Glastonbury Festival Brings Back Leftfield For 2010

The Leftfield stage will be returning to this June's Glastonbury Festival after a one-year absence.

The “pop and politics” stage will be curated by Leftfield stalwart Billy Bragg and will be situated in a new location and new tent.

Speaking to the official Glastonbury website, Bragg explained why it's integral to have a stage like Leftfield at Worthy Farm.

“Glastonbury is the original activist festival,” he said. “It has always had that political edge since it’s rebirth in the 1980s as a gathering for dissidents and dancers.

“Leftfield’s mixture of red and green politics aims to reflect the way activism plays an important part in the festival as a whole.”

Asked whether it's important as ever to have Leftfield at Glastonbury 2010, Bragg added: “Definitely. Not only are we facing the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression, but by the time we pitch the tent, we may all be living under a Conservative government committed to massive cuts in public services.

“Plus there is the continuing threat of global warming and the rise of the BNP to contend with. We’ll have plenty to talk about in our daily debates.”

Headlined by U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder, Glastonbury takes place at Worthy Farm, Pilton from June 23rd to the 27th 2010.

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