by Alexandra Pollard Staff | Photos by WENN

Tags: Billy Bragg, Glastonbury Festival 

Jeremy Corbyn set to make an appearance at Glastonbury Festival

Corbyn will appear on Billy Bragg's Left Field stage this summer

 

Glastonbury Festival 2016 line-up to include Labour's Jeremy Corbyn Photo: WENN

Jeremy Corbyn is reportedly set to speak at this year's Glastonbury Festival, after accepting an invitation from Billy Bragg.

The festival will be headlined by Muse, Coldplay and Adele, with the likes of Foals, PJ Harvey, Ellie Goulding, Grimes and The Last Shadow Puppets also on the bill. That's all now been eclipsed, of course, by the booking of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

According to The Mirror, Corbyn - who was the surprise winner of the Labour Party's leadership election last year - will be speaking on behalf of the Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament.

He'll join Glastonbury mainstay Billy Bragg, who curates the Left Field stage every year. Back in 2014, the Left Field Tower was renamed after another left wing politician - Tony Benn - following his death.

Bragg told The Mirror, "The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader has galvanised a new generation of activists and this year at Left Field and we aim to give them a platform to discuss issues around social justice, the economy, gender and the possibilities for genuine change under a Corbyn government."

Meanwhile, this Thursday (7 April) marks the final day that Glastonbury fans who have paid the ticket deposit can pay the remaining balance, or lose out ahead of this spring's re-sale.

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