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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Aneesa Ahmed

‘We’re trying to change the festival world’: how south Asian music is transforming Glastonbury

DJ Bobby Friction.
The Arrivals space will host South Asian artists such as DJ Bobby Friction. Photograph: Jim Dyson/Redferns

My most ­frequently used sentence in the past few months has probably been: “I managed to get a Glastonbury ticket.” After years of trying, I will finally be setting foot in Worthy Farm next weekend and – even more exciting – I will be ­making my debut in the same year as the festival’s first ever dedicated south Asian area.

The new space, called Arrivals, will host an entirely south Asian lineup, and was programmed and designed by an entirely south Asian team, from the set designers to the sound system operators.

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