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.'
