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It’s been a pleasure to provide coverage throughout the day at Glastonbury Festival today as the silencing of Kneecap only amplified their voices, Skepta filled in at the last minute to steal the show, and Neil Young proved why he’s one of the all-time greats.

Before you go, sit back and marvel at Neil Young performing ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ at Glastonbury Festival.

Same time again tomorrow?

Charli XCX isn’t quite finished with ‘Brat’…

Despite burning the Brat sign at the start of her Glastonbury set, Charli XCX later backtracked on this during her performance, telling the crowd, “So we burnt it down. Does that mean Brat is finally over? Maybe it is, but probably not.”

She continued: “But we had to do it, and it looked cool, and I think you have all proved that Brat is forever. I don’t know who I am if it’s over. It wasn’t just a summer thing. It was a forever thing.”

Neil Young plays ‘Throw Your Hatred Down’

Neil Young isn’t finished yet, the encore is still in full flow with a fierce rendition of the politically-charged anthem ‘Throw Your Hatred Down’, which also includes the lyric, “Throw your weapons down”, a line that feels particularly appropriate right now.

He may have written the song in 1995, but 30 years later, it’s sadly achingly relevant amid the tumultuous global landscape.

Hallelujah, he’s back!

After a brief moment of worry, Neil Young is back on the Pyramid Stage and delivering a rollicking rendition of ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’, proving precisely why he earned the moniker ‘The Godfather of Grunge’.

His masterclass continues.

Surely there’s an encore…

Young has left the stage following ‘Old Man’ but surely he is set to return for more.

Neil Young performs ‘Old Man’

Neil Young wasn’t an old man when he wrote ‘Old Man’ in 1972, but more than 50 years later, he’s singing it on the Pyramid Stage as an old man, and the performance is utterly heartwrenching.

Those words that he penned all those years ago have now taken on a new meaning as he stares down the barrel at the younger version of himself, and it’s impossible not to be moved by his emotive vocals on the Pyramid Stage.

Watch Charli XCX perform ‘Von Dutch’

On The Other Stage, it’s certainly a different vibe as Charli XCX gives Brat a farewell on the grandest festival in the land.

Get your dancing shoes on.

Neil Young’s set continues to get better…

Eyebrows may have been raised by plentiful 20-somethings with tickets to Glastonbury once it was revealed Neil Young was set to headline, but tonight he has proved why he is an inimitable figure in music. He’s played a pivotal role in developing modern songwriting as we know it today, and can also shred like a madman. Keep the hits coming, Neil!

In the last 15 minutes alone, he’s played note-perfect renditions of ‘Like a Hurricane’, and ‘Name of Love’, as he continues to slip further into the groove of the night.

Could Paul McCartney join Neil Young?

Earlier this week, Paul McCartney released a new blog post on his website and revealed that Neil Young’s Harvest is one of his three favourite albums of all time, which seems odd timing ahead of Glastonbury, unless he was hinting at something…

While it could be coincidental, McCartney was spotted watching Inhaler on The Other Stage yesterday, and has also performed with Young many times before. The Canadian cites him as an inspiration, as well as one of the greatest to ever do it.

If McCartney did join Young, it would be an unforgettable moment that lives long in the history books.

Gracie Abrams joins Charli XCX for ‘Apple’ dance

Whenever Charli XCX plays a big show, she ensures that the camera pans to either a crowd member or a famous face attending the concert to do the dance routine for her hit song ‘Apple’.

Tonight, it was Gracie Abrams’ turn, and she was prepared for this moment. While her set on the Other Stage yesterday, which attracted a huge crowd, was a moment to remember for Abrams, the honour of doing the ‘Apple’ dance on screen has made it an unforgettable first Glastonbury for the American.

The good times continue to roll with Neil Young

Young and The Chrome Hearts, who sound like a tightly knit band that have been playing together for years rather than months, performed a gorgeous take on the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young classic ‘Looking Forward’ as the Canadian continues to delve into his back catalogue for fan favourites.

Next up, Young did mix it up with ‘Sun Green’, which didn’t go down quite as well as its predecessor, but he was loving making use of his megaphone nonetheless.

Back to Neil Young…

Neil Young’s set is a dramatic tone shift from the sounds of Charli XCX on The Other Stage, but it’s going down a storm with those in attendance who are witnessing an icon in action and have just heard him play a beautiful rendition of ‘Harvest Moon’.

Far Out’s Ben Forrest, who is at the Pyramid Stage, says: “Calling this an intimate show would be a stretch, but this certainly feels more of a personal performance than anything else I have seen at Pyramid so far.”

