78 m. 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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2 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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3 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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5 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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5 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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5 h. ago Glastonbury weather forecast: When rain could hit Worthy Farm this weekend as Met Office prediction revealed

Hundreds of thousands of festival goers expected to descend on Worthy Farm this week

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5 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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6 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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8 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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8 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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8 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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8 h. ago Glastonbury Festival 2025: Thousands descend on Worthy Farm as gates open

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis opened the gates to Worthy Farm at 8am on Wednesday

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9 h. ago Glastonbury Festival 2025: Thousands of ticketholders descend on Worthy Farm as gates open for five

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis opened the gates to Worthy Farm at 8am on Wednesday

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9 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live updates: Gates open ahead of The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo and Neil Young headline sets

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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10 h. ago Glastonbury 2025 live updates: Gates open today ahead of The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo and Neil Young headline sets

Emily Eavis will open gates to Worthy Farm today, as Met Office forecasts a mostly sunny festival week

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14 h. ago Thousands to descend on Glastonbury Festival as Worthy Farm opens its gates

Performers include alternative pop singer Charli XCX, US rapper Doechii, British rock band The 1975 and Irish rap trio Kneecap.

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21 h. ago The BBC DJs who WANT things to go wrong at Glastonbury and their tips of who to watch

Radio DJs and TV hosts Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq recall their Glastonbury festival which went wrong and must see bands in 2025

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