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Laura Snapes

‘When I gave up drink it was a hallelujah moment’: Sleaford Mods interviewed at Glastonbury

Jason Williamson Sleaford Mods Glastonbury United States Alicia Canter
‘If I tried my hardest to be middle class I couldn’t do it’ … (L-R) Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn of Sleaford Mods.
‘If I tried my hardest to be middle class I couldn’t do it’ … (L-R) Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn of Sleaford Mods. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

There are infinite ways to start your day at Glastonbury: as you mean to go on, with a pint of cider for breakfast; daydreaming in the long line for a coffee; perhaps something holistic in the green fields to atone for the night before.

But over on the east side of the festival on Friday morning, a throng of people kicked off Friday by watching Sleaford Mods interviewed by music editor Ben Beaumont-Thomas in the first of the Guardian’s onstage talks at the William’s Green stage.

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