NME arrived at Glastonbury 2025 brilliant and early this morning (Wednesday June 25) – however not as early because the 1000’s who got here to Worthy Farm to be amongst the primary via the gates. Watch our video of Glasto’s earliest arrivals above.
Michael, Emily and the Eavis household have been current for the ceremonial countdown – flanked by Oxfam staff and a brass band enjoying music from Star Wars – to welcome within the followers in to Worthy Farm. NME met Glasto-goers, lots of whom had travelled from the world over and slept outdoors in a single day, who needed to get in early to safe a very good tenting spot.
In addition to sharing their suggestions for attending to the entrance of the queue and surviving the legendary Pilton spectacular, the campers additionally named the likes of CMAT, Charli XCX, Biffy Clyro and the varied digital line-up as ones to look at, in addition to anticipated headliners The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo and this 12 months’s Sunday legends slot-filler, Rod Stewart.
Rumours round this 12 months’s secret units continued to swirl – together with the controversy over whether or not Patchwork is the hotly-tipped Pulp or new contender Chappell Roan, in addition to if the whispers of Haim, Lorde and Lewis Capaldi filling the massive ‘TBA’ slots will come to fruition.
The long-lasting competition is again at Worthy Farm in Somerset between June 25 – 29, forward of a fallow 12 months in 2026. Headliners are Neil Younger, Rod Stewart, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo on the Pyramid Stage, whereas Loyle Carner, Charli XCX and The Prodigy will carry out on the Different Stage.
Different huge names on the invoice embrace Biffy Clyro, The Maccabees, Lucy Dacus, Father John Misty, RAYE, Wolf Alice, The Prodigy, Doechii, St. Vincent, Deftones, The Libertines, Moist Leg, Weezer, Nile Rodgers & Stylish, Future Islands, JADE, TV On The Radio, Self Esteem, CMAT, Blossoms and Turnstile.
Plenty of important adjustments have been made to the positioning at Glasto this 12 months, with Emily Eavis revealing that they’d been “attempting to make as a lot house as potential” and “promoting just a few thousand much less tickets” for 2025.
She additionally mentioned that she “didn’t consider” that the BBC can be broadcasting Neil Younger’s headline set – with him at present not showing of their protection plans for the weekend –
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