Glastonbury Festival is officially underway, with thousands of music fans flocking to Worthy Farm in Somerset to watch some of their favourite bands and artists perform.
The gates to Worthy Farm were opened by founder Michael Eavis and his daughter, festival co-organiser Emily Eavis, at 8am today (25 June), ahead of the first headline performance from The 1975, which will take place on the Pyramid Stage on Friday.
Neil Young will then headline on Saturday, ahead of Rod Stewart’s Legends Slot on Sunday afternoon and Olivia Rodrigo’s own headline performance on Sunday evening.
Hundreds of other performances will take place across the week, including from Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap, British pop stars Charli XCX and RAYE, Grammy-winning rapper Doechii, pop singer Gracie Abrams, rock bands Wolf Alice, The Libertines and Wet Leg.
Today, Emily Eavis offered her stance on the Kneecap controversy after prime minister Keir Starmer claimed it would not be “appropriate” for the band to perform.
Currently, the Met Office is forecasting mostly sunny and cloudy skies over Worthy Farm, with highs of around 25C.
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Glastonbury 2025 key points
- The 2025 Glastonbury map
- The latest Glastonbury 2025 weather updates
- Set cancelled hours before gates open
- PICTURES: Glastonbury-goers arrive at Worthy Farm
- Emily Eavis explains why Glastonbury sold 'a few thousand less' tickets this year
PICTURES: Glastonbury-goers set up camp
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The uncomfortable truth about Glastonbury
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Some bands can take the hit of losing money to perform, but everyone else, from bookers to production staff to acts being asked to work bar shifts, is being short-changed, writes Oliver Keens, and it threatens to taint the reputation of a national institution.
VIDEO: Sugababes perform at Glastonbury 2024
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Glastonbury organiser says Irish band Kneecap ‘welcome’ despite Keir Starmer objections
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Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis has offered her stance on the ongoing debate about Irish trio Kneecap’s scheduled performance at Glastonbury Festival this week.
My colleague Maira Butt reports:
From Kneecap to Jeremy Corbyn: A brief history of politics at Glastonbury Festival
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Emily Eavis: Opening Glastonbury gates is 'one of my favourite moments'
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Roisin O'Connor
Eavis, 45, told BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Nick Grimshaw that opening the gates is "one of my favourite moments of the whole weekend".
She added: "So much goes into all those areas... all that planning, all that speculation, all the opinions, all the debate, all the outrage, all the love, all the feelings that just are generated every day, all the press, all the noise.
"To be able to actually look everyone in the eye on those gates and bring everyone in, and just think, actually, it's all really just about this. It's all about these people having the best time over the next five days."
The 2025 Glastonbury map
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Roisin O'Connor
For those arriving at Worthy Farm this week, Glastonbury has published its map of the 2025 site, including the Pyramid Stage, camp sites, Healing Fields and sensory calm spaces!
At Glastonbury this week? Send me your photos!
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Roisin O'Connor
Also any fun stories from Worthy Farm, whether that’s celeb spots, mad queues, surprises or mass singalongs while you’re stuck in traffic.
Emily Eavis says it's 'very moving' to welcome Glastonbury ticket-holders
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Roisin O'Connor
Speaking to BBC News, Emily Eavis said it was "very moving" to welcome everyone in.
"It's been such a build-up this year, it's been an amazing amount of excitement," she said.
"We're all so looking forward to opening the gates and to be able to do it with my dad has been amazing," she added.
"It's the best moment to let them all in and it's just such a joyful city, the most joyful city in the UK for the next five days."
Who are Patchwork? Glastonbury fans speculate over mystery band
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Mystery band are booked in a prime spot on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday evening, with Haim and Chappell Roan among the rumoured artists
Glastonbury 2025 full lineup, set times and clashfinder for each stage
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Glastonbury organisers have unveiled the full set times across each of its stages for this year’s festival.
The 2025 edition of the storied festival is taking place from Wednesday 25 to Sunday 29 June, and is being headlined by Olivia Rodrigo, The 1975 and Neil Young with veteran rocker Rod Stewart taking the Legends’ slot.
