GLASTONBURY Festival has become an iconic celebration of music and performing arts – and what better way to celebrate it than a poem?

The five-day festival, which was first held by Michael Eavis at Worthy Farm in 1970, will host around 210,000 people when it gets underway next week.

Sir Elton John will perform his last-ever UK show on Sunday night (June 25) on the iconic Pyramid Stage. 

Other performers on the main stage include Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, Guns N' Roses, Arctic Monkeys, Lil Nas X and Blondie.

The stage will also feature a performance by ‘The Churnups’, with rumours circulating that the mystery band could be Foo Fighters or Pulp.

For a full list of performers across the 900-acre site, click HERE.

To celebrate Glastonbury returning in seven days, we asked ChatGPT, a popular AI chatbot, to write a poem about the festival. Here's what it came up with.

Magic in the Fields: A Tribute to Glastonbury Festival

In the fields of Somerset,

Where the green hills rise and fall,

There lies a land of magic,

Where the music calls.

Glastonbury Festival, a place of wonder,

Where people come from far and wide,

To dance and sing, and laugh and ponder,

To let their spirits fly.

The air is filled with music,

As the bands take to the stage,

The beat pulsing through the ground,

As the crowds begin to rage.

From rock to folk, from jazz to pop,

The sounds of Glastonbury flow,

A symphony of voices,

A celebration of the soul.

And in the fields between the stages,

The people come together,

To share their stories and their dreams,

To dance in stormy weather.

The flags and banners wave on high,

A sea of colour in the sky,

As people from all walks of life,

Join hands and sing and fly.

Glastonbury Festival, a place of magic,

Where dreams and music intertwine,

A celebration of the human spirit,

A glimpse of the divine.

Somerset County Gazette: “The flags and banners wave on high, a sea of colour in the sky.”“The flags and banners wave on high, a sea of colour in the sky.” (Image: Tom Leaman)

It's worth pointing out this was the chatbot's second attempt after its first effort referenced Queen playing at the festival, which they never have. 

Guitarist Brian May previously said the band wouldn't perform at Worthy Farm in 2020, telling BBC Radio 2: “No, we won’t, and there are lots of reasons for that.

“One is that Michael Eavis has frequently insulted me and I don’t really particularly enjoy that. 

“What bothers me more is that he is in favour of the badger cull, which I regard as a tragedy and unnecessary crime against wildlife.”

Eavis had previously called May a “danger to farming” over his opposition to the badger cull, which is aimed at preventing the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB).