Dalai Lama confirms Glastonbury Festival appearance

Dalai Lama confirms Glastonbury Festival appearance Credit: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

The Dalai Lama has confirmed he will make an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival this weekend after months of speculation.

Young festivalgoers Jack (left), aged five, and his brother Ollie Macdonald, aged seven, from the Wirral. Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

The Tibetan spiritual leader will speak on Sunday where he will promote his message of "compassion, non-violence and the oneness of humanity", his representatives said.

Festivalgoers prepare for Glastonbury. Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Rumours that the Nobel Peace Prize laureate would talk at the festival emerged in January after a diary entry about the visit reportedly appeared on his website but was swiftly removed.

He will speak at the festival's Green Field, a 60 acre site billed as an area of peaceful retreat, as part of a four day visit to the UK during which he will also attend the Buddhist Community Centre UK in Aldershot.