Full of praise for Young, his analysis continued, “Thousands of people gently swaying to ‘Harvest Moon’ in the evening breeze, this is what Glastonbury is all about.”

Charli XCX burns ‘Brat’ sign and marks end of era

Charli XCX arrived late by a number of minutes for her headline set on the Other Stage, but immediately, she made a huge statement by burning the Brat sign, signifying the end of an era.

The past 12 months have seen her rise to superstardom after being a critically acclaimed darling for more than a decade. However, the end is nigh, and now, she looks set to embark on a new chapter.

There’s no better place to make a statement of this magnitude than Glastonbury as the world’s eyes watch on, and now, the question lingers, what next for Charli XCX?

‘Hey, Hey, My My (Into the Black)’ wows Glastonbury

Neil Young is bringing out all of the hits tonight. While he’s got a reputation for shying away from his best-known material, Young knows what the Glastonbury crowd want and is serving up a headline set full of thrills. Crowd-pleasing isn’t a phrase that typically pops into mind when thinking about the Canadian, but Glastonbury isn’t an ordinary show…

The verdict from on the ground…

Far Out’s Ben Forrest says from the Pyramid Stage: “It feels very stripped back, there’s no fancy light show or video backdrop – it’s a bare bones celebration of one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century.”

Neil Young continues to impress

Following a spectacular rendition of ‘Cinnamon Girl’, Neil Young and his Chrome Hearts are now tearing through a performance of ‘Heart of Steel’, which is seeing Young rip it up on the guitar.

For a man who is hurtling towards 80, he’s still an electric performer who hasn’t lost a thing.

What is Neil Young expected to play?

While Neil Young mixes up his setlist regularly, below is the list of songs that he played at the Dalhalla in Rättvik, Sweden, when he kicked off the European tour earlier this month.

‘Sugar Mountain’
‘Play Video’
‘Be the Rain’
‘When You Dance, I Can Really Love’
‘Cinnamon Girl’
‘Fuckin’ Up’
‘Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)’
‘The Needle and the Damage Done’
‘Harvest Moon’
‘Looking Forward’
‘Sun Green’
‘Love and Only Love’
‘Like a Hurricane’
‘Name of Love’
‘Old Man’
‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ (ENCORE)

Neil Young welcomes The Chrome Hearts

After beginning the set in solo style with ‘Sugar Mountain’, Neil Young has now welcomed his new band, The Chrome Hearts, to the stage, and they’ve erupted into a rendition of ‘Be The Rain’.

Together with The Chrome Hearts, Young released the album Talkin to the Trees earlier this month and they are currently touring across Europe with another English date planned at Hyde Park in London next month.

Woodsies is closed

Due to high footfall, Glastonbury have confirmed that Woodsies is no longer open. Tom Odell has just finished his performance and Scissor Sisters will headline the stage at 22:30pm.

Olivia Rodrigo was loving Pulp

Ahead of her headline set on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury tomorrow evening, Olivia Rodrigo is acclimatising herself to Worthy Farm, and was spotted by BBC Radio 1 broadcaster Greg James singing ‘Disco 2000’ while on a friend’s shoulders.

This time tomorrow, it’ll be Rodrigo on the very same stage…

How busy is the crowd for Neil Young?

Neil Young is a legendary artist, whose back catalogue should warrant a headline set at Glastonbury Festival. However, there’s no denying that Charli XCX and Doechii, who are both also headlining smaller stages tonight, have more cultural cache in 2025 than the Canadian singer-songwriter.

Currently, the crowd is sparse on the Pyramid Stage and phone signal shouldn’t be an issue if it stays this way. Of course, this could change, but if the field doesn’t pack out soon enough, then Young will be playing to a smaller crowd than Kaiser Chiefs did at midday.

Will Charli XCX have any special guests?

During her recent huge dates, Charli XCX has been joined by an array of special guests, including Lorde and Addison Rae at Coachella. Both of these names are possibilities for Glastonbury, considering Lorde performed at Worthy Farm yesterday and Addison Rae is set to support Lana Del Rey at Wembley Stadium next week.

However, there are plentiful other names that could appear with Charli as her remix album also included collaborations with Robyn, Yung Lean, Troy Sivan, Julian Casablancas, Bon Iver, Tinashe, and many more. Therefore, the ball is in Charli’s court, and it remains to be seen who will be joining her for the headline set, but surely she has a few tricks up her sleeve for the occasion.

Charli XCX performs on The Other Stage at 22:30pm.

Skepta shuts down The Other Stage

This morning, Skepta was expecting his Glastonbury weekend to simply include a DJ set on The Glade, and no rapping was on the agenda. But when Deftones pulled out at the last minute, Skeppy stepped up to replace them on The Other Stage before Charli XCX’s headline set.

