Letters Live made its Glastonbury debut on the Greenpeace Stage on Friday 27th June 2025!
Our glorious line-up of performers included Benedict Cumberbatch, James Norton, Ambika Mod, Simon Pegg, Andrew Scott, Bella Ramsey, Paapa Essideu and Caitlin Moran, plus beautiful music from Kae Tempest and Aurora.
If you’re based in the UK, you can watch the show on BBC iPlayer for a limited time. Link here >
For more than 50 years, Greenpeace has been using peaceful protest to bring about change. And for 33 of those 50 years, Glastonbury Festival has been home to Greenpeace’s most creative and powerful festival presence – a place of astonishing creativity where unmissable live sets, incredible DJs and special guests collectively support Greenpeace’s mission.
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