Festivalgoers are donning their sexiest outfits and even taking their garments off altogether as Glastonbury will get underway for Britain’s greatest summer time celebration.
Followers had been noticed baring all as they strutted across the pageant web site in pleasure over the Worthy Farm occasion.
Two girls had been seen in cut-out chaps revealing a really cheeky show within the rear as they wore simply underwear to guard their modesty.
And others pulled out all of the stops in glittery outfits studded in sequins and rhinestones or dripping with jewels excessive of bikinis.
It follows the dedication many festivalgoers confirmed in defying nationwide rail strikes crippling the UK’s transport system, in addition to threats of tenting in torrential rain and monkeypox fears, to queue for alternative buses right now in a bid to make it to the pageant.
The music providing this yr options headliners Billie Eilish, Sir Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, with Diana Ross filling the Sunday Teatime Legends slot.
Competition-goers have already been warned to pack for all eventualities – and take their wellies – with mild showers predicted on Friday and Saturday, adopted by extra heavy rain on Sunday.
As day two of the pageant will get underneath manner, attendees ‘might have to take shelter if they will’ as thunderstorms are set to brush throughout a lot of southern England, a Met Workplace meteorologist mentioned.
The climate warnings come as late arrivals battle extra journey disruptions with one other rail strike going down right now, possible including to the transport points revellers face with poor driving situations and floodwater on roads.
The UK Well being and Safety Company (UKHSA) has additionally urged festivalgoers to be aware of monkeypox as case numbers within the UK proceed to rise.
Up to now 793 folks within the UK have examined optimistic for the virus, with the overwhelming majority of those circumstances being present in England, and in homosexual and bisexual males.
Followers had been noticed baring all as they strutted across the pageant web site in pleasure over the Worthy Farm occasion’s first day
Ellie Egar from Wilmslow poses for photograhs throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm
Two girls stroll via the Silver Hayes space throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition
Vibrant, wacky and trendy vogue decisions on show in the course of the second day at Glastonbury Competition 2022
Bare festival-goers stroll via the crowds in the course of the Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm in Somerset
Competition-goers benefit from the sunshine earlier than predicted thunderstorms on the second day of the Glastonbury Competition
A lady in a sequin swimsuit adorned in a big sequin coverup smiles on the digicam throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition
And others pulled out all of the stops in glittery outfits studded in sequins and rhinestones or dripping with jewels excessive of bikinis
One festivalgoer poses in fishnet tights, thigh-high boots and a leather-based codpiece with a black and white cape
One girl wears a closely bedazzled minidress coated in embroidery and sequins on the second day of the pageant
Performers from the Notting Hill Carnival parade via the location throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm
Followers had been noticed baring all as they strutted across the pageant web site in pleasure over the Worthy Farm occasion. Pictured: Notting Hill Carnival performers
Maddy Ridgley, from Devon, having a hen celebration within the Inexperienced Fields, in the course of the Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm in Somerset
A pair wearing bare physique bodysuits in the course of the Glastonbury Competition
A lady carrying an apocalyptic outfit with Mad Max impressed goggles dances within the park space in the course of the pageant
Festivalgoers watch excitedly as perfomers parade to focus on the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival – The fiftieth
Followers had been noticed in Manchester ready for alternative buses to achieve the music extravaganza in a last-minute bid to achieve Worthy Farm amid the second day of rail strikes.
Mick Lynch’s militant RMT rail strikes resumed from midnight, which means simply 20 per cent of the 20,000 companies which usually run over three days within the UK are in service.
Nice Western Railway (GWR) is working simply 5 companies from London Paddington to Fortress Cary on Thursday, with a complete of 24 between Wednesday and Friday.
And forecasters have put a yellow warning in place between 10am and 11.59pm right now – with torrential lightning, hail and flooding anticipated throughout the nation.
The mud synonymous with the enduring pageant is about to make an look, with thunderstorms and torrential downpours predicted from right now – which means revellers must endure the beginning of the moist climate earlier than Billie Eilish hits the Pyramid stage tomorrow.
