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Jami Ganz

Glastonbury returns 3 years later to celebrate a half-century: ‘The world’s changed’

PILTON, Somerset, England — The world doesn’t look like it did in 2019 — the last time fans of every sort of musical genre filled a field in Pilton to embrace the annual Glastonbury Festival.

It’s been three years since the sounds of referential laughter and canned beers clinking filled the cars of the Great Western Railway trains transporting fans from London up to a field in Pilton, Somerset for Glastonbury Festival.

The performances taking place this weekend — headlined by Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively — weren’t those originally planned to commemorate the 50th year of the fest.

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