Glastonbury 2024: Yard Act pay tribute to “People of Ukraine, Sudan and Palestine”

"We can send our fucking energy above those borders and change the fucking world" Yard Act took over the Woodsies stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival and performed a high-octave set filled with grooves and dance breaks. “What a beautiful day for all of this,” frontman James Smith told the crowd while appearing on stage. The band then jumped into ‘Fixer Upper’, ‘Dead Horse’ and ‘We Make Hits’.

One of the strongest bits of their performance was the backup singers who took moments throughout the set to perform some synchronised choreography with high energy. Katy J Pearson came out as a special guest to perform their collab track ‘When The Laughter Stops’. At the end of their set, Smith took a moment to introduce the band and went on to pay tribute to the people of Ukraine, Sudan and Palestine.

Stand with Palestine and oppressed people everywhere. Yard Act at Glastonbury. #Glastonbury #Gaza pic.

twitter.com/AY7ubKBzX0 — benfolley (@benfolley) June 29, 2024 Yard Act. Blimey.

Beast of a set and a properly sound crowd. Didn’t video the speech near during Trench Coat Museum but it’s well worth your time #GLASTONBURY pic.twitter.

com/Y0HosPJkOn — Stuart Goodwin (@stuartgoodwin) June 29, 2024 🎥 Yard Act have brought out Katy J Pearson for 'When the Laughter Stops'! 🤯🔥 #Glastonbury #Glastonbury2024 pic.twitter.com/wJeKZEbr8z — Far Out Magazine #Glastonbury2024 (@FarOutMag) June 29, 2024 “Whilst I’ve got you in the palm of my tiny little .