As large-scale festivals and events return - some people are likely to experience post-pandemic anxiety.
For anyone who does feel overwhelmed, most festivals have first aid and wellbeing areas. Mental health charity The Samaritans even has a festival branch that has been attending everything from concerts to biker events for 49 years.
He says this year's festival could be particularly affected, because people have been holding onto their tickets for the best part of three years. "We allow them to talk about their feelings what's making them overwhelmed, and we're working with all the other mental health charities that are here, as well as festival welfare. So once we've checked in with people, we can signpost them to other places that can help.
"When we first started playing again I sensed that, for a lot of people, they'd not been to a show since pre-pandemic," he says of their live comeback. "So there was a slight timidity or figuring-it-out for the first couple of tracks.
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