“Outdoor events are going to come to an end. It’s too hot”: Chrissie Hynde says that increasing global heat will lead to the demise of outdoor festivals like Glastonbury
While thousands of tents already pitched across the Glastonbury fields, the festival’s annual weekend of music is set to kick off tomorrow. However, The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is warning people that global warming could put an end to the beloved summer festival season.
In a new Instagram post, Hynde reflects on how British summers are getting hotter every year. “I trust you’re all surviving the heat waves,” she writes. “I’m remembering the last couple years when we supported Guns N’ Roses, and then the Foo Fighters… It was so hot I had to strap ice packs around my waist. And I realised then that outdoor events are going to come to an end. It’s too hot.”
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According to weather predictions, this year’s festival could be the hottest ever. “There is a slim chance that temperatures [on Sunday] could get close to the Glastonbury record of 31.2°C,” the BBC reports.
The Glastonbury Town Council has also voiced its concern surrounding changing climates. In 2019, the council “declared a climate emergency, and pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030”.
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Hynde isn’t the only musicians fearful of rising climates. St. Albans rockers Enter Shikari have even attended the UN’s world climate change conference, COP26, back in 2021. “We’re going to make as much noise as we can!” he told Kerrang! at the time.
The gang have been contributing to the climate crisis discussion since 2012, when they released Arguing With Thermometers, a thumping wallop of dubstep-meets-industrial-post-hardcore fury.
In 2019, they even performed on the Reading & Leeds Festival main stage with a backdrop of ‘Warming Stripes’. Designed by Reading University Professor Ed Hawkins, the Warming Stripes depict how average global temperatures have risen since 1850. The blue stripes represent cooler years, while the red stripes show hotter years.
Regardless, Glastonbury wont be deterred by the hot weather this year. This weekend is set to boast headline sets from Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young and The 1975. The 1975 have also made every effort to impress, with the Telegraph reporting that the band spent “four times their actual fee” for their stage production.
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