One man, one mic – that’s all that is required from a Skepta show. Glastonbury got extremely lucky that he was already on site when they were looking for a replacement this afternoon, as he’s going back to basics to put on a rap masterclass.

Raye ends her set on a high note

Raye’s Pyramid Stage performance has been an audition for a future headline set, which she brought to a close on a high note with her chart-topping single ‘Escapism’. The success of this song single-handedly transformed her career as she escaped the major label machine and spread her wings.

The crowd at the Pyramid Stage are signing along with the Londoner at the top of their longs with many members of the audience looking visibly emotional, too. However, it was the mind-boggling range of Raye’s vocals that was the star of the show, utterly spellbinding.

“Are we too cool to jump, Glastonbury?”

Raye is kicking things up a notch now as the ballads make way for some of her more sultry dance anthems.

“Fuck you with my heart and head,” she sings, and then asks the Glastonbury crowd if they are too cool to jump along with her as she drifts into the chorus of ‘Escapism.’ and the main stage starts to feel like a Saturday night.

Raye is on the Pyramid Stage

The night’s events have truly begun as Raye enters the Pyramid Stage in perhaps the most glamorous outfit of the weekend. Evening attire indeed.

She is belting out her smooth ballads with consummate ease right now.

It’s getting hot at Woodsies

Father John Misty has been slowly building to a boil at his Woodsies set, and now things are looking to really kick on.

The temperature is certainly rising, and Father John Misty isn’t trying to cool things down at all.

Watch Haim perform ‘Relationships’

Haim’s set at The Park has unsurprisingly attracted a mammoth crowd, who are grateful to see their secret set, and the indie-pop group are enjoying every second of their Glastonbury return.

‘Relationships’, which appeared on their new album I Quit, received a reaction from the Glasto crowd as if it were a classic that had been around for a decade, watch below.

Ezra Collective honour their roots

Ezra Collective met at a youth club, which are sadly under threat in the UK and stopping another Ezra Collective from potentially forming. Therefore, Femi Koleoso used the Glastonbury stage to send a message loud and clear by honouring “every single person that loves pouring into young people like we do, God bless every single one of you because that’s what the Ezra Collective is about.”

Powerful.

In a change of pace, Ezra Collective then turned Worthy Farm into Brazil with ‘Sao Paolo’, which brought the Samba to Somerset.

Ezra Collective spread the power of joy

In their Other Stage set, Ezra Collective bandleader Femi Koleoso addressed the crowd to share a message from his heart: “You might feel like you’re the blessed ones to watch the EZ, but we’re the blessed ones to come to play Glastonbury. The maddest thing about this moment right now is that when I was eight years old, someone in my church gave me a drum kit. It was my first ever drumkit and it changed my life forever.”

Koleoso then revealed that the person who gave him the drum kit is here today in the audience to watch Ezra Collective’s crowning moment.

He continued: “Let me tell you something very important, this music is honest music. Our music is honest, it is true to what is going around. This is not happy music. It might make you feel happy, but it wasn’t always written from a happy place. I’m one of you, I live here in the UK, I’m not ignorant, I’ve got a phone, I see the heartbreak and destruction every time I open up the app and read the news. It breaks my heart.”

The drummer poignantly added: “Even when your heart breaks for what is happening in the world, there’s still joy to be found in the heart. When you celebrate the emotion of joy, it reminds us that we are just the same because our similarities are more important than our differences, and it’s very difficult to execute someone who looks exactly like you. Right now, we are going to all look the same because we have the look of joy in our hearts.”

Kojey Radical and Loyle Carner join Ezra Collective on The Other Stage

Ezra Collective are currently ensuring that everybody in the field on The Other Stage is dancing until their feet hurt. Not only that, but they’ve also brought along their old friend Kojey Radical to perform ‘No Confusion’, which has added a further injection of energy to a set that was already bursting with good vibes.

The Mercury Prize-winning group then brought out another special guest, none other than Mr Loyle Carner, who headlined The Other Stage last night, and returned to take a trip down memory lane to perform ‘What Am I To Do’.

Carner updated the lyrics to reflect on his set from last night, and also delighted the Glastonbury crowd by rapping, “And I hate Nigel Farage”.

Ezra Collectie, Kojey Radical and Loyle Carner together is a musical recipe which is good for the soul.

Pulp electrify with closing track ‘Common People’

There are few songs that are more guaranteed to send Glastonbury into a collective state of pandemonium than ‘Common People’. It’s a song that defined an entire era of British culture, and even those who didn’t grow up during that time, as the diversely-aged Glastonbury crowd proves, love it with every fibre of their being.

