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Glastonbury stars donate festival outfits in stand against throwaway fashion

Stuart Mitchell

Kylie Minogue and The Cure’s Robert Smith are among the artists who donated clothing to Oxfam following Glastonbury festival. Kylie, who performed in front of thousands of people on the Pyramid stage, donated her sun visor, while Robert donated a Disintegration Era shirt, as worn in 1989 and again at Sydney Opera House earlier this year. Bastille, Billie Eilish, Frank Turner, Gabrielle Aplin, Johnny Marr, Lewis Capaldi, Loyle Carner, The Lumineers, Pond, The Proclaimers, Sheryl Crow, Tame Impala and The Wombats also joined in by donating their festival outfits to…

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Glastonbury ‘One Love’ reggae festival will support Amnesty’s human rights work

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International is supporting this year’s One Love reggae festival near Glastonbury at the end of August. The festival, which has grown into a major three-day reggae event, will see well-known Jamaican acts – including Cutty Ranks, Johnny Clarke, Johnny Osbourne, Mighty Diamonds and Mad Professor – playing alongside significant performers from the UK ska, reggae and dub scenes, including Jerry Dammers, Don Letts, Zion Train and Saxon Sound System.  The event, at a site on Gilcombe Farm adjacent to the picturesque Somerset town of Bruton near Glastonbury, takes place…

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