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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

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.

The Independent UK

Rod Stewart to “pleasure and titillate” Glastonbury 2025

He says he’ll be playing the prestigious Sunday afternoon ‘legends’ slot

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"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

Louder

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’

The Guardian - UK

“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

Guitar World

‘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

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

Louder

Will Glastonbury be held in 2025 and 2026? Worthy Farm tipped to take a year off soon

Glastonbury organisers are expected to take a year off soon

Evening Standard

‘Someone stole my wellies!’: Glastonbury’s five muddiest festivals

Mud, lightning, thunder, rain and more mud! The years that bad weather took over Britain’s biggest festival

The Independent UK

Emily Eavis explains why a Glastonbury festival ticket ballot wouldn’t work

Festival co-organiser acknowledged the huge demand for tickets but pointed out other means of securing a pass to Worthy Farm

The Independent UK

"He didn't want to do Glastonbury and Michael Eavis didn’t want him — he was worried he was going to do a Tin Machine set or a little drum and bass set": When David Bowie played a career-altering Glastonbury festival set… by accident

"At the end of that show you realised, and he realised, that his career had changed"

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The Independent UK

Emily Eavis reveals dream Glastonbury headliner and when the next fallow year will be

Glastonbury co-organiser answered some of the most-asked questions about the music festival

Evening Standard

Emily Eavis confirms Glastonbury is likely to take a year off in 2026

The festival’s co-organiser also revealed that she already has “a vague” idea of who might headline next summer

The Independent UK

A brief history of politics at Glastonbury Festival

From chants of ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ to the gloom generated by the EU Referendum result, Glastonbury has been the site where campaigners call for peace, justice and reform for years

The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury founder and TikTok organist make new year honours list

Singers, artists and co-founder of women’s fiction prize among members of arts world to be recognised

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The Guardian - UK

New year honours 2024: awards for Shirley Bassey, Mary Earps and Michael Eavis

Author Jilly Cooper and actor Emilia Clarke also honoured

The Independent UK

New Year Honours 2024: All the celebrities being honoured, from Shirley Bassey to Paul Hollywood

Jilly Cooper, Michael Eavis and Ridley Scott are also among those honoured

The National (Scotland)

More than 1000 recognised in New Year Honours list

MORE than 1000 people have been recognised in this year’s New Year Honours list, ranging from politicians, musicians and actors to senior…

The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury festival tickets sell out in less than an hour

Standard tickets to the 2024 music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset went on sale on Sunday morning

The Guardian - UK

Reports Madonna, Dua Lipa and Coldplay to headline Glastonbury 2024 untrue, says organiser

Emily Eavis denies reports the three acts will top the bill on Pyramid stage at next year’s festival

Evening Standard

Glastonbury boss Emily Eavis just dropped some serious headliner hints

As well as a female artist in the legend's slot, it's looking like the headliners could be women-dominated

Louder

“Led Zeppelin’s fee went from £500 to £20,000 in a year!” Collapsing stages and no toilets: The 1969 Bath Blues Festival that inspired Glastonbury

They sold 7000 tickets – and 30,000 people turned up. How The Bath Blues Festivals became the inspiration to a young Michael Eavis and Glastonbury.

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