PJ Harvey Reacts to Brexit Vote in Mid-Concert Speech: Watch

At her performance at Down the Rabbit Hole Festival, PJ Harvey stopped mid-concert to deliver a short speech in reaction to Thursday night’s Brexit vote. “Today has been a very strange day for a lot of us here” she said, and then began a reading of John Donne’s 1624 poem “No Man Is an Island.” Watch her speech below. Earlier today, Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich also reacted to Brexit, sharing an official parliamentary petition requesting a second referendum on both of their Twitter accounts. Read about other British musicians’ reactions to the Brexit vote here. 

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