Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis defended the festival's line-up amid criticism of there being a lack of rock bands as pop star Dua Lipa prepares to headline Friday's music.The main stages open at Worthy Farm on Friday as this sees headline performances from Dua Lipa, British rock band Coldplay and American soul singer SZA, while Canadian country star Shania Twain will play the coveted Legends slot.
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00:00Well I think the line-up reflects what's happening in the music world. At the moment there aren't
00:26a lot of new rock acts to choose from if I'm honest. And hopefully that will emerge again.
00:34My heyday was 1995 with Hulk and Oasis and Radiohead and all those other bands. And that
00:42was great. Music changes all the time. Right now this is where we're at. We're reflecting
00:46what's happening.
00:47Well I feel a little bit like we've stepped out of the election for a minute. Even though
00:58there is one next week. I think everyone's just having a brilliant time. We used to have
01:02the football on and we used to have to screen it because no one had any means of finding
01:08out what even the result was because we were so cut off from the outside world then. And
01:12now obviously everyone's connected. And I think it is a music festival and I'm sure
01:17if people want to see it enough they can check the results or whatever on their phones. But
01:22hopefully I'm encouraging people to put their phones away and enjoy this.