a long Shafak on Sunday at 1.30pm, which Palace (6) tradition of channeling the political will cover her awe-inspiring record 23 Don't bowl one of these in front of the Pyramid Stage; dog in Neighbours (7) 18 _ & Roses, festival bar and venue (5) mood and this year’s events at the of resistance to the politics of right- Left Field are another example of wing populism, as well as the state 24 A loud noise (3) 20 Pyramid headliners in 2016 (4) the Festival’s radical, questioning of Europe, the future of Britain 24 25 – 25 Historic Pilton building (5,4) 22 _ Morrison, singer who played the main stage spirit. If you want your political and, as always at the Left Field, the in 1987 (3) passions to be roused, Corbyn politics of hope. SISTERS OF AVALON From Shangri-La’s Sisterhood venue to the White Ribbon Alliance’s placard-wielding marches, KATIE GLASS finds a festival championing women’s rights

“What’s always struck me about a women-only space and it felt really honour of Jo Cox, the MP tragically fleeing abuse. The tent is also running Glastonbury is that it’s women important. I had no idea how it’d kick murdered weeks before the Festival. “campaigning clinics” offering advice who run the thing. is off. It was tiny but people got angry She’d been heavily involved with the to anyone seeking ideas about ways the new boss, there’s Liz Eliot at that there was a little tent with girls WRA (White Ribbon Alliance), they too can highlight important Green Fields and Arabella Churchill doing their own thing.” who campaign for women’s sexual issues. “We want this to lead to ran Theatre And Circus for years. A cacophony of glitter, DJs, and reproductive rights. action,” says Brigid. “There’s a radical In every production office there’s performers, workshops, and this year The WRA’s blue and white political spirit at Glastonbury; people a hardcore group of women,” featuring girl-fronted bands and tent has lived in The Park for are open to ideas.” grins Kaye Dunnings, the director a Girl Army boot camp (all in a space a number of years now. In 2016, The women’s march will gather behind Shangri-La, where, last year, designed to look like a women’s locker- Brigid McConville, who runs at 10.45am on Sunday at the Park Glastonbury’s first women-only room – in a wry nod to Trump), The WRA UK, led hundreds of women Stage, where the Avalonian Free venue The Sisterhood appeared. Sisterhood is unlike anywhere else on in suffragette sashes, accompanied State Choir and refugee women will The Sisterhood met with site. “It has a totally different energy; by singing We Shall sing. People are encouraged to make a tidal wave of outrage, accused it smells good for a start,” Kaye Overcome, on a march to The witty placards at the WRA tent. of reverse sexism. Kaye laughs at laughs, recalling “a moment last year Sisterhood in Cox’s memory. Among WRA’s own banners will be the idea, insisting The Sisterhood when everyone got their boobs out”. This year, WRA are hosting ones reading “We are the daughters wasn’t about segregation but rather There is a political edge, too. Kaye refugees and asylum-seekers from of the witches you failed to burn” an ode to the “backbone of strong has been hassled at enough gigs to Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Russia and and “Misters for the Sisters”. After women” who’ve always been behind want to offer women a safe space. Somalia who will be speaking about all, Brigid says, “women’s rights are the Festival. “There had never been Last year, The Sisterhood opened in seeking sanctuary in the UK after human rights – they are indivisible”. WE NEED TO TALK Film-makers SMRITI KESHARI and ERIC SCHLOSSER explain why they- want to kick-start a conversation with their film, the bomb

Right now, there are about 15,000 Cold War ended. In fact, the We set out to immerse the nuclear weapons in the world. And threat may be greater today audience in the strange, about 90 per cent of them are than at any other time compelling, often beautiful, controlled by just two men: Donald in the past half-century. but ultimately self- Trump and Vladimir Putin. Global warming and destructive world of nuclear If that’s not bad enough, there’s nuclear weapons are the two weapons. People need to see also about three million pounds of existential dangers now facing these things and what they can bomb-grade uranium and a million us. But global warming is occurring do to understand why they’re still pounds of bomb-grade plutonium relatively slowly and gets a lot of attractive to a handful of nations. out there, stored at hundreds of media attention. The detonation Huge video screens, great locations with varying degrees of a nuclear weapon, on the other music, big explosions – the bomb of security. A few years ago, an hand, would be instantaneous and is a loud, memorable, wake-up call. 82-year-old nun and a couple of irreversible. Yet nobody seems to be Attending the bomb, however, is peace activists broke into one of talking about the risk. only a first step. Everyone from those facilities – the biggest, most the bomb isn’t unrelentingly Albert Einstein to Ronald Reagan important, most tightly guarded grim. It isn’t agit-prop. It doesn’t has called for the total abolition of nuclear facility in the US. The preach at you or tell you what to nuclear weapons. As the great peace amount of uranium or plutonium think. It has fantastic music by The activist Thich Nhat Hanh said: “Once that anyone would need to steal in Acid and some memorable, mind- there is seeing, there must be acting. order to assemble a powerful atomic bending animation by The Kingdom Otherwise, what is the use of seeing?” bomb would fit inside a gym bag. Of Ludd. The look of it was designed We made the bomb to remind by Stanley Donwood, the Festival’s Watch the bomb at 11pm people that the nuclear threat still resident artist who’s been creating from Thursday to Saturday at THE MADNESS OF THE STONE CIRCLE by PETE FOWLER exists. It didn’t go away when the Radiohead’s album covers since 1994. The Gas Tower in Shangri-La. 4 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS THURSDAY 23RD JUNE 2017

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