The activist gives a stark message, while AJ Tracey criticises the lack of action over Grenfell.
The broadcaster thanked festival-goers for cutting their plastic use, after organisers banned single-use plastic bottles.Thunberg spoke after an invigorating performance from rapper AJ Tracey, who opened his set with a powerful, angry message about the Grenfell Tower disaster.
"Boris Johnson, I want to ask you a question: 72 of our friends and family are dead and there's been zero arrests," he said. "Why?" "I'm hoping that the crowd are receptive to me trying to give them a different take on my usual set," he told BBC News ahead of the performance."My dad used to be a rapper, my mum used to be a DJ on the radio, playing jungle, house, garage... so I've got quite a mix.
The star brought his mother to Glastonbury and she watched his show from the side of the Pyramid stage."She doesn't have a scrapbook but she's a photographer so she takes loads of personal pictures and has her own little personal archive."
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