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Glastonbury says chants by Bob Vylan ‘crossed the line’ as police assess footage

The punk performer on Saturday led crowds on the festival’s West Holts Stage in chants of ‘Death, death to the IDF’.

Evening Standard

Streeting condemns anti-IDF chants at Glastonbury but says ‘Israel should get its own house in order’

Minister says BBC and festival organisers have questions to answer over broadcasting of chants during Bob Vylan set

The Guardian - UK

BBC says it will not show Neil Young’s Glastonbury Festival headline set live

The BBC has confirmed it will not show Neil Young’s headline set at Glastonbury Festival live. Here's why

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BBC says it will not show Neil Young’s Glastonbury Festival headline set live

The 79-year-old is due to perform on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm on Saturday night with his band the Chrome Hearts.

Evening Standard

Michael Eavis: people who disagree with Glastonbury’s politics can go elsewhere

This year’s festival is expected to be politically charged with focus on Middle East tensions and Kneecap controversy

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t care if it cost me $1m’: How much does Glastonbury pay artists to perform at the festival?

As the festival returns to Worthy Farm, so too does the curiosity around how much organisers pay for performances on its biggest stages

The Independent UK

Michael Eavis: People who disagree with Glastonbury’s politics can go elsewhere

This year’s event will see headline performances from The 1975, Neil Young and his band the Chrome Hearts, and Olivia Rodrigo.

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Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis’ message to those who disagree with festival’s politics

There have been calls for Kneecap to be removed from Glastonbury Festival’s line-up

The Independent UK

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 Kneecap

The Guardian - UK

"There’s been all kinds of backstage wrangling": Emily Eavis “does not believe” that Neil Young’s Glastonbury set will be shown on the BBC

This note's not for the BBC, it seems

MusicRadar

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

Evening Standard

Glastonbury organiser says Irish band Kneecap ‘welcome’ despite Keir Starmer objections

‘Everyone is welcome here’ organiser Emily Eavis insisted when pressed about the prime minister’s claim that it would not be ‘appropriate’ for the Irish hip-hop trio to perform

The Independent UK

‘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 safe

The Guardian - UK

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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Glastonbury Festival 2025: Thousands descend on Worthy Farm as gates open - watch live

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

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'In my dad’s 90th year to have him back will be very special...' Emily Eavis reveals importance of getting Glastonbury headliner

Emily Eavis was determined to book Neil Young as a headliner for Glastonbury 2025 because the Heart of Gold singer is one of her father Michael Eavis' "favourite artists of all time" and she wanted him to play at the festival in the same year that her dad turns 90.

The Independent UK

Glastonbury 2026: Why is there no festival next year?

Organiser Emily Eavis has revealed plans for the festival’s next break, as well as the celebrations for founder Michael Eavis’s 90th birthday

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Glastonbury Festival sells 'few thousand less tickets' to avoid congestion

Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis has told how the music spectacle has sold "a few thousand less tickets" than its 210,000 capacity this year, following concerns about overcrowding during 2024's event.

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The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury sells ‘a few thousand less tickets’ to avoid overcrowding

Festival organiser Emily Eavis says other changes include Shangri-La area ‘going full trees and green space’

Evening Standard

Glastonbury ticket sales cut for 2025 to ease overcrowding, says Emily Eavis

The first group of tickets for the event sold out in 30 minutes last November.

The Independent UK

Emily Eavis reveals Glastonbury capacity cut to avoid overcrowding

Festival organiser also shared that staff did not believe the festival suffered from overcrowding last year, despite complaints from some fans

The Independent UK

Glastonbury is finally taking the risk and putting Gen Z artists front and centre

COMMENT: After a few years of peddling to millennial nostalgia or boomer rock, the organisers of the Worthy Farm festival are placing their bets on a new generation of future stars. Hallelujah, says Roisin O’Connor

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"He does things his own way and that’s why we love him." Neil Young to headline Glastonbury, following U-turn on his recent decision to pull out of the festival

Having learned of "an error in the information received", Neil Young has reversed his decision to pull out of Glastonbury 2025

Evening Standard

Neil Young confirmed as first Glastonbury headliner after backtracking on offer

The Canadian rocker is the first headline act to be confirmed for this year’s festival.

MusicRadar

Neil Young WILL play "corporate turn-off" Glastonbury after all

Chrome Hearts will headline Pyramid stage, it turns out

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