Glastonbury: Body of man found in tent on campsite
Crew member dies after being found unresponsive in his tent on Tuesday morning
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Your support makes all the difference.A festival worker at Glastonbury has been found dead in a tent on the campsite at Worthy Farm.
Police said a man in his 40s was found unresponsive in his tent in The Park on the Pilton site at about 2.20pm on Tuesday during the clear up of the three-day event.
The man, who was working as a crew member, is the second person to have died at the festival this year, after 48-year-old DJ Jason Winder died in the early hours of Sunday.
News of the latest death was confirmed by a spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police who said: “Police were called at about 2.20pm on Tuesday 27 June after a man in his forties was found unresponsive in his tent in The Park at the Glastonbury Festival site.
“Sadly, the man, a member of the festival’s crew, was confirmed dead at the scene. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report is being prepared for the coroner.”
At the weekend, police said Mr Winder had died after a “medical incident” on the part of the festival site known as the old railway line.
Tributes flooded in for the “ultra-talented” DJ following his death.
Tim Newton, a friend who performed alongside Mr Winder on Phuket Radio in Thailand, said: “Such a natural-born engager and entertainer - solo behind the mic, or in the company of close friends and family, or in front of thousands.
“He was certainly the best expat radio talent that ever graced a microphone in Thailand. Ultra-talented, unique, always surprising.”
He added: “Jason spent most of the post-Covid years working back in the UK, mostly in music and when we last spoke a few months ago, it was about Glastonbury.... Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Glastonbury.
“And he died there doing what he loved - surrounded by music, friends, and you can be sure, a lot of love and laughter.
“Jason lived large and packed a lot of life into his 48 short years. RIP dear friend.”
Glastonbury started on Wednesday last week and ended on Monday, although festival workers remained on Worthy Farm afterwards to clean up the site.
Performances ended on Sunday night with a farewell set by Elton John on the Pyramid stage that was the most-watched performance in the festival’s history.
The three-hour show was watched by 7.3 million viewers across the BBC, three times that of the views for Paul McCartney’s show in the same slot last year.
These figures also eclipse the number of people who watched fellow headliners Guns N’ Roses on Saturday night (1 million) and Arctic Monkeys on Friday night (1.5 million).
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