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 · Jun 26, 2025
Lauren Laverne's guide to London: Alexandra Palace, Dean St Townhouse parties and Dunn Bakery The Desert Island Discs and BBC Radio 6 Music presenter shares her favourite spots in the capital, from where she parties with her kids to the best place to buy sourdough Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2025
Count down to Glastonbury with all the numbers you need to know Music lovers will flock to southwestern England this week for the Glastonbury music festival The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025
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 · Jun 25, 2025
OPINION - Avoiding inheritance tax, Michael Eavis? That’s rich! Jeremy Corbyn-loving Michael Eavis calls himself a socialist — so why does he want to pay less tax? Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2025
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 · Jun 25, 2025
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 · Jun 25, 2025
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. Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2025
'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. BANG Premier · Jun 23, 2025
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 The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025
The 16 greatest Glastonbury Festival performances ever These are the most iconic sets to have ever graced the world's most famous music festival Louder · Jun 18, 2025
Kneecap at Glastonbury ‘a matter for organisers’ says Cooper Video has emerged of the group at a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member saying: ‘The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.’ Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2025
Labour MP urges Glastonbury organisers to remove Kneecap from festival line-up David Taylor said it would be ‘deeply troubling’ to see the band performing at the event after a member allegedly called for the death of Tory MPs. Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2025
Glastonbury profits more than double amid ‘corporate’ criticism The summer festival brought in £5.9 million in profit last year, giving about £5.2 million away to charitable causes. Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025
The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025 Glastonbury Festival profits more than double amid ‘corporate’ criticism from Neil Young The summer festival brought in £5.9 million in profit last year, giving about £5.2 million away to charitable causes.
MusicRadar · Nov 26, 2024 Rod Stewart to “pleasure and titillate” Glastonbury 2025 He says he’ll be playing the prestigious Sunday afternoon ‘legends’ slot
Louder · Aug 12, 2024 "I now realise that to save the badgers, you have to save everybody": Brian May to host new BBC show The Badgers, The Farmers And Me Brian May's show highlights the Queen guitarist's four-year battle to rid a farm of bovine tuberculosis without harming badgers
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024 Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians Former Oasis guitarist describes festival, which has long championed political causes, as ‘kind of preachy and a bit virtue-signalling’
Guitar World · Jul 1, 2024 “Our hero, forever. One of the most amazing people on Earth”: Michael J. Fox inspired Coldplay to become a band. To say thanks, Chris Martin invited him onstage to play guitar during their record-breaking Glastonbury headline set Fox came out to help Coldplay perform two encore tracks, as the band headlined the UK festival's iconic Pyramid Stage for the fifth time
The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2024 ‘Are you not entertained?’ Russell Crowe’s shockingly good set epitomises the spirit of Glastonbury The ‘Gladiator’ star and former busker charged enthusiastically through covers of Dire Straits and Johnny Cash, along with some original songs, on Glastonbury’s Acoustic Stage. Louis Chilton was charmed
Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2024 Ex-Mail editor Geordie Greig takes aim at his old paper The Editor of the Independent praised the Mail’s owner but said nothing of its chair
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024 Elton John shares unseen footage from 2023 Glastonbury headline set The behind-the-scenes video shows him rehearsing and talking to the festival’s founder
Louder · Jun 25, 2024 The 13 most iconic Glastonbury Festival performances ever As Glastonbury 2024 approaches, we run through the 13 sets that have defined the festival over its lifespan
Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2024 Why is Glastonbury not happening this year? The festival is noticeably missing from the summer calendar this year, and here’s why
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2024 ‘Someone stole my wellies!’: Glastonbury’s five muddiest years Mud, lightning, thunder, rain and more mud! The years that bad weather took over Britain’s biggest festival