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Live from Glastonbury Festival

Chris is live from Worthy Farm with special performances from The Courteeners, Clean Bandit, KT Tunstall and Paul Carrack. Plus Chris catches up with Ed Sheeran and Emily Eavis.

Chris is live from Glastonbury Festival with special performances from The Courteeners, Clean Bandit, KT Tunstall and Paul Carrack in the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Tepee. Ed Sheeran tells us about his six-year Glastonbury journey from the tiny Croissant Neuf stage to topping the Pyramid Stage this year. Chris has a super suggestion for Emily Eavis about who she should be booking for Glastonbury 2019. Plus Vassos meets a group of musicians who've been busy making vegetable instruments, the golden oldie is chosen by Barry Gibb and our On This Day comes courtesy of The Jacksons.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Jun 2017 07:05

Music Played

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.
  • George Ezra

    Don't Matter Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Bee Gees

    How Deep Is Your Love

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
  • Lorde

    Perfect Places

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.
  • Shaggy

    Oh Carolina

    • Shaggy - The Best Of Shaggy Part 1.
    • Virgin.
  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • The Weeknd

    Can't Feel My Face

    • Beauty Behind The Madness.
    • Republic.
    • 7.
  • Liam Gallagher

    Wall Of Glass

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shape Of You

    • ÷ Divide.
    • Atlantic.
  • Foo Fighters

    Learn To Fly

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Village People

    YMCA

    • Night Moves (Various Artists).
    • Double Gold.
  • Toots & The Maytals

    Pressure Drop

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Island.
    • 12.
  • Clean Bandit

    Rockabye (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Teepee Glastonbury 2017)

  • Clean Bandit

    Symphony (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Teepee Glastonbury 2017)

  • Blossoms

    Charlemagne

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.
  • Paul Carrack

    How Long (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Teepee Glastonbury 2017)

  • Yazoo

    Situation

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
  • Katy Perry

    Roar

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.
  • Courteeners

    Not Nineteen Forever (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Teepee Glastonbury 2017)

  • Courteeners

    20th Century Boy/Cigarettes & Alcohol (Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Teepee Glastonbury 2017)

Pause For Thought

Glastonbury – Pause for Thought – Friday 23 June

Ìý

This year Glastonbury is rejoicing in a heat wave.Ìý But it is not always like that.Ìý Last year the weather was so bad that the smell of wet mud seemed to follow me around for days after I got home. ÌýMy wellies have never been the same since.Ìý One of the great things about coming to the Glastonbury Festival however is that there is always something here to surprise you. ÌýYou might meet up with an an old friend you haven’t seen for years or meet someone for the first time, who will become a friend for life.Ìý It might be discovering a new band or a new sound.ÌýÌý It might be experiencing a new taste or even a new smell.Ìý Glastonbury never fails to surprise and delight all who come here.


Two years ago the Dalai Lama visited Glastonbury and addressed a huge crowd. ÌýHe then made a surprise appearance on the Pyramid stage where he received a warm welcome and a birthday cake to celebrate his 80th birthday.ÌýÌý His words speak to people of all ages and across all cultures.Ìý He once said something that has stuck with me. He said: ‘Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible’. ÌýKindness is difficult to define.Ìý It is not always easy to say what we mean by ‘kindness’, but we know it when we meet it. Kindness is always possible.Ìý Kindness is something we all need to give and to receive. ÌýBecause when kindness fails the world becomes dark and life becomes bitter. Ìý


Recent events in Manchester and London have reminded us of that.Ìý


However in the midst of darkness and despair, peace and hope are often to be found.Ìý There is real hope in knowing the presence of God walking alongside us and watching over us - A presence that many of us find in the person of Jesus Christ.


The Dalai Lama said however that: ‘Whether one believes in a religion or not … there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion’. ÌýKindness is always possible.Ìý The Glastonbury Festival is about music, but it is about much more than that.


Bono once said’ Music can change the world because it can change people’.


And that is what the world needs – people who can and will change the world through their kindness and love for one another.Ìý

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