Glastonbury crowds are mostly white – but is that really a problem?

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'What Sir Lenny says is undeniably true. But then, this isn’t necessarily a surprise. Historically, after all, Glastonbury celebrated British rock music – which has always been largely performed (and listened to) by white men' | Writes MichaelPDeacon

Here’s how mind-bogglingly popular Glastonbury has become. In late 2019 – shortly before the Covid pandemic struck and ruined everyone’s fun – the organisers put 135,000 tickets on sale for the next festival. Guess how many people applied to buy one.

 

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MichaelPDeacon The BAME people of the UK are so poor and hard done by they can't afford tickets? After all, they're all really really oppressed.... Or is it that fact that they just don't like that kind of music🤷 More Bollocks from hypocrites!!

MichaelPDeacon Funny that, Lenny. Perhaps it’s because Britain is mainly white, 85% in fact

MichaelPDeacon Apart from obviously the black rappers who’ve headlined. Where do these people think this is going?

MichaelPDeacon It's a nothing-burger story

MichaelPDeacon You still don’t get it do you? Everything involving white people, particularly if it’s good, is a problem for the new residents of these isles.

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