Glastonbury announces plans to celebrate the late Annie Nightingale

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Glastonbury has announced plans to celebrate the life of the late Annie Nightingale at this year’s festival.The legendary DJ and broadcaster died on January 11 after a short illness.

She was 83 years old. In a tribute at the time, Glasto co-organiser Emily Eavis described Nightingale as “a female trailblazer and true enthusiast”.She continued: “Annie gave me so much support when I was in my 20s, I always felt so grateful to have such a strong woman encouraging me along the way and I’m sure she has done the same for many others like me.“She was an inspiration to so many women in music, broadcasting and beyond and just a lovely human being.”Today (May 28), Glastonbury has shared details on how the event will pay tribute to Nightingale on Worthy Farm on Thursday June 27.“Annie Nightingale loved Glastonbury Festival,” the post begins. “Her BBC Radio 1 show was broadcast from the Festival on Thursday nights through the 2000s from Silver Hayes and The Glade, and the last time she played the festival, in 2017, was on The Glade Main Stage.“So it’s fitting that the Celebration of Annie’s life starts in The Glade on Thursday before moving to the BBC Introducing Stage for the after-dark part two.”A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest) It adds: “The Glade Dome hosts the Daytime celebration, featuring The Nextmen Ft Kiko Bun and Fish56Octagon, who will be using his encyclopaedic knowledge of dance music to play a set of Annie’s favourite tunes.“Annie’s beloved breakbeat is represented by King of The Beats – the breaks supergroup with Krafty Kuts plus members of the Freestylers and Plump DJs, who are putting together a very special set.