‘We’re trying to change the festival world’: how south Asian music is transforming Glastonbury

This year is my first Glastonbury - and the first time south Asian artists will have their own space. It's long overdue

My most frequently used sentence in the past few months has probably been: Imanaged to get a Glastonbury ticket." After years of trying, I will finally be setting foot in Worthy Farm next weekend and - even more exciting - I will be making my debut in the same year as the festival's first ever dedicated south Asian area.

The new space, called Arrivals, will host an entirely south Asian lineup, and was programmed and designed by an entirely south Asian team, from the set designers to the sound system operators.