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Glastonbury 2022 in photos: Rock on! Festival-goers revel in the music

Thousands enjoy Glastonbury Festival as it celebrates its 50th anniversary after a two-year hiatus

ByNeil Stevenson;Richard AinsworthandKathryn Younger 26 June 2022 • 10:23am
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😰😖😕 Paul McCartney headlines the Pyramid Stage on Saturday night during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset


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😰😖😕 Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen perform on The Pyramid Stage


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😰😖😕 Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen embrace during the performance


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😰😖😕 The electrifying atmosphere as Paul McCartney performs


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😰😖😕 Festival-goers watch Paul McCartney perform


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😰😖😕 Yungblud performs on the John Peel Stage


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😰😖😕 Megan Thee Stallion performs on the Other Stage


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😰😖😕 Olivia Rodrigo performs on the Other Stage


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😰😖😕 Lily Allen performs as a surprise guest of Olivia Rodrigo on the Other Stage


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😰😖😕 Skin of Skunk Anansie performs on the Other Stage on day four


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😰😖😕 English singer-songwriter Self Esteem performs on the John Peel Stage as the festival reaches its penultimate day


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😰😖😕 Masters of the Kazooniverse perform in the Cabaret field


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😰😖😕 A festival-goer holds onto two hoops as they enjoy the sunshine


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😰😖😕 Performers appear as frozen arctic explorers


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😰😖😕 Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, speaks to the crowd from the Pyramid Stage


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Credit: Geoff Pugh for the Telegraph

😰😖😕 The crowds listen intently to Greta Thunberg


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😰😖😕 A group of Glastonbury festival-goers avoid the long queue for the showers by setting up their own facilities


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😰😖😕 ...others got their shower in the rain 


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😰😖😕 While one duo showered together to conserve water... 


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😰😖😕 And the crowds go wild for English singer-songwriter Griff


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😰😖😕 'Dance For Ukraine': People wave a flag with the photo of the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky 


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😰😖😕 Getting a better view: A woman beams as she sits on her friend's shoulders


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😰😖😕 Purple hair, don't care: Two friends enjoy themselves as rock band Crowded House perform on the Pyramid stage


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😰😖😕 In the buff.. a couple of naturists stroll through the festival site


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Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

😰😖😕 Checklist: Carpet, houseplants....


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😰😖😕 The doors reopened this year after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic 


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😰😖😕 Revellers packed for all weather conditions 


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Credit: Geoff Pugh for the Telegraph

😰😖😕 Don't try this at home


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😰😖😕 Once you're in, it's all good vibes and no stress


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😰😖😕 An intimate moment at sunset


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😰😖😕 An angel rises above the Stone Circle


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😰😖😕 In 1971, the festival became known as the Glastonbury Fair, with its dates moved to the time of the Summer Solstice –12,000 people attended and tickets were free


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😰😖😕 Mars Osei-Asante, 30, was in good spirits on the first day


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😰😖😕 People gather to watch for the sunrise at the Stone Circle


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😰😖😕 Things have come a long way since the first Glastonbury in 1970, where tickets were £1, which also got you free milk from the farm


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Credit: Geoff Pugh for the Telegraph

😰😖😕 The Queen made a surprise appearance in one campsite


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😰😖😕 Getting into the spirit of the festival


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😰😖😕 Not a blade of grass in sight.. a sea of tents


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Credit: James Dadzitis / SWNS

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