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Wolf Alice play at the Stone Circle. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
We joined Wolf Alice, Michael Kiwanuka, Haim, Jorja Smith, the Mutoid Waste Company and others as they made the film that replaces the Glastonbury festival this year
Sat 22 May 2021 06.00 EDT
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When I drove into the Glastonbury site last Sunday afternoon, the woman on accreditation asked if I knew my way around the site. In theory, yes, but not without its traditional landmarks â over five normal days at the festival, you navigate by stages, food stalls and flags. (âIâm four metres in front and five metres to the left of the Bob Marley flag. You canât miss me!â) With none of that present during the filming of Live at Worthy Farm this week â a five-hour film of special, one-off performances streaming tonight â I wondered how I would tell one field from the next. Strangely, magically, it all still made sense â the millions of st