22 h. ago Lewis Capaldi and Lorde top UK charts after Glastonbury performances

Lewis Capaldi and Lorde performed secret sets at Glastonbury festival last weekend.

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5 d. ago Glastonbury Festival 2025 ends after weekend of controversy and surprises

The weekend saw many acts express their support for Palestine.

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6 d. ago Comebacks and controversy at Glastonbury 2025: Lewis Capaldi's emotional return, Bob Vylan's 'vile' chant... and surprise sets from Pulp and Lorde dominate the weekend

Glastonbury kicked off its 2025 line-up with the emotional return of Lewis Capaldi and a surprise set from Lorde, who had been rumoured to be a secret booking for the festival.

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6 d. 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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7 d. 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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7 d. 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...

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8 d. ago Lewis Capaldi releases new music amid speculation of Glastonbury set

His new song is called Survive.

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1 week ago Glastonbury's secret sets revealed as Lewis Capaldi 'to make huge return' to festival

Lewis Capaldi, Pulp, Lorde and a number of other stars will be performing secret sets at this year's Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, a music industry insider has revealed

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