Glastonbury-goers are invited to participate in one other record-breaking try to kind the world’s largest ever ‘peace signal’ made up of individuals.
This follows the final try in 2017 when round 15,000 folks met on the pageant to interrupt the earlier report, set by a crowd of 5,814 in New York in 2009. Watch footage from the stunt under.
SJ Smallpage, who helped organise the report, stated on the time: “I really feel very humbled that individuals have joined collectively for one thing that represents the whole lot that’s good about Glastonbury, the whole lot that’s good about humanity.
“The numbers are superior, I can’t consider how many individuals are right here. They have been nonetheless steaming in by way of the entrances when it occurred. It made my coronary heart sing.”
Now, peace-loving Glasto-goers are invited to try to smash the report even additional.
“In 2017, 15,000 of us gathered under the Stone Circle to set a report for the world’s largest human peace signal,” learn a message from the pageant’s Inexperienced Fields info web page on Twitter.
“A message to the world of Peace, Unity and Love. On Thursday June 22 at 11.30am in Kings Meadow, unite with us within the Inexperienced Fields to ship out the message as soon as once more!”
In 2017, 15,000 of us gathered under the Stone Circle to set a report for the world’s largest human peace signal.
A message to the world of Peace, Unity and Love.
On Thurs, twenty second June at 11:30am in Kings Meadow, unite with us within the Inexperienced Fields to ship out the message as soon as once more! pic.twitter.com/ykNQPtxQMr
— Glastonbury Inexperienced Fields Data (@GlastoGreenInfo) June 7, 2023
Final week noticed Glastonbury Pageant unveil the total line-up with stage occasions for this 12 months’s occasion, whereas additionally containing a number of surprises together with newly introduced units from Queens Of The Stone Age and Rick Astley.
The same old thriller round shock secret units marked with acts as ‘TBA’ on the line-up ensues, with plenty of hypothesis round who the unknown band ‘The Churnups’ could be.
The road-up detailed that The Churnups can be acting at 6.15pm on the Friday of the pageant, taking part in on the Pyramid Stage earlier than Royal Blood and a headline set from Arctic Monkeys.
Followers speculated that this was more likely to be both Pulp or Foo Fighters – with many believing that the latter seemingly confirmed their look after frontman Dave Grohl penned a message about “churning up feelings”.
The likes of Måneskin, Lizzo, Lana Del Rey, Wizkid and Blondie are all set to carry out on the pageant at Worthy Farm in Somerset from Friday 23-Sunday 25 June, with headline performances additionally coming from Weapons N’ Roses and Elton John.
The closing efficiency from Sir Elton will mark his remaining ever UK present as a part of his farewell tour, an expertise he promised will likely be “great“.
“I’ve performed festivals, and have actually loved them,” he stated final week. “However in fact Glastonbury is the crème de la crème. To be sincere with you, it’s the primary time I’ve been requested to play it.”
John continued: “It’s simply come on the proper time. I’m an important believer in serendipity and destiny – that is probably the most great option to log out in England.”