Mr Blue Sky himself in the ‘legends’ slot deserved a few more singalongsThe rain might be lashing down in stair rods over Worthy Farm,but on the Pyramid stage in Glastonbury’s traditional legends slot Mr Blue Sky has broken out. As Jeff Lynne’s ELO launch into the bouncy chords of that inescapable prog pop hit, umbrellas come down and hands depart up. You nearly expect people to start putting out the beach towels.
In truth the festival needs a bit of sunshine. This has been a tumultuous Glastonbury, or for reasons both natural – the worst rain and mud seen at the festival in 46 years,according to Michael Eavis – and man-made. To suggest the EU referendum has cast a pall over the festival is overegging it – certainly the hordes having it large in the Silver Hayes dance village don’t seem that concerned with the implementation of article 50 – but there’s no doubting that it has had an impact: just put a question to the many people who formed a human procession on the hill overlooking the festival site on Sunday afternoon and held up the 12 stars of the European Union around the Glastonbury sign.
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Source: theguardian.com