Nevertheless it’s not all doom and gloom as there might be spots of sunshine all through the day and heat temperatures reaching 24C (75F) – so revellers should not discover it too laborious to dry off.
Followers who arrived early on the web site had been pictured benefiting from the fantastic sunshine as they gathered at Worthy Farm’s Stone Circle this morning, located in a valley mendacity between two low sandstone ridges.
This yr’s Glastonbury pageant is the primary since summer time 2019, and revellers are able to benefit from the star-studded line-up of music acts together with headliners Billie Eilish, Sir Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar over the course of the weekend.
However each excessive climate threats and militant rail strikes going down this week has not stopped the revellers from beginning their five-day pageant weekend.
Competition-goers dance at Babylon Rebellion, one of many first venues to play music
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis performing together with his band within the William’s Inexperienced tent
Notting Hill carnival performers deliver color and pizzazz to Glasto as they strike a pose for the digicam
Uh-huh-huh: Festivalgoers dressed as Elvis Presley drink beer and pose for a photograph throughout Glastonbury
Performers with lengthy legs cycle alongside a path at Glastonbury carrying crimson outfits
A common view of festivalgoers strolling underneath a LGBT satisfaction signal throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm
The gang watch Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis performing together with his band within the William’s Inexperienced tent
Festivalgoers dance to the Hippo Sound System on the Glade Dome stage
Melanie C performs a DJ set within the William’s Inexperienced tent in the course of the Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm
Performers sing and dance as they course of via the Circus Discipline space
A pair dressed as flower pots stroll across the web site throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition
Maria Grant, Leila Eddakille, Holly 1-X , a DJ, and Maddy Ridgley, all from Devon, having a hen celebration within the Inexperienced Fields
Passengers with tenting gear board a prepare to go to the Glastonbury music pageant at Paddington railway station – one of many 5 trains departing right now
Pictured: Revellers had been noticed in Manchester ready for alternative buses to achieve the music extravaganza in a final minute bid to achieve Worthy Farm amid the second day of the rail strikes
Pictured: Individuals collect on the hill emblazoned with the Glastonbury signal to benefit from the sundown
Pictured: Revellers leant towards a wood railing as they waited for alternative buses to take them to Glastonbury pageant
An aerial view of the Glastonbury Competition web site in Somerset this morning the place followers have descended for the primary time in three years
Love is within the air at Glastonbury Competition as a pair, believed to be Ed and Chelsea, obtained engaged when Chelsea ticked the ‘sure’ field on Ed’s T-shirt with a marker pen
Pictured: A pair had been seen getting engaged right now at Glastonbury to rejoice the second day of the pageant
Revellers cheer as Lucy Barnes accepts Ben O’Hara’s marriage proposal at Worthy Farm
A wedding proposal on the primary day of the Glastonbury music pageant
Liam proposes to a contented however shocked Fern – all their pals knew and Liam wished to get it carried out very first thing in order that he did not have to hold around the ring field
Followers had been pictured benefiting from the fantastic sunshine this morning as they gathered at Worthy Farm’s Stone Circle, located in a valley mendacity between two low sandstone ridges
Two revellers in entrance of the Tipi village at Glastonbury Competition on Thursday was pictured benefiting from the fantastic sunshine
A person helps his good friend into his Mario impressed costume throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm
Festivalgoers participate in a laughter yoga workshop within the Therapeutic Discipline in the course of the Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm in Somerset
A pair chill out on the grass throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition at Worthy Farm, Pilton
Revellers don their favorite vibrant outfits, with face gems and coronary heart formed sun shades, throughout day two of Glastonbury
A younger woman reacts as a pair dressed as flower pots stroll across the web site throughout day two of Glastonbury Competition
In an announcement on its web site, the Met Workplace mentioned: ‘There’s a small probability that houses and companies might be flooded shortly, with harm to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or robust winds. There’s a small probability of fast-flowing or deep floodwater inflicting hazard to life.’
They went on to say: ‘These torrential downpours could also be accompanied by frequent lightning, while gusty winds and hail might also have an effect on just a few locations.
