Tilda Swinton joins Max Richter at Glastonbury 2023, man attempts naked protest

24 June, 2023

A naked man tries to interrupt the show with a speech down the audience microphone before being escorted away as Tilda Swinton performs with Max Richter on the Park Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 24, 2023 in Glastonbury, United Kingdom. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Tilda Swinton joined Max Richter on stage at Glastonbury Festival today (Saturday June 24), with a man also attempting to interrupt their set with a naked protest.

Taking to The Park Stage just after 11am, Richter and his band greeted early risers with an orchestral delivery of of 2004 “protest record” ‘The Blue Notebooks’ – joined by Tilda Swinton accompanying with a number of readings, including works by Czeslaw Milosz.

“Alright, good morning,” offered Richter. “It’s amazing that so many of you have got out of bed this morning. It’s an honour to be opening up this stage today.”

Before inviting his band and Swinton to the stage, he spoke of ‘The Blue Notebooks’ as a reaction to the lead-up to the Iraq war, when “politics was turning into a branch of fantasy literature”.

At one point, a naked man attempted to interrupt the show in protest by approaching a microphone being used to record audience ambience, before security escorted him away.

A naked man tries to interrupt the show with a speech down the audience microphone before being escorted away as Tilda Swinton performs with Max Richter on the Park Stage on Day 4 of Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 24, 2023 in Glastonbury, United Kingdom. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
A naked man tries to interrupt the show with a speech down the audience microphone before being escorted away as Tilda Swinton performs with Max Richter on the Park Stage on Day 4 of Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 24, 2023 in Glastonbury, United Kingdom. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Max Richter performs on day 4 of the Glastonbury festival in the village of Pilton in Somerset, southwest England, on June 24, 2023. The festival takes place from June 21 to June 26. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Max Richter performs on day 4 of the Glastonbury festival in the village of Pilton in Somerset, southwest England, on June 24, 2023. The festival takes place from June 21 to June 26. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Tilda Swinton performs with Max Richter on the Park Stage on Day 4 of Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 24, 2023 in Glastonbury, United Kingdom. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Tilda Swinton performs with Max Richter on the Park Stage on Day 4 of Glastonbury Festival 2023 on June 24, 2023 in Glastonbury, United Kingdom. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The Park stage saw another movie star collaboration, with Cate Blanchett appearing with Sparks during their early evening set.

Yesterday was closed with a stellar headline set from Arctic Monkeys, as well as a surprise set from Foo Fighters appearing under the moniker The Churnups.

Glastonbury continues today with performances from Guns N’ Roses, Lizzo, Lana Del Rey, Manic Street Preachers, Måneskin and more. There will also be a number of secret sets, including The Pretenders (with a number of special guests) and Blossoms and Rick Astley performing a set of Smiths covers.

Check out all the latest from Glastonbury 2023 on the NME liveblog here, and see more news, reviews, photos, interviews and more here.

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