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Jeremy Corbyn received a rock star welcome at Glastonbury on Saturday as he drew a crowd to rival that of Mick Jagger.

The Labour leader addressed tens of thousands of music fans at the legendary music festival, some wearing Corbyn face masks and T-shirts and other waving banners with his name on them.

And according to Glastonbury veterans, he attracted the biggest audience at the festival since the Rolling Stones in 2013.

He even attracted crowds when he served pints at the festival’s Solstice bar.

The Labour leader, who is now ahead of Theresa May in the polls, appeared at the Pyramid Stage before Run The Jewels’ performance where he praised young voters who got involved in politics for the first time.

Wearing casual cream trousers and a blue shirt, Corbyn said: “Politics is about the lives of all of us and the wonderful campaign that I was proud to lead brought a lot of people back into politics because they believed there was something on offer for them.

“What was even more inspiring was the number of young people who got involved for the very first time because they were fed up with being told they don’t matter and that their generation was going to pay more to get less in education, housing, health, pensions and everything else.

“Well, it didn’t quite work out like that and that politics that got out of the box, is not going back in any box because we are there demanding an achievement of something very different in our society.”

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He received a huge cheer when he criticised growing inequality between rich and poor, highlighted by the Grenfell Tower fire in the Kensington area of London.

He said: “Is it right that so many people in our country have no home to live in and only a street to sleep on?

“Is it right so many people are frightened of where they live at the moment having seen the horrors of Grenfell Tower?

"Is it right that so many people live in such poverty in a society which has such riches? No it obviously isn’t.”

Speaking backstage after his speech, Mr Corbyn said he had enjoyed his first experience at Glastonbury, including a vegan lunch with Greenpeace.

After his speech on the Pyramid stage, he delivered a 30-minute talk in the packed Left Field tent.

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Mr Corbyn joins deputy leader Tom Watson as well as Yvette Cooper and Ed Balls, who have already been seen on the 900-acre site in Pilton, Somerset.

Chants of "Corbyn, Corbyn" began as the festival gates opened at Worthy Farm at 7am on Wednesday and have continued ever since.

Festival-goers have been shouting the Islington North MP's name, as well as "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn ".

There are flags bearing Mr Corbyn's name, T-shirts featuring his face and even a sand sculpture depicting him dressed in fox hunting garb, riding a fox through fields of wheat towards Prime Minister Theresa May.