Someone tell Lady Lola Bute that one of the biggest music festivals in the world is happening all around her!
The aristocratic beauty seemed much more interested in her Dutch boyfriend Parker Van Noord yesterday than in any other world star who took to the stage.
The pair were spotted with their arms around each other, with the heiress wearing a suitably understated festival look with jeans, cowboy boots, a leopard print bikini top and sunglasses.
It was a change of style from last weekend, when the couple celebrated Lady Lola’s 25th birthday at Vogue World in Paris.
There, the model daughter of the late racing driver Johnny Dumfries shone in a backless, floor-length dress by Roberto Cavalli.
Lady Lola Bute seemed far more interested in her Dutch model boyfriend Parker Van Noord than any Glastonbury star on stage
The pair were spotted with their arms around each other, with the heiress wearing a suitably understated festival look with jeans, cowboy boots, a leopard print bikini top and sunglasses.
So much for an eco-festival… guests fly to Glasto by jet and helicopter
Celebrities exuding virtue signaling is nothing new, but Glastonbury appears to be the first to market the organic, ethical products when it comes to climate change hypocrisy.
While many of the festival’s artists are keen to project an environmentally-friendly image, the event has a significant carbon footprint, a fact exacerbated by the jet-set VIPs who travel to Worthy Farm by helicopter.
The festival has partnered with Greenpeace and organisers say the festival ‘does not endorse or facilitate helicopter travel except for operational purposes’. But I can reveal that flying to the festival has never been more popular.
A spokesman for Charter A, a company that operates a helicopter service to the event, tells me: ‘It remains a hugely popular way to get to Glastonbury. We are always rammed for Glastonbury and are fully booked in February. This year it was the same again.’
Another company, Air Charter Service, which has two heliports serving the festival, tweeted: ‘We had a fantastic day at #Glastonbury! With a busy day of landings at both Air Charter Service Heliports, our team worked hard to ensure your travel experience is one to remember.’
A local anti-noise group reported that there were 85 flights on Friday alone, while a resident 30 miles from Worthy Farm commented: ‘The helicopters have been flying over the town non-stop today. In case anyone was wondering how environmentally friendly the music industry is.’
Meanwhile, Somerset’s ultra-exclusive Newt Hotel has offered its Glastonbury guests a private jet landing strip – a former military base at Henstridge – for the first time, in addition to its six helipads.
It comes despite musicians touting their own eco credentials
Coldplay, who performed on the Pyramid Stage last night, have announced that they have reduced the carbon footprint of their tour by more than 50 percent. They encourage fans to power their shows with dynamo bikes and kinetic dance floors.
Her colleague Dua Lipa is also committed to making her tours greener, including by using energy-efficient lighting.
A rock ‘n’ roll arrival
Model Vogue Williams and her husband Spencer Matthews didn’t arrive by helicopter, but they did take the next best thing: a white Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII.
“Glasto trips arranged!” Vogue wrote on Instagram, posting this photo of Spencer and a friend in the car.
It comes with a champagne fridge as standard – no use for teetotal Spencer!
Vogue Williams and her husband Spencer Matthews arrived at Glastonbury in a white Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII
Who’s up for a Mescal mullet?
He started a trend for men wearing jewelry after wearing a neck chain in Normal People. Now Paul Mescal is on a mission to… bring back the mullet.
The news emerged during a conversation he gave with fellow actors Andrew Scott and Saoirse Ronan, his co-star in last year’s film Foe.
Saoirse said: ‘I was in a hair and make-up truck and he was like, ‘I think I’m going to do a mullet and I think everyone will love it.’ But I said, ‘That’s a terrible idea.’
But Paul is adamant. “It’ll come back,” he teased.
Paul Mescal (right) previewed the mullet’s return during a conversation with actors Andrew Scott (left) and Saoirse Ronan
2am? It’s just beginning!
Cara Delevingne and Anya Taylor-Joy made a striking entrance on Friday afternoon when they were photographed walking purposefully through Worthy Farm.
And they were still at it at 2am when I spied them in the VIP hospitality area discussing what outfits to wear next since the night was still young. I really hope they’ve recovered enough to see Coldplay headline the Pyramid Stage last night.
Cara Delevingne and Anya Taylor-Joy were photographed walking purposefully around Worthy Farm on Friday afternoon
From headlines to basslines
BBC News is never like this! TV journalist Ros Atkins was seen streaming with sweat as he performed his DJ set in a packed and stiflingly hot tent yesterday.
The 50-year-old (right), who started DJing while still a student at Cambridge, spun drum and bass bangers, including a remix of the BBC News theme, at Stonebridge Bar.
Before the performance, Ros said: ‘I wonder what this would look like? A BBC journalist at a rave?’
Sweating is the answer!
TV journalist Ros Atkins started sweating as he performed his DJ set in a crowded tent
The bright cider life…
Country megastar Shania Twain will play the coveted Legends slot later today and has been preparing for her Worthy Farm debut by sampling the West Country’s favourite tipple.
And it seems the 54-year-old’s first sip of cider has left her wanting more. The Canadian singer, who says she wants to ride a horse onto the Pyramid Stage, says: ‘I was surprised at how light it is. I was expecting something spicier and overly sweet.’
Hopefully she sticks to her biggest hits and doesn’t immediately start singing Man, I Feel Like A Cider…
Shania Twain, who plays the famous Legends slot on Sunday, says she wants to ride a horse on the Pyramid Stage
Talk about suffering for your art. The chain mail Florence Pugh had to wear for her role as Princess Irulan in Dune: Part 2 was so heavy that she had to take frequent naps on set. And weight wasn’t the only problem.
The 28-year-old told a Glasto audience on Friday: ‘The chain mail was freezing! When I got to work at five in the morning it was very cold.’
It’s not just tents that campers leave behind at the end of the festival. Co-organiser Emily Eavis says that staff come across all sorts of unusual items: ‘You find things in trees for months afterwards.
Once upon a time there was a bra, right at the top of a tree. How did anyone get it up there?’
Mia Regan’s Glastonbury dress looked like it had gotten permanently tangled in one of the tents
Mia’s dress? It’s very camp
Putting up a tent is always a chore… and it looks like Mia Regan is permanently caught in it.
Romeo Beckham’s 21-year-old ex-girlfriend was pictured in Paris last week wearing a Pierre Cardin dress that looks more robust than many Glasto-goers’ accommodation.
The model – who was much more dressed up at the festival – is actually well-versed in camping in tough conditions, having completed a three-day high-altitude trek in Nepal last year.