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From African stars to British stalwarts, Glastonbury 2024 opens gates to a truly diverse lineup

With the BBC livestreaming globally for the first time, and an especially rich lineup of Black artists, 2024’s festival champions a broad remit – but plays it safe with Coldplay

There are contemporary US greats such as Janelle Monáe and Danny Brown, and multigenerational African artists including pop stars Burna Boy, Tems, Ayra Starr and Moonchild Sanelly, alongside Femi Kuti, 40 years after his father, Fela, played what is regarded as one of the Pyramid stage’s greatest sets. Elsewhere there are the likes of pan-Scandinavian horror-folk troupe Heilung, Ghana’s Alogte Oho and His Sounds of Joy, the 13-strong K-pop boyband Seventeen, Niger guitar virtuoso Mdou Moctar, Cuban-American pop star Camila Cabello, and Palestinian-Jordanian rappers 47Soul. “There are people who have been organising very prescient discussions about the environment for decades – long before that stuff was talked about in formal politics.” This year, two particularly esteemed older activists will appear: British anthropologist Jane Goodall, who is 90, and Indigenous Brazilian tribal leader Chief Raoni, who is in his early 90s.

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