25 years of ‘Human Traffic’ to be celebrated with Glastonbury 2024 takeovers

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Human Traffic will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a takeover at this year’s Glastonbury.The movie was a pivotal part of the Cool Cymru movement and depicted 90s rave culture when it was first released in 1999, launching the careers of actors John Simm and Danny Dyer.Directed and written by Justin Kerrigan, the coming-of-age film will celebrate its birthday with two separate takeovers at this year’s edition of Glastonbury.First, there will be a set at The Park’s ale pub The Cornish Arms on Saturday.

From 1am to 2am, Loop Dee Loop will collaborate with Blended Artists to play a “Human Traffic set” from with a “hi-vis” dress code encouraged.Then, Arcadia‘s new roaming The Bug stage will feature a ‘Human Traffic x Save Our Scene’ takeover, which will take place from 5.30pm – 9pm.

The takeover will see DJ Boring, Sim0ne, Shosh b2b Zero, Dan Shake and Loop Dee Loop play their own sets.The collaboration with the Save Our Scene campaign will aim to “collectively disconnect from reality, dance with friends, unified in a promise to protect the future of our night-time industry, committing to the music, these special moments, and the venues which are so important to our lives.”A post shared by Human Traffic Live (@human_t_live)Kerrigan has previously said the sequel to Human Traffic is “ready to go” in having announced the second movie in 2019.Confirming the new sequel would be a reaction to Brexit, Kerrigan said: “It’s time to make the film.

We’ve got everything scripted and ready to go. I’ve got no shortage of actors, producers, art directors, musicians and special effects people that want to work on the film.”He continued: “The script that I’ve written I’d love to direct.