With the BBC livestreaming globally for the first time, and an especially rich lineup of Black artists, 2024’s festival champions a broad remit – but plays it safe with Coldplay
Whether seen as too male, too white, too traditional or not traditional enough, complaints about the Glastonbury lineup have become something of a national pastime. But as it opens its gates for 2024’s edition, the festival can lay claim to one of the most diverse and globe-straddling bills in the British festival calendar this year.
Another artist looking forward to a major gig is Jalen Ngonda, the American soul singer who was born in Maryland but has spent the last decade living in the UK after moving to Liverpool to study. It’ll be the 30-year-old’s first time at Glastonbury as either an artist or punter, as he plays the West Holts stage on Sunday. “It’s the biggest festival possibly in the world, so the world is watching,” he said. “It makes each player sometimes anxious, but it’s an exciting time.
Elsewhere there are the likes of pan-Scandinavian horror-folk troupe Heilung, Ghana’s Alogte Oho and His Sounds of Joy, the 13-strong K-pop boyband Seventeen, Niger guitar virtuoso Mdou Moctar, Cuban-American pop star Camila Cabello, and Palestinian-Jordanian rappers 47Soul.
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