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Glastonbury Festival 2025 Opens to 200,000 Fans With Technical Glitches and Disputed Sets

The Somerset festival has attracted 200,000 fans, with organisers handling technical glitches alongside controversy over secret and disputed performances.

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Overview

  • The festival runs from June 25 to 29 at Worthy Farm in Somerset with The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo headlining the Pyramid Stage and Rod Stewart closing the Sunday legends slot.
  • Opening celebrations were disrupted by sound failures during a fireworks display, drawing criticism from early arrivals.
  • Organisers defended Irish rap trio Kneecap’s scheduled West Holts stage performance despite terrorism charges facing a member.
  • Mystery ‘TBA’ slots and the surprise act ‘Patchwork’ on the Pyramid Stage have fuelled speculation over secret sets by Pulp, Lewis Capaldi and others.
  • The BBC is live-streaming performances across the five main stages, and organisers plan a fallow year in 2026 to allow the land to recover.