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| Glastonbury 2025 opening ceremony kicks off festival with a bang | Glastonbury 2025 opening ceremony kicks off festival with a bang |
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| The Pyramid Stage opened with a theatre and circus show for the first time since 1990 | The Pyramid Stage opened with a theatre and circus show for the first time since 1990 |
| With tents firmly pitched and wristbands secured, revellers spent the first night of Glastonbury Festival exploring the more obscure and eccentric attractions on site. | With tents firmly pitched and wristbands secured, revellers spent the first night of Glastonbury Festival exploring the more obscure and eccentric attractions on site. |
| Ticketholders queued through the night to be among the first to enter the gates of Worthy Farm on Wednesday, brimming with excitement. | Ticketholders queued through the night to be among the first to enter the gates of Worthy Farm on Wednesday, brimming with excitement. |
| As night fell, for the first time in 35 years, the event hosted an opening ceremony from a theatre and circus act in front of the Pyramid Stage. | As night fell, for the first time in 35 years, the event hosted an opening ceremony from a theatre and circus act in front of the Pyramid Stage. |
| And with the main line-up not starting until Friday, crowds also flocked to the traditional opening fire ceremony in the Green Fields' Sacred Space. | And with the main line-up not starting until Friday, crowds also flocked to the traditional opening fire ceremony in the Green Fields' Sacred Space. |
| Acrobats and singers took part in the immersive performance | Acrobats and singers took part in the immersive performance |
| Many performers were suspended in the air for the show | Many performers were suspended in the air for the show |
| The audience at the immersive aerial performance were asked to tune in and hum along to the movements of a digital cyclist on screen at the Pyramid Stage, creating a "collective soundscape". | The audience at the immersive aerial performance were asked to tune in and hum along to the movements of a digital cyclist on screen at the Pyramid Stage, creating a "collective soundscape". |
| Glastonbury organisers described the performance, named The Dreamweaver's Journey, as a "beautiful chaos of sound". | Glastonbury organisers described the performance, named The Dreamweaver's Journey, as a "beautiful chaos of sound". |
| The Dreamweaver's Journey was a colourful display of light, colour and sound | The Dreamweaver's Journey was a colourful display of light, colour and sound |
| Crowds were encouraged to sing along to the "breath-taking aerial odyssey" | Crowds were encouraged to sing along to the "breath-taking aerial odyssey" |
| Elsewhere on site, others leaned into nostalgia and indulged in a 90s singalong at the Greenpeace stage. | Elsewhere on site, others leaned into nostalgia and indulged in a 90s singalong at the Greenpeace stage. |
| The official opening of the ambient Tree Stage saw meditations, celebrations, offerings and the ceremonial lighting of the Tolpuddle fire, which stays burning continuously from dusk till dawn. | The official opening of the ambient Tree Stage saw meditations, celebrations, offerings and the ceremonial lighting of the Tolpuddle fire, which stays burning continuously from dusk till dawn. |
| The lighting of the Tolpuddle fire is a symbolic tribute to the festival's history and community spirit | The lighting of the Tolpuddle fire is a symbolic tribute to the festival's history and community spirit |
| Revellers gathered at the sacred Stone Circle to watch the sun set | Revellers gathered at the sacred Stone Circle to watch the sun set |
| The evening culminated in a fireworks display, seen from both ceremonies, which ignited the sky with blazing trails and colourful sparks. | The evening culminated in a fireworks display, seen from both ceremonies, which ignited the sky with blazing trails and colourful sparks. |
| Many people gathered at the Tipi Village, The Stone Circle and at the base of the Glastonbury sign to watch the spectacle. | Many people gathered at the Tipi Village, The Stone Circle and at the base of the Glastonbury sign to watch the spectacle. |
| Festivalgoers huddled together under shelter as they awaited a break in the clouds | |
| Campers awoke on Thursday morning to a flood of torrential rain carving a river through the grass. | |
| But despite its best efforts, the weather could not dampen the spirits of festivalgoers who braced the rain wearing sunglasses, in true Brit fashion. | |
| Festivalgoers made makeshift tents in an attempt to stay dry on Thursday morning | |
| Forecasters say the damp start should pass and be replaced by a windy afternoon with temperatures ranging from the high teens to low 20s. | |
| By the evening, the winds should subside and the evening will be clear with a chance of patchy rain at about midnight. | |
| Additional reporting by Paul Glynn | Additional reporting by Paul Glynn |
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