10 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Matty Healy leads The 1975’s headline set on the Pyramid Stage

Latest updates as Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi makes an emotional return to festival and Matty Healy’s band prepare to make their headline debut

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15 h. ago Glastonbury 2025: Friday with Lewis Capaldi’s secret set, Wet Leg, Lorde and more – follow it live!

Glasto is back. And the Guardian will be liveblogging all day every day, bringing you reviews, news and weird sightings, and looking ahead to Alanis Morissette, the 1975 and moreDoes anyone know if the Pilton Palais – Glastonbury’s cinema tent – has a policy on Chicken Jockey? They’re showing the Minecraft Movie later today, and, if my timing is right, I should be able to get to the screening just in time to see some kids throw a bunch of festival food at the screen.Safi is over at West Holts watching the fantastically strange Argentine rap duo Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, and it sounds like every Argentinian person at the festival has congregated for their set. She just sent through these snaps of some fans who flew over for the festival: Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Friday at Glastonbury with Lewis Capaldi’s secret set, Wet Leg, Lorde and more – follow it live!

Glasto is back! And the Guardian will be liveblogging all day every day, bringing you reviews, news and weird sightings, and looking ahead to Alanis Morissette, the 1975 and more Does anyone know if the Pilton Palais – Glastonbury’s cinema tent – has a policy on Chicken Jockey? They’re showing the Minecraft Movie later today, and, if my timing is right, I should be able to get to the screening just in time to see some kids throw a bunch of festival food at the screen.Safi is over at West Holts watching the fantastically strange Argentine rap duo Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, and it sounds like every Argentinian person at the festival has congregated for their set. She just sent through these snaps of some fans who flew over for the festival: Continue reading...

Society

16 h. ago Glastonbury 2025: CMAT shouts ‘Free Palestine’ and wades into Pyramid Stage crowd during lively set

The first day of music has gotten off to a bang

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17 h. ago CMAT shouts ‘Free Palestine’ and wades into Glastonbury crowd during lively set

The Irish singer took to the Pyramid Stage and encouraged revellers to dance along to her tunes.

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18 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Lewis Capaldi rumours swirl ahead of The 1975 headline set

Latest updates as performances get underway, with BBC livestreaming sets from Lorde, CMAT, Wet Leg, Gracie Abrams and Inhaler

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18 h. ago Crystal Palace’s Uefa ruling delayed, Andrews set for Brentford job, transfer latest: football – live

Friday updates as the summer of football continuesAny comments or thoughts? You can mail WillWith that, I shall pass over to Taha for the rest of the morning.Mark Levy gets in touch: “In Ben’s list of the top 10 players in the Under-21 tournament, 7 are over 21, 2 are 21, & only 1 is actually under 21! Does the competition need a new name? The under & over 21s? Mark (sitting on my balcony in the Madrid Sierra, with nothing more pressing to do!)“ Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: CMAT takes to Pyramid Stage ahead of The 1975 headline set

The 1975 will make their debut Glastonbury headline performance tonight

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19 h. ago Crystal Palace’s Uefa hearing delayed, Andrews set for Brentford job, transfer latest: football – live

Friday updates as the summer of football continuesAny comments or thoughts? You can mail WillWith that, I shall pass over to Taha for the rest of the morning.Mark Levy gets in touch: “In Ben’s list of the top 10 players in the Under-21 tournament, 7 are over 21, 2 are 21, & only 1 is actually under 21! Does the competition need a new name? The under & over 21s? Mark (sitting on my balcony in the Madrid Sierra, with nothing more pressing to do!)“ Continue reading...

Sport

19 h. ago Man City star set for scouting frenzy amid Liverpool competition

Manchester City's James McAtee opted for the Under-21 European Championship over the Club World Cup and England are in the final

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21 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Lorde secret set plunges festival into overcrowding chaos

The 1975 will make their debut Glastonbury headline performance tonight

Society

21 h. ago Should Neil Young let the BBC air his Glastonbury set? Take our poll and have your say

Grizzly rocker Neil Young has blocked the BBC from livestreaming his Glastonbury headline set, meaning fans at home won’t see a note of his performance as it happens. And it's all blown up Like A Hurricane. What do you think? Is Neil well within his rights or being a spoilsport?

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22 h. ago Add to playlist: the year’s best electronic debut from Sheffield’s NZO, plus the week’s best tracks

The mysterious new artist’s thrillingly complete sound world is glitchily complex but beguilingly light on its feetFrom Sheffield, via LeedsRecommended if you like Mark Fell, Jlin, Beatrice DillonUp next Live set at No Bounds festival in OctoberIt’s thrilling and satisfying when an artist’s debut album is so fully realised: as if they have their own hyperlocal dialect, and are saying something genuinely new with it. So it is with NZO, a mysterious Sheffield-based electronic artist whose album Come Alive is a defibrillating jolt of vitality. You can find affinities with other artists and styles here, for sure: the bookish but playful minimalism of another Sheffield musician, Mark Fell; Objekt’s trickster vision for bass music and techno; the white-tiled cleanliness of some of Sophie’s work; Jlin’s paradoxically static funk. But the way it’s all pulled together is totally NZO’s, making for music that’s so light on its feet despite its incredible complexity. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Why has Neil Young banned the BBC from livestreaming his Glastonbury set?

The BBC has confirmed it will not show Neil Young’s Glastonbury headline set live

Events

25 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Andrew Garfield leaves festival flustered ahead of The 1975 headline set

Rock band fronted by Matty Healy will make their debut Glastonbury headline performance tonight

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25 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: The 1975 to headline festival tonight amid Lewis Capaldi surprise set rumours

Rock band fronted by Matty Healy will make their debut Glastonbury headline performance tonight

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30 h. ago The 1975 to headline Glastonbury Festival amid rumours of Lorde secret set

British pop rock band The 1975 will be the first headliners to grace the Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage this year when they perform on Friday evening.Made up of four school friends, the group, known for songs including Chocolate, Someone Else and About You, is comprised of singer Matt Healy, bassist Ross MacDonald, guitarist Adam Hann, and drummer George Daniel.The five-day celebration of music and performing arts, which opened its gates on Wednesday, will also see headline performances from veteran rocker Neil Young and his band the Chrome Hearts, and US pop star Olivia Rodrigo.The BBC confirmed on Thursday that Young’s Saturday Pyramid Stage set will not be broadcast live “at the artist’s request”.This year’s line-up features a number of acts listed as TBA, as well as a mysterious act called Patchwork, which will take to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday.Among the music stars rumoured to be performing a secret set is New Zealand singer Lorde, whose fourth-studio album, Virgin, i...

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37 h. ago BBC says it will not show Neil Young’s Glastonbury Festival headline set live

The 79-year-old is due to perform on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm on Saturday night with his band the Chrome Hearts.

Culture

38 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: BBC will not livestream Neil Young’s headline set

Thousands of fans are arriving at Worthy Farm for the annual festival, where headliners Neil Young, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo are set to perform on the Pyramid Stage

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44 h. ago Liverpool confirm Milos Kerkez signing as transfer splurge hits £216m and set to continue

Liverpool have confirmed the arrival of Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth, with the left-back becoming the fifth signing of a huge summer transfer window for England's most successful football club

Economics