Hundreds of other acts, including Charli XCX, RAYE, Doechii, Loyle Carner, Biffy Clyro, The Libertines, Gracie Abrams, Lola Young and Shaboozey, will perform at Worthy Farm across the week.
Set times will now allow fans to work out whether they’d have time to dash from one stage to another to see their favourites. There are also a few spots reserved for surprise acts, previous surprise artists at Glastonbury have included The Killers, Radiohead and the Foo Fighters.
Here are the set times for the main stages across Friday, Saturday and Sunday, per the Glastonbury website.
How to survive a music festival with your family
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As summer gets underway, parent and festival veteran Mark Beaumont has a wealth of advice for how to handle everything from tantrums to toilets.
17 of the weirdest things we’ve seen at Glastonbury
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VIDEO: SZA headlines the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2024
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Glastonbury-goers hit by travel chaos
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From an irked source en-route to Worthy Farm:
“Inexplicable delays of at least two and a half hours (ticket says 6.30am, coach finally leaves at 9!) at Victoria Coach Station for Glastonbury-goers. Staff are lovely and clearly eager to keep the line moving, but why — year after year — does the station forgo a logical timing and queueing system and become an elaborate round-the-outside-of-the-building human centipede of frustrated millennials carrying far too much inflatable furniture?”
Can you headline our ultimate Glastonbury quiz? Put your Worthy Farm knowledge to the test
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Chunky trainers, vintage sportswear, and brat shorts: What to wear at Glastonbury 2025
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Roisin O'Connor
There are two types of people at Glastonbury. Those who rock up raring to go with wellies in a rucksack and a few pairs of pants. And those whose entire aesthetic has been meticulously planned for months.
I’m talking mood boards, Pinterest presentations, and an endless stream of Kate Moss photos circa 2005. It’s a whole thing, one that is heavily reliant on nostalgia thanks to the litany of timeless fashion moments that took place on those muddy fields in the early Noughties courtesy of Moss, Alexa Chung, Sienna Miller, and co. Theirs was a sartorial study in understated, bohemian festival fashion bound to be repeated, reinvented, and revived for time in memorium.
The 22 greatest Glastonbury performances ever, ranked
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The 2025 Glastonbury map
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Glastonbury 2025 full lineup, set times and clashfinder for each stage
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PICTURES: Glastonbury-goers arrive at Worthy Farm
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And we're off! Glastonbury 2025 is go
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To the tune of “The Final Countdown”, Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis and his daughter, festival co-organiser Emily, have welcomed ticket-holders with help from their family and the Glastonbury team. The big green gates have opened!
Glastonbury 2025, let’s go!
Emily Eavis explains why Glastonbury sold 'a few thousand less' tickets this year
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Organiser Emily Eavis has said the festival, which has capacity for 210,000 people, has sold "a few thousand less tickets" this year in a bid to avoid overcrowding.
In an appearance on the Sidetracked podcast, Eavis outlined the changes that have been made to this year's festival and said music area Shangri-La is "going full trees and green space" which is "completely the opposite to anything they've done in the past".
Among the acts expected to draw large crowds this year is alternative pop star Charli XCX, who will perform songs from her genre-defining sixth studio album Brat.
She is performing on Saturday night on the Other Stage, 15 minutes before the West Holts stage is graced by US rapper Doechii, another artist who has exploded in popularity in the last year.
Other performers include Irish singer CMAT, Prada singer Raye, US musician Brandi Carlile, Nile Rodgers and Chic, hip-hop star Loyle Carner, US pop star Gracie Abrams, indie outfit Wet Leg, Mercury Prize-winning jazz quintet Ezra Collective, US rapper Denzel Curry, and rising star Lola Young.
The line-up also features a number of acts listed as TBA, as well as a mysterious act called Patchwork, who will take to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday.
This year the BBC will provide live streams of the five main stages - Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Woodsies and The Park.
On Wednesday at 10pm the festival will open with a theatre and circus act set in the Pyramid Arena which will showcase acrobatic and circus performances, culminating in a fireworks display.
