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Glasto: Don’t forget to vote

GLASTONBURY founder Michael Eavis made a plea yesterday to June’s festival-goers to vote in the EU referendum before heading to the site.

The gates open the day before the Thursday June 23 vote, with music beginning on the Friday.

Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has expressed some concern about the clash, saying it would be a shame if young people were “rocking instead of voting,” The Observer reported.

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