Glastonbury revellers kicked disconnected their archetypal nighttime astatine the mega-festival by inflating balloons with 'laughing gas' arsenic 200,000 radical descended connected the event.
The festival, held connected Worthy Farm successful Pilton, Somerset, goes connected until Sunday nighttime and began with fireworks lighting up the skies connected evening one.
Photos amusement festivalgoers blowing up pinkish balloons with 'laughing gas' connected the writer surrounded by assorted portion cans.
Elsewhere, ticketholders enjoyed a drone amusement arsenic good arsenic a bid parade astatine the festival's Stone Circle.
Revellers person been fortunate with the upwind this twelvemonth arsenic it is acceptable to stay mostly sunny this play pursuing the UK's archetypal heatwave of 2024.
Campers arriving astatine the 900-acre tract tin expect 'mostly warm, adust and settled' upwind for the adjacent 5 days but scattered showers could hap and past until the extremity of the weekend, according to the Met Office.
This year's lawsuit volition spot header performances from planetary stars including popular vocalist Dua Lipa, British stone set Coldplay and American psyche vocalist Sza, portion Canadian state prima Shania Twain volition play the coveted legends slot.
Festivalgoers are Glastonbury instrumentality 'laughing gas' astatine Worthy Farm connected the archetypal time of the event
Fireworks detonate successful the entity supra the Pyramid Stage past nighttime connected time 1 of Glastonbury Festival 2024
An aerial presumption taken this greeting shows the sheer standard of the monolithic festival
Fireworks lit up the entity astatine Glastonbury festival connected the archetypal nighttime of the lawsuit yesterday
People ticker a drone amusement astatine the extremity time 1 of Glastonbury Festival yesterday
Revellers ticker a drone amusement astatine Worthy Farm successful Pilton, Somerset for the Glastonbury Festival past night
Tents and structures are seen from a hillside overlooking the festival tract during time 1 of Glastonbury Festival yesterday
Performers instrumentality portion successful a bid parade arsenic portion of the opening ceremonial held astatine the Stone Circle astatine the extremity of time 1 yesterday
People stitchery astir the rainbow sculpture which overlooks the festival tract during time 1 of Glastonbury Festival yesterday
Festival goers watching a drone amusement astatine the Glastonbury Festival astatine Worthy Farm successful Somerset yesterday
Glastonbury Festival features astir 3,000 performances crossed implicit 80 stages
People locomotion astir tract during time 1 of Glastonbury Festival 2024 astatine Worthy Farm, Pilton, yesterday
People stitchery successful The Park country during time 1 of Glastonbury Festival 2024 yesterday
Fireworks detonate supra tract astatine the extremity of time 1 of Glastonbury Festival 2024 yesterday
Performers instrumentality portion successful bid parade arsenic portion of the opening ceremonial held astatine the Stone Circle yesterday
Festivalgoers beryllium beneath flags astatine Worthy Farm connected the archetypal time of the Glastonbury euphony festival yesterday
People stitchery astir the rainbow sculpture which overlooks the festival tract during time 1 of Glastonbury Festival 2024 yesterday
A festival goer stands connected the Stone Circle, connected the archetypal time of the Glastonbury euphony festival yesterday
People stitchery for sunset successful the Stone Circle during time 1 of Glastonbury Festival 2024 yesterday
People locomotion astir tents successful the camping fields during time 1 of Glastonbury Festival 2024 yesterday
People stitchery astir the rainbow sculpture which overlooks the festival tract during time 1 of Glastonbury Festival yesterday
People locomotion done the marketplace and buying country astatine the Glastonbury Festival yesterday
Other attractions astatine the festival, which runs from contiguous until Sunday, see speeches, movie screenings and Q&As, circus performances, drama sets and more.
Rock set Squeeze volition unfastened the Pyramid Stage connected Friday astatine midday, followed by rising prima Olivia Dean, K-pop radical Seventeen and vocalist Paul Heaton.
Later on, PJ Harvey and LCD Soundsystem volition lukewarm up for Dua Lipa arsenic she headlines the main signifier connected Friday nighttime - her Pyramid Stage debut.
The 28-year-old popular prima is expected to dainty festival revellers to a enactment of her deed songs, including Houdini and Training Season from her 3rd workplace album, Radical Optimism, released earlier this year.
Other highlights connected Friday volition see D-Block Europe and Idles playing the Other Stage, portion Jungle apical the measure connected West Holts and Fontaines DC caput up the Park Stage.
On Saturday, the main signifier volition invited Nigerian stars Femi Kuti and Ayra Starr, followed by US 80s chart-topper Cyndi Lauper and stone set Keane.
Mercury Prize victor Michael Kiwanuka and British rapper Little Simz volition besides play connected the Pyramid Stage successful the evening earlier Coldplay apical the bill.
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