36 h. ago Olivia Rodrigo dances to Pulp on boyfriend’s shoulders in Glastonbury crowd ahead of headline slot

Watch as Olivia Rodrigo watched Pulp perform at Glastonbury perched on her boyfriend’s shoulders ahead of her headline slot on the Pyramid stage on Sunday (29 June).

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42 h. ago Fans criticise 'brutal' Neil Young's energy for Glastonbury headline slot

Fans were left baffled as the 79-year-old appeared on stage alone, with an acoustic guitar, a harmonica and a cap masking his face.

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42 h. ago Olivia Rodrigo goes (almost) unnoticed dancing in Glastonbury crowd ahead of headline slot

She is set to headline Glatonbury's Sunday night on the Pyramid stage.

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54 h. ago Pulp’s secret Glastonbury set review – still the magnificently misshapen oddballs of British pop

Pyramid stageReturning to headline the Pyramid for the first time in 30 years, Jarvis Cocker and co are as dark, grubby and joyous as ever, instantly turning the audience to misty-eyed displays of devotion“Sorry for people who were expecting Patchwork,” says Jarvis Cocker, in reference to the mysterious name that appeared on the Glastonbury bill in lieu of Pulp’s. “How did you know we were going to play?”In fairness, Pulp did their best to conceal their appearance at the festival (as Cocker says, it’s 30 years and four days since they were parachuted into the Glastonbury headlining slot, a now-legendary performance that sealed their ascendancy). Keyboard player Candida Doyle even gave an interview to a local Somerset newspaper insisting that while they wanted to play, Glastonbury “weren’t interested”. But clearly no one was convinced – the Pyramid stage is headlining-set heaving. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Skepta’s surprise Glastonbury set review – British rap’s MVP has matchless mic technique

Other stage Filling in last minute after Deftones pulled out, the Londoner shows he’s still top of his game with a kinetic performance that jumps from garage to grime to Fred Again bangersThe Glastonbury “surprise set” has proved futile this year – anonymous billings for Lorde, Haim and Lewis Capaldi were leaked long before the gates opened. Yet there manages to be a genuine twist in the lineup: grime legend Skepta, as a last-minute replacement for alt-metal band Deftones, who have been forced to cancel due to illness. Skepta happens to be kicking around because last night, at Glade, he performed a DJ set alongside Mochakk from São Paulo and Carlita from Istanbul – an advertisement of his house-techno project Más Tiempo, launched with Jammer in 2023, with regular slots in Ibiza.But he’d not required the full force of his production for Glade, so stepping in for a billing just shy of the headline slot on Glastonbury’s second largest stage, Other, is certainly a challenge. On that, of...

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2 d. ago Matty Healy of The 1975's 'car crash set' leaves Glastonbury crowd divided

Their headline slot at Glastonbury is set to be the band's only gig this year.

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3 d. ago The 1975 at Glastonbury review – amid the irony, ego and pints of Guinness, this is a world

Pyramid stagePerhaps joking, or perhaps not, Matty Healy pronounces himself ‘the greatest songwriter of my generation’ – and that’s only a slightly ridiculous statementThe 1975’s first Glastonbury headlining slot arrives preceded by some intriguing rumours about what’s going to happen. Some fairly eye-popping figures are being bandied about regarding the cost of their set’s staging – which allegedly vastly outweighs the fee the band are being paid – while one dubious online source insists Healy has shaved his head for the occasion. He hasn’t (he appears onstage tonsorially intact), but clearly large sums of money have been spent somewhere along the way.What ensues isn’t quite as complex as their last tour, which featured lead singer Matty Healy eating raw steak, doing push ups, climbing through a television and Prince Andrew’s face appearing on a bank of television screens accompanied by the strains of Mahler’s 5th Symphony. Nevertheless, there are huge video screens everywhere: not...

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5 d. ago Denise Welch shares touching message to son Matty Healy ahead of Glastonbury headline slot

Denise Welch shared a heartfelt message to her son Matty Healy ahead of The 1975’s headline slot at Glastonbury Festival on Friday (27 June).

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5 d. ago Matty Healy's mum Denise Welch's 'stressing out' ahead of Glastonbury headline slot

Proud Denise will be attending her first Glastonbury to watch Matty and The 1975

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