‘The precise location of the thunderstorms might be laborious to pinpoint, so the warning space might be stored underneath assessment and up to date if vital.’
Forecasters have put a yellow warning in place between 10am and 11.59pm right now – with torrential downpours anticipated throughout the nation.
The Met Workplace mentioned there’s a probability of additional rail and bus cancellations attributable to lightning strikes.
It additionally warned of energy cuts to some houses and companies, whereas distant communities might be lower off attributable to flooded roads.
Flooding might additionally trigger some street closures, with heavy site visitors on the roads already anticipated across the UK attributable to rail strikes.
Met Workplace Chief Forecaster Neil Armstrong mentioned: ‘The nice and cozy and sunny situations proceed on Thursday, however there might be an rising danger of thunderstorms via the afternoon and night which deliver a danger of some torrential downpours.’
The chance of thunderstorms was issued for ‘a lot of England and Wales’ on Thursday, with cloudy begins within the far northwest with some patchy rain.
Exeter will see highs of 21C (70F) right now, whereas Manchester will see humid cloudy climate of 27C (80C) this afternoon. Edinburgh will see heat sunshine hitting 22C (71F) right now, whereas Belfast will see highs of 20C (68F).
In the meantime, some brilliant spells are anticipated Friday morning within the south east, however might be swiftly adopted by scattered showers by noon, with most temperatures of 20C (68F).
Individuals collect at Glastonbury’s well-known Stone Circle to look at the dawn on Thursday morning
Festivalgoers had been pictured gathered round a fireplace this morning to look at for the dawn at Glastonbury’s Stone Circle
Crowds collect on the primary morning of Glastonbury pageant to look at the dawn on the Stone Circle
Pictured: Individuals collect to look at for the dawn on the Stone Circle at Glastonbury Competition on Thursday
This yr’s Glastonbury pageant is the primary since summer time 2019, and revellers are able to benefit from the star-studded line-up of music acts together with headliners Billie Eilish , Sir Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar over the course of the weekend
One festivalgoer walked via the campsite on the Glastonbury Competition right now holding an umbrella to guard her from the fantastic sunshine
However each excessive climate threats and militant rail strikes going down this week has not stopped the revellers from beginning their five-day pageant weekend with a cheer
Hundred’s of festivalgoers line the streets in Manchester on Thursday amid ongoing rail strikes
Revellers had been pictured with rucksacks crammed with their tenting provides
This yr’s much-anticipated pageant, working from Wednesday to Sunday, will host big stars from Diana Ross and Sir Paul McCartney, to Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Olivia Rodrigo
Deputy Chief Forecaster Daniel Rudman added: ‘From Friday onward the climate will develop into extra unsettled. There’s a danger of heavy showers and thunderstorms within the Glastonbury space on each Friday and Saturday, though these ought to be fast shifting, some floor water may accumulate at instances from the heaviest showers. Temperatures will begin to dip as we undergo the top of the week returning to close regular for the time of yr, with highs possible round 18-20C.
‘Sunday is anticipated to be principally dry and brilliant at first however with showers as soon as once more creating via the morning, a few of which might be heavy, and probably thundery. The unsettled sample is anticipated to proceed to dominate into the beginning of subsequent week.’
The founding father of the Somerset pageant Michael Eavis was pictured formally opening the gate to Glastonbury this morning marking the official begin of the four-day music spectacular.
The pageant is returning for its fiftieth anniversary after a three-year hiatus attributable to Covid-19.
Eavis and his daughter Emily had been stood at one of many pageant’s many entry factors and clapped as the primary attendees entered the location.
Eavis, 86, informed these getting into the gates: ‘That is going to be the very best present on the town.
‘Wait and see. You higher consider it.’
Simply 60 per cent of trains will run throughout Wednesday, with walkouts deliberate for Thursday and Saturday.
This yr’s much-anticipated pageant, working from Wednesday to Sunday, will host big stars from Diana Ross and Sir Paul McCartney, to Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Olivia Rodrigo.
