Jeremy Corbyn accepts Billy Bragg's invite to speak at Glastonbury

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will speak at this year's Glastonbury Festival.

The left-leaning politician has accepted singer-songwriter Billy Bragg's invitation to speak on behalf of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Corbyn will take to the Left Field stage at the event, which is being held at Worthy Farm between June 22 and 26.

Bragg wrote on the festival's official website: "The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader has galvanised a new generation of activists and this year at Left Field and we aim to give them a platform to discuss issues around social justice, the economy, gender and the possibilities for genuine change under a Corbyn government."

A spokesman for Corbyn added to the Mirror: "Jeremy has long been a fan of Glastonbury, and is looking forward to attending as a guest of the CND and the festival organisers."

Glastonbury supremo Michael Eavis meanwhile commented: "The worker’s beer company and myself started the Left Field tent, following our tradition of campaigning for CND and helping the miners who were totally destroyed by Maggie [Thatcher] in the Eighties.

"And before that there was the huge surge of interest in the green movement’s efforts to clean up our country when the eco warriors arrived here in all their glory in the seventies."

This year's Glastonbury Festival will be headlined by Adele, Muse and Coldplay.

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