2 h. ago Glastonbury gates open as festivalgoers descend for politically charged event

More than 200,000 people expected at Worthy Farm for lineup including Olivia Rodrigo and Irish band KneecapThe gates to Glastonbury festival have opened for 2025 with more than 200,000 ticket-holders set to descend for a long weekend of performing arts and music.In what promises to be a politically charged gathering at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, campers can expect a mixed bag of sunshine and rain throughout the week. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Inside Glastonbury's most luxurious £29k tipi complete with helicopters and IV infusions

With Glastonbury 2025 kicking off today, those who don't fancy camping in the mud with the peasants can pay a measly thirty grand for five nights at the festival's luxury glamping spot, Pop-Up Hotel

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4 h. ago Paris fashion, Glastonbury and a new dinosaur: photos of the day – Wednesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Music fans battle traffic to Worthy Farm

Organiser Emily Eavis and her father, festival founder Michael Eavis, have opened the gates to Worthy Farm today, allowing thousands of music fans to set up camp

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4 h. ago Michael Eavis, 89, makes first Glastonbury 2025 appearance as he opens the festival he started 55 years ago

The festival founder opened this year’s Glastonbury alongside his daughter, co-organiser Emily Eavis

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5 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Music fans battle traffic to Worthy Farm as organiser responds to Kneecap controversy

Organiser Emily Eavis and her father, festival founder Michael Eavis, have opened the gates to Worthy Farm today, allowing thousands of music fans to set up camp

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5 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 act cancels festival performance as replacement is announced

One Glastonbury performer has pulled out as the festival gets underway

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6 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 Patchwork Odds Latest: Chappell Roan hot favourite for secret set with 8 acts in the frame

It’s not long until the biggest secret at this year’s Glastonbury is revealed.

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6 h. ago Festival packing list 2025: What to bring to Glastonbury, Latitude and more

From tents and camping chairs to dry shampoo, SPF and wellies, tick off this list while you pack

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6 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 in pictures as revellers arrive at Worthy Farm

Festival goers are arriving in the masses as the UK's biggest festival gets underway

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6 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Music fans battle traffic to Worthy Farm after gates open

Organiser Emily Eavis and her father, festival founder Michael Eavis, have opened the gates to Worthy Farm today, allowing thousands of music fans to set up camp

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6 h. ago Rod Stewart’s health struggle and his drastic action to get through Glastonbury

As Rod Stewart prepares to take Glastonbury 2025's coveted Legends slot, the 80-year-old crooner has overcome recent health issues and made a steep investment to make sure the gig goes ahead

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7 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 full lineup, stage times and schedule for Pyramid Stage, Other, Woodsies and more

Around 3,000 performances will take place at Glastonbury this year

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7 h. ago Full list of Glastonbury 2025 headliners as festival returns

Hundreds of acts will appear across the festival's many stages this weekend

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7 h. ago ‘Poor management leads to fatal crushes’: how Glastonbury and others are dealing with big crowds

After disasters such as Astroworld and scary bottlenecks at last year’s Glastonbury, Emily Eavis and crowd experts explain how they’re trying to make events safeIn the last two decades the British festival season has ballooned in size to become not just a critical part of our cultural life, but the economy at large – worth billions of pounds, and numbering as many as 850 events last year. But as Glastonbury kicks off this weekend and the season enters its peak, there are a growing number of controversies around crowd safety and management.In April, London Assembly member and Conservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall echoed Metropolitan police concerns about the potential for a “mass casualty event” at Notting Hill Carnival this year, and in May, the Mail on Sunday published an anonymous Glastonbury whistleblower’s allegation that the festival is a “disaster waiting to happen Worst-case scenario, people are going to die.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live updates: Festival fans battle traffic to get to Worthy Farm

Organiser Emily Eavis and her father, festival founder Michael Eavis, have opened the gates to Worthy Farm today, allowing thousands of music fans to set up camp

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9 h. ago Can you headline our ultimate Glastonbury quiz? Put your Worthy Farm knowledge to the test

Think you know Glastonbury inside and out? Test your knowledge with this ultimate quiz, covering everything from muddy mayhem to iconic headline moments, as the 2025 festival returns to Worthy Farm

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9 h. ago Glastonbury Festival 2025 opens its doors as revellers begin to pour in

Around 200,000 music lovers are set to gather at the UK's biggest festival

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9 h. ago Glastonbury Festival 2025 gates open as thousands come early with booze already flowing

Thousands of music fans have excitedly descended on Glastonbury to spend the next five days cavorting to the biggest acts, such as Rod Stewart, Olivia Rodrigo and Kneecap

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9 h. ago Revellers pour into Glastonbury Festival as gates open for 2025

Organiser Emily Eavis and her father, co-founder Sir Michael Eavis, cheered as the gates opened.

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