Glastonbury 2023 | Lineup, stages and times confirmed
The final lineup and stage times have been confirmed for this year’s Glastonbury festival, with Rick Astley and Queens Of The Stone Age added to the flagship event.
The final lineup and stage times have been confirmed for this year’s Glastonbury festival, with Rick Astley and Queens Of The Stone Age added to the flagship event.
Slowthai has been removed from the online line-ups of both Glastonbury and Reading & Leeds festivals, after the rapper was charged with two counts of rape.
Glastonbury Festival has released a new poster for its line-up this year, with Lana Del Rey placed higher than she was previously following apparent criticism from the singer.
The Arctic Monkeys and Guns N' Roses have been revealed as headliners at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, joining the already-announced Sir Elton John.
Glastonbury tickets have risen from £270 to £340. Emily Eavis blames the cost of running the festival.
Glastonbury coverage was streamed a record-breaking number of times across the BBC’s digital platforms, the broadcaster has revealed.
Glastonbury saved the best for last. In a weekend that had seen Paul McCartney duet with Bruce Springsteen, Olivia Rodrigo bring out Lily Allen and a blue-haired Jack White play a scintillating surprise set on the Other Stage, a little rapper from Compton vapourised them all.
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Some experiences in life are almost too overwhelming to do justice through words. Maybe it is meant to be that way, as though having the audacity to even attempt it is a transgression in itself – an act of dilution, detracting from the moment of majesty and turning it instantly into something more prosaic.
The music is over. The clean-up begins. But what did we all learn? In short, nothing. But that’s life. You live, you die, and there’s a copious amount of music in-between. Here’s a bunch of stuff we “learnt” from Glastonbury 2022 – things we in fact already knew before but were merely reminded of this year. Affirmations, if you will.
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All hail, King Kendrick. Heavy is the head that wears the crown, but the Pulitzer Prize-winner held us like a true master of his craft.
Sir Paul McCartney, who at 80-years-old becomes the oldest headliner of Glastonbury, has brought out both Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen to accompany him onstage.
The opening days of Glastonbury, until the main acts take to the stage from Friday onwards, can often feel like a liminal period of waiting. But after the three-year delay to this year's Glastonbury, it felt like the waiting was over from Wednesday. Here's a snapshot of some of the (half-drunken) revelry that has already descended on Worthy Farm in the opening two days.