Following Lenny Henry’s 2022 criticism of lack of diversity, this year’s bill features Janelle Monáe, Danny Brown, Little Simz and more
Following Lenny Henry’s 2022 criticism of lack of diversity, this year’s bill features Janelle Monáe, Danny Brown, Little Simz and moreAs Ron wandered around Glastonbury’s West Holts stage, something caught his eye: a huge gleaming statue of an afro comb with a clenched fist shooting out of the ground.
Glastonbury has always featured Black artists – from Curtis Mayfield, Aswad and Fela Kuti in the 1970s and 80s, to Stormzy and Kendrick Lamar as headliners more recently – but the depth of talent in 2024 feels significant. “There are very few Black people here who are consumers,” she said. “But you’re seeing more Black artists like SZA, Beyoncé, Burna Boy … the list goes on, which is fabulous, but we also need Black people inside the infrastructure of the festival.”
Yelena from Bristol says she’s an “anomaly” among many Black festival attenders because she’s been coming to events like Glastonbury since she was a child.
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