Kylie Minogue has been confirmed to play the legends slot on Sunday afternoon at next year’s Glastonbury Festival. The performance will mark Kylie’s first appearance at Worthy Farm when she takes to the stage on June 30, 2019, and comes 14 years after she was forced to pull out of […]
The rumour mill for Glastonbury is constantly churning, and even with the festival not taking this place in 2018 due to a fallow year and interesting name has already been thrown into the hat for 2019. Roy Orbison’s son, Alex, has said that he would love for his late father […]
From the Independent Through hazy memory, drug-fuelled recollections and names changed to protect the guilty, our anonymous veteran of the 1990s Worthy Farm campaigns reminisces over the days when you could pick up a ticket in a nearby cafe on the day of the festival – and it wouldn’t set you back £240 It’s Glastonbury […]
From the Guardian Former Haçienda DJs who reinvent club classics with a full orchestra are charged with waking up festival goers in prestigious opening slot Hacienda Classical with Manchester Camerata will open this year’s Pyramid stage at Glastonbury festival. The project, which reinvents club classics via a full orchestra, will […]
From the Independent Radiohead were announced as the first headline act earlier this week The world may now know who is headlining Glastonbury 2017(well, one act anyway), but it’s now been confirmed who definitely won’t be making an appearance. Organiser Emily Eavis told NME that there is no truth to the […]
When it was announced that Adele would headlineGlastonbury’s Saturday night, she admitted to being extremely nervous at the prospect (well, she put it more bluntly than that, but if I were to start quoting Adele verbatim I would risk running out of asterisks). She questioned her own ability to pull […]
The Beat Hotel brings cocktails and beats Home to the festival’s best frozen cocktails, the Beat Hotel is also hosting some of the finest dance sets of the weekend. On Thursday Seth Troxler, whose Smokey Tails BBQ is also on offer, will be playing back to back with techno man-minx […]
A 50-piece orchestral performance, a DJ set and giant sculptures in honour of each of them among the plans Full details of Glastonbury’s plans to commemorate David Bowie, Prince and Lemmy have been revealed, including sculptures in honour of each of them, a 50-piece orchestral performance and a DJ set. […]
In 1969, Bob Dylan came out of retirement to perform at the little-known Isle of Wight Festival. These images capture the free spirit of an extraordinary time The Who in concert Picture: Stephen Goldblatt Keith Moon, the Who’s drummer Picture: Stephen Goldblatt The aftermath See the full archive […]
Harvey Goldsmith says lack of major acts to succeed the likes of the Rolling Stones or Muse will spell end for big summer events The age of the big British summer music festival, including Glastonbury, is drawing to a close, according to the leading rock promoter and manager Harvey Goldsmith. […]
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