“Nitrous oxide not welcome”, says Glastonbury Green Fields co-ordinator

Glastonbury organisers have requested that users of nitrous oxide – otherwise known as laughing gas - stay away from the King’s Meadow area of the site.

Writing on the Glastonbury website, Green Fields co-ordinator Liz Eliot asked for the public’s help in reclaiming the space, after laughing gas had “darkened the field’s atmosphere” in 2014.

“Sadly the King’s Meadow has lost its way”, said Eliot. “It’s become a place where people take nitrous oxide, a damaging drug which pollutes our beautiful field with noise, litter and N20 gas (a greenhouse gas which is 298 times more polluting than carbon dioxide).”

In 2014, two tonnes of nitrous oxide canisters were removed by hand from the festival site, with disposed canisters becoming an increasingly familiar sight across UK festivals.

“The stone circle represents the major stars of constellation Cygnus… Our hope is that if anyone enters the sacred space, consciously or unconsciously, they will be irrevocably changed by their interaction with Spirit… Now, though, is the time to reclaim the spirit and lighten up the energies. Nitrous oxide will not be welcome in the King’s Meadow at Glastonbury 2015, and we will be asking people not to use it.”

Glastonbury Festival takes place on 26-28 June, with confirmed artists including Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Alt-J, The Maccabees, Caribou, Hot Chip, Run The Jewels, Lionel Richie and Future Islands.