Glastonbury festival: first arrivals – in pictures
Glastonbury’s gates have opened, ready to welcome about 200,000 people to the UK’s biggest music and performing arts festival
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Festivalgoers head to the camping area to set up their tents on the first day of the Glastonbury festival
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A reveller arrives beard-glitter ready
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Speed and comfort are at the forefront of some campers’ minds, with pop-up tents ...
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... and inflated air-beds being carried in
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The festival takes place at Worthy Farm, located across 900 acres in Pilton, Somerset
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The site is more than a mile and a half across, with a perimeter of about eight and a half miles
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What lies ahead? A girl has her palm read by Madame Maggie
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This year’s compostable toilets feature a cubicle called Boggis, designed by Becki Miller.
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Kylie Minogue, Janet Jackson, Liam Gallagher and Miley Cyrus are among the hundreds of artists also appearing
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Temperatures are set to reach a high of 27C on Friday, cooling a little on Saturday before fresher weather on Sunday, at about 19C. The record Glastonbury temperature of 31.2C, set in 2017, looks likely to remain unbroken
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All the essentials: toilet paper and instant noodles
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The first festival took place in 1970, when 1,500 visitors paid £1 to see acts including Marc Bolan, Keith Christmas, Stackridge. The entry fee also included free milk from the farm
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Greenpeace are one of the many charities represented at the festival and will unveil an art installation designed to highlight the plight of the bees
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Car parks opened on Tuesday night , while the gates opened at 8am on Wednesday, with huge queues ready to get in
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Ready to roll
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The 83-year-old farmer and festival organiser, Michael Eavis, welcomed the crowds as the gates opened while posing for selfies with fans
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Glastonbury caters for all ages
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Organisers are hoping to make this the greenest Glastonbury yet by encouraging everyone to take home all their possessions, bin all of their rubbish and help leave the campsite cow-ready and spotless
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Despite the music on the main stages not kicking off until Friday, guests can spend Thursday evening watching England play in the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarter-final match
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