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Chunky trainers, vintage sportswear, and brat shorts: What to wear at Glastonbury 2025
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As 200,000 people prepare to descend on Pilton's famous fields, Olivia Petter offers some advice to those looking to stay on trend
From Kneecap to Jeremy Corbyn: A brief history of politics at Glastonbury Festival
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From chants of ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ to the gloom generated by the EU Referendum result and now controversy over Kneecap’s 2025 performance, Glastonbury has been the site where campaigners call for peace, justice and reform for years
The uncomfortable truth about Glastonbury
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17 of the weirdest things we’ve seen at Glastonbury
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From feeding chips by foot to magicians getting into VIP, nothing that happens at Glastonbury is normal. Musicians and festival-goers tell us their strangest moments...
Glastonbury 2025 set cancelled hours before gates open
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Roisin O'Connor
Glastonbury has been hit with a cancellation just as the 2025 festival is due to begin.
This year’s edition takes place between Wednesday 25 June to Monday 30 June and will be headlined by The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo.
Other artists on the eclectic lineup include Grammy-winning rapper Doechii, rock band Wunderhorse, pop star Charli XCX, singer RAYE, Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap and a mystery act billed as Patchwork.
It has now been announced that British singer-songwriter PinkPantheress, 23, will no longer play the first of her two slots, which was going to be a rare chance to see the singer perform in a more intimate setting.
My colleague Jacob Stolworthy reports:
VIDEO: The moment Glastonbury's gates opened in 2024
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Glastonbury gates to open today!
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Thousands of people will descend on Glastonbury as the famous music festival in Somerset opens its gates for 2025.
Campers arriving at Worthy Farm in Pilton can expect a mixed bag of sunshine and rain throughout the week with “with sunny spells and scattered showers expected throughout the day” on Wednesday, according to forecasters.
This year's event will see headline performances from British rock/pop band The 1975, veteran singer Neil Young and his band the Chrome Hearts, and US pop star Olivia Rodrigo.
Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis will open the gates today at 8am BST.
The latest Glastonbury 2025 weather updates
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Jacob Stolworthy
It’s good news – the latest forecast is offering hope festival-goers will avoid extreme conditions at Worthy Farm! Dare we say: leave those wellies where they are.
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Jacob Stolworthy
Glastonbury might be known as one of the world’s greenest festivals, thanks to its setting in the picturesque Somerset countryside, but every so often the weather turns foul and those verdant fields are churned up into brown sludge.
As many fans will attest, over the years there have been a number of memorable occasions where guests spent more time trying to pry their wellies out of the mud than they did watching bands perform.
Some take this as a cue to give up and go home, while others decide to lean into it, resulting in some of the more iconic pictures of Glastonbury Festival.
Here are five of the muddiest Glastonbury festivals in memory.
The greatest every Glastonbury performance?
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Jacob Stolworthy
With hours to go until this year’s festival, we run through some of Glastonbury’s greatest ever music moments.
How to survive a music festival with your family
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Jacob Stolworthy
Planning on heading to Glastonbury with your family?
As this year’s edition gets underway, parent and festival veteran Mark Beaumont has a wealth of advice for how to handle everything from tantrums to toilets.
Wednesday 25 June 2025 00:00
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Jacob Stolworthy
When is Glastonbury’s next fallow year and when will 2027 tickets go on sale?
Glastonbury Festival is taking place this week, where thousands of music fans will flock to Worthy Farm in Somerset to see acts including Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo and The 1975.
It has been confirmed that 2026 will mark the festival’s traditional fallow year, which is held once every five years in order to allow the farmland site to recover.
Here’s what you need to know:
Glastonbury drink prices
Tuesday 24 June 2025 23:00
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Jacob Stolworthy
Glasto regulars are doing their bit by bringing revellers some curcial information – the latest has arrived in the form of where to find the cheapest pint on site.
An expert’s guide to having a sober Glastonbury Festival
Tuesday 24 June 2025 22:00
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Jacob Stolworthy
Are you planning on having an alcohol-free festival?
From bringing sweets to exploring all Worthy Farm has to offer, one Glasto veteran has shared her own tips on how to enjoy an alternative festival experience.
What time do the gates open?
Tuesday 24 June 2025 21:00
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Jacob Stolworthy
The car park is officially open for this year’s Glastonbury festival – exciting! But you have a long wait ahead of you to get inside – less exciting.
Gates
