Check out footage from Glastonbury 2024’s epic drone and fireworks show

576 drones marked the grand opening of Glastonbury 2024

Glastonbury Festival 2024‘s  grand opening with its first-ever opening drone show has now come to an end – watch footage of the show below.

Last night (June 26), Glastonbury held its first-ever drone show, which took place ahead of its regular fireworks display, to open the 2024 festival at Worthy Farm.

The drone show is just one of the few new additions to this year’s festival, as it usually opens with a traditional fireworks display which occurs roughly around 11pm on the opening day of Glastonbury for early arrivals. Fans typically gather around on the legendary hill by the park stage to catch a view of the light show.

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People watch a drone show at the end day one of Glastonbury Festival 2024 at Worthy Farm
Glastonbury 2024’s opening drone show. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

For the opening show, Glastonbury enlisted 576 drones – per the BBC – for a stunning display above the festival grounds. The drones first took on the shape of the festival’s old logo, which sees three people with their arms interlinked. It then transformed into a phoenix, before turning into a depiction of the iconic Pyramid Stage, the Glastonbury name and a peace sign among others.

Below, you can check out footage and pictures of the drone show and fireworks display from fans on the hallowed Worthy Farm grounds.

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Other new additions being introduced at Glastonbury 2024 include the new Tree Stage at the Woodsies area. The area is described as a “playground for sound” for artists to indulge in an “audio-visual spectacle”, and is set to see figures from the worlds of the arts, folk, science and music with work and events by Jon Hopkins, Merlin Sheldrake, Ana Roxanne and more.

“It’s bringing something really new and refreshing to the area,” area organiser Lilith Piper told NME. “It’s very much trying to integrate this whole space into being a new listening experience, quite literally in the trees… It becomes a late night immersive event when the main stage closes. It’s almost like the main stage is the sun and this is the moon. We have a wonderful range of electronic musicians, leading the way and bringing fresh new sounds and textures to be experienced in the round.”

The gates to Glastonbury 2024 opened yesterday (Wednesday, June 26), ahead of a weekend of music from the likes of headliners Dua LipaColdplay, and SZA, alongside Shania Twain’s legends slot and performances from LCD SoundsystemPJ HarveyLittle SimzBurna BoyIdlesAnne-MarieConfidence ManDisclosureCamila CabelloThe Last Dinner PartyAvril LavigneThe NationalJessie WareJungleJusticeMasegoSugababes and countless more. Check out the full line-up here. 

Meanwhile, here are the worst clashes to expect this year, as well as the latest weather forecasts for Glastonbury 2024.

Check back at NME here for the latest news, reviews, interviews, photos, rumours and more from Glastonbury 2024.

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