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Political debate returns amid the usual musical cornucopia
WILL STONE sees Glastonbury reaffirm its radical credentials
ALL INCLUSIVE: From Windrush Choir to Elton John
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
A LOUNGE-LADEN set by the Arctic Monkeys, with frontman Alex Turner going all Scott Walkery on us, or the diesel-fuelled biker metal of Guns N’ Roses might not have been everyone’s idea of a good night out.
Both delivered in their own right, with the former’s highly stylised performance and the latter proving that the killer combo of singer Axl Rose, whose voice worked wonders on Knocking On Heaven’s Door, and guitarist Slash, who nailed it after launching into the famed Sweet Child O’ Mine riff following a virtuoso guitar solo, are a force to be reckoned with.
But Glastonbury festival’s best moments are rarely confined to the quality of its heralded headliners.
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