Glastonbury favourites Elbow moved fans to tears as they performed in the sunshine at Worthy Farm on Sunday afternoon. The Bury-formed band had festivalgoers 'blubbing 'as they were joined on stage in Somerset by the Citizens of the World Refugee Choir and Little Amal, a giant 11.5ft puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee representing displaced children.
Little Amal, whose name means hope in Arabic, is known for her epic 4,970 mile journey from the border of Syria and Turkey to the UK last year. In May Little Amal travelled to Lviv in Ukraine and to three cities in Poland to visit Ukrainian refugee children and families forced to flee their homes.
The puppet shared a hug on the Pyramid Stage with frontman Guy Garvey as they were serenaded by the choir on Elbow's melancholic anthem One Day Like This. And fans described the performance as 'life affirming.'
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@tal_earth praised on Twitter: "Elbow have got to be the most life-affirming band on planet earth." And @SimonAshby1 said: "Just so wonderfully effortless. Thank-you @Elbow life affirming X"
@RhRae said: "brb crying forever at @walkwithamal giving @Guy_Garvey a hug whilst being serenaded by @CotWChoir and thousands in the crowd." They added: "@Elbow you did it again you beautiful b******s. #WeStillBelieveInLove #ChooseLove #RefugeesWelcome."
@Bobblehat63 said: "I was almost moved to tears by their performance. It was perfect. Needed another hour of to be honest." And @heldbytrees wrote: "Thank you, @Guy_Garvey for such a life affirming set with Elbow. Perfection for a sunny Sunday afternoon."
@ChrisLarkin2 tweeted: "Guy Garvey for PM." And @mscazss exclaimed: "Well that's reduced me to a blubbering mess! @Elbow @Guy_Garvey rolling my stuffing balls for Sunday dinner remembering walking down the aisle to #onedaylikethis absolutely stunning performance! Wow. Just wow!"
This week Guy returns to CBeebies Bedtime Stories from the tents of Glastonbury to give his rendition of A Little Bit Brave, written and illustrated by Nicola Kinnear. His bedtime story airs on Tuesday June 28.
Guy said: “The first time I did a CBeebies bedtime story it was for the rest of the band's kids, I didn’t have any of my own. Now I’ve got one and they’ve got more.
"The book I’ve chosen is a favourite bought for me by my best friend Pete Jobson who also has a couple of munchkins. So this is a lovely way to do something for all of them and to be doing it at the best party in the world is a super bonus.”
CBeebies Bedtime Stories is on each weekday at 6.50pm on the CBeebies channel and BBC iPlayer.
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