Glastonbury organisers post Brexit statement for festival-goers: ‘As the country are divided – in this field we belong’

Statement: Glastonbury organisers have some words for festival-goers about Brexit
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Jennifer Ruby24 June 2016
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Glastonbury organisers have posted a statement about Brexit for this year’s festival-goers.

In the wake of the EU Referendum, festival chiefs have reached out to music fans who have woken up to news that Britain is leaving the EU.

A notice posted around the festival site and later retweeted by the official Twitter account, read:

“Everyone is repeating they have no words/But we're full of them.

“As the camp wakes up to the news/Tents come alive with profanity/It can't be true, can it, really? It is.

“It's a day none of us have felt less British/As those around us crack open breakfast wine and shout for revolt.

“I think we're pretty safe in the knowledge that it's nobody's here fault/So let's trudge on through the mud/And sing out loud our protest songs.”

It continued: “As the country is divided - in this field we belong/ Embrace your fellow Glastonberry,/ As they are feeling just like you.

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“Goodbye old friend/We'll miss you a lot/Our little mate the EU.”

A number of musicians have spoken out about the decision during their sets during the first day of the festival.

While Bastille changed the lyrics to their song Pompeii during a set for BBC Radio One, Damon Albarn told the crowd:

“I have a very heavy heart today. Democracy failed us because it was ill-informed."

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