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SARAH VINE: This is the dark truth about Glastonbury and how it went from a festival to a hypocritical and elitist echo chamber... and this is the man to blame
Remember when festivals were just about having fun and listening to some great music? When the acts went on stage and did their thing, for better or worse, and then just headed back to the trailer to pass out with a couple of accommodating groupies and a bottle or two of Jack Daniel's?
Such simple times. These days pop stars are more likely to be drinking kombucha or mainlining vitamin drips while lecturing the audience on geopolitics or the environment or the evils of big tech – or whichever bandwagon gets them most likes on social media.
