The mantras of “Free, Free Palestine” were replaced on the grounds of the worthy farm, and the Palestinian flag filled the venue as the artists of the spectrum voiced their support for Palestinian resistance. For five days in every summer, the formal county of the Samarset in England becomes the subscription to the countercillative movement and political resistance.
The Glstonbury festival of contemporary performance art, which first began in 1970, entertained diverse music styles in decades. However, it is constantly stuck in its leftist politics. Last week, the UK now has the largest concert, the founder of Michael EVIS said that whoever did not agree with the politics of the festival, “could go elsewhere.”
Watch the hip hop triaocap during the Glustonabury Festival on Festivalgiers Worth Farm, Summerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. Photo Credit: AP
While the festival grew in popularity and scale during the 1970s, it was in the 80s that it actually came in itself by creating a place for activation and politics within its fence. In 1981, the festival was organized with a campaign for nuclear disarmament, an organization that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament, and strict international arms regulation.
Environmental activity
Over the years, environmental activism has become a main issue that unite united festival and organizers. Today, Glestonbury is powered by 100% renewable energy sources, and single-use plastic is banned in the premises. This festival takes a break every five years, on which the farm is hosted, on which is breathed and rejuvenated. So in 2026, the Summerset will not see the draw of emotional people systematic, drain, and agitation against those powers.
In 2000, composer Billy Brag and his partner Juliet Wils organized a left field stage in Glastonbury to promote leftist politics and trade unionism among young festivals and to promote leftist politics. This eventually turned into a regular stability in the festival. The stage is the leftist musician, who makes political comedians such as opposed to emotions, and Mark Thomas. It is also a site of political speeches and debates.
Keeping this heritage in mind, in 2017, Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbin was invited to speak at the main stage of the festival, called the pyramid stage, which was first created after taking inspiration from the pyramid in Giza in 1970.
Donations such as Oxfam contribute to manpower as volunteers who keep the festival operational. In return, the festival donates its profits to these organizations.
Dissatisfaction in 2025
This year, also, resistance has intensified with intensity in the farm ground. The Irish singer-song CMAT and Rock Band The Libertins gave their support for a free Palestine during their sets, while former BBC presenter Gary Linekar resonated Bhavna after concluding his point on the festival. Other singers and speakers replaced their solidarity in the caffehe scarf to indicate this reason.
Pilon, Samarset, Britain, Britain, UK, at the Pyramid Farm at the Pyramid Farm perform the Pyramid stage at the Glestonbury Festival at Worth Farm on 29 June, 2025. Photo Credit: Reuters
Music composer Nadin Shah set himself in front of a background, showing destruction in Gaza. She went to the Activist Group Palestine Action to read an open letter from artists for Palestine UK, which is planning to announce a terrorist organization of UK.
Nadin Shah performs in front of a large image of Gaza, in the second phase, June 29, 2025 in England, 29 June 2025, Worth Farm, Five of the Glastonbury Festival 2025 in Pilton. , Photo Credit: Getty Images
Irish rap trio Kenncap took the stage on stage to address the UK politics and genocide in Palestine. His set on the West Holts Stage attracted a large crowd, reaching the capacity of about an hour before the shotime. However, the BBC chose not to broadcast its performance citing “editorial guidelines”.
But the trouble had already surrounded the media organization as Punk Rock Duo Bob Waln took on the same platform and called for the death of IDF (Israel defense forces). While some joined the mantras, others marked it as abetment to violence. The organizer of the festival, Emily Evis responded to the incident and said she was “waste” from the comments made by the singer.
The Bob Vidhi performs on the West Holts Stage, during the Glustonabury Festival at the Worth Farm of the Summerset, on the West Holts Stage. England, Saturday, June 28, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP
This statement of his Drew Flack equally from some artists and fans. Rock band Amil and Snifiers took on their Instagram on their Instagram that the media, Neekap and Bob Waln’s politically charged demonstrations, highlighting the demonstrations charged, seems to see that these were separate events and a pair of “bad bands” whose feelings did not share the public on a large scale, which did not share.
As the Avon and Somerset Police have examined the video footage to determine whether any criminal investigation has been done in qualified forms, it remains to be seen that in the 60s, how a concert with its roots responds to the contradictions of protests in a world in the counterlative movement, where the resistance locations are hoping from the state.
Published – June 30, 2025 01:35 pm IST