A highlight of a set full of highlights, which brought their historic set to an end and cemented their status as Glastonbury legends. While their secret set on The Park was special in 2011, this raised the levels and proved Pulp occupy a unique, irreplaceable, place in the musical fabric of this country.

Pulp continue to delight Glastonbury

Giving Pulp only an hour to perform presented two options for the Sheffield legends. On the one hand, they could have gone down the Lorde route and played their new album in full. Instead, Pulp chose to play fan favourite after fan favourite, pumping serotonin into the veins of 100,000 fans whose lives have been soundtracked by songs like ‘Babies’.

The best set of Glastonbury so far, and the only negative comment to make is that its about to come to a close. Good luck following this, Raye and Neil Young!

Could Pulp have headlined the Pyramid Stage?

With every passing song, it becomes abundantly clear that Pulp could still very much headline the Pyramid Stage. Even the recently released ‘Spike Island’ has gone down a treat at Glastonbury, but the reception for songs like ‘Do You Remember The First Time?’ and ‘Disco 2000’ are worthy of a headline set.

Cocker’s charisma is infectious and has the audience eating out of his hands, putting on a performance that every frontman should study if they want to improve their craftsmanship.

Pulp perform ‘Something Changed’

Before playing the 1995 hit, Cocker explained why it has taken on a new meaning for him in recent years, sharing: “What we are going to do now is recreate the conditions that were there when we first decided to do the tour and record that we’ve just done. We had been given an offer, and we didn’t know if we could refuse it or not. So we gathered in a living room in the north of England.”

The Pulp frontman then introduced his bandmates, before revealing they performed a stripped-back rendition of ‘Something Changed’, which they tenderly recreated on the Pyramid Stage and made it feel like a northern living room.

Jarvis Cocker reflects on headlining in 1995

After ‘Spike Island’, Cocker told the Worthy Farm crowd: “The reason we played here 30 years and four days ago was because The Stone Roses’ John Squire broke his collar bone and I think we had about ten days notice. Ten days. Consequently, we were the most nervous we’ve ever been, but today is different, I feel very relaxed. How about you?”

Cocker then engaged with the audience as if he was playing a 500-capacity venue rather than 100,000 people in a field and split them half to assist him on backing vocals for ‘O.U. (Gone Gone)’.

Showmanship of the highest order.

‘Disco 2000’ is the moment of Glastonbury so far

There have been many bone-tingling moments at Glastonbury so far, whether this be Self Esteem’s performance on The Park or Loyle Carner’s Other Stage set, but nothing has raised the roof like ‘Disco 2000’ by Pulp, which has got the entirety of the Glastonbury postcode singing and dancing. The best bit is that there is still an hour left of Pulp magic.

Following the song, Jarvis hilariously quipped, “Sorry if you were expecting Patchwork”. He then revealed the first two songs in their set were given their live debut when Pulp headlined Glastonbury in 1995 as a last-minute replacement for The Stone Roses, who inspired the next song on their set list, ‘Spike Island’.

Are you ready for Pulp summer? Patchwork are here

Hundreds of people swarmed to the stage wearing ponchos at Glastonbury as the crowd agonisingly waited for Pulp to be revealed as Patchwork, which was understandably met with bemusement by the Glastonbury crowd who want to hear ‘Common People’.

Then, the screen lit up to reveal a message which reads, ‘Are you ready for Pulp summer?’, in a nod to last year’s Brat phenomenon, and the entire energy of the field was transformed in an instant.

Moments later, Pulp started delighting the crowd with ‘Sorted for E’s and Whizz’, as they get their (not so) secret set underway. Beautiful.

Pulp time, sorry Patchwork…

10 minutes to go until the identity of Patchwork is finally revealed when Pulp return to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury for the first time in 30 years and celebrate the anniversary of their iconic headline set which remains one of the greatest of all time.

This post is going to look incredibly stupid if Pulp are not Patchwork, but, I’ll hedge my bets and say this is the most nailed on secret set of the weekend.

Skepta replaces Deftones

Glastonbury have confirmed that Deftones will no longer be performing on The Other Stage tonight before Charli XCX due to an illness within the band. However, Mercury Prize-winner Skepta has accepted the call, and will perform a last-minute show at 21:00pm tonight.

The rapper said: “Let’s go!!! No crew, no production but am ready to shut Glastonbury down. Victory lap time. Pre-Big Smoke 2025.”

It remains to be seen whether Deftones will perform in London tomorrow night.

Haim secret set confirmed

Haim are set to perform on The Park Stage at 19:30pm to make their Glastonbury return. While it’s listed as a secret set, it was clear Haim would perform at Worthy Farm months ago when they announced a show on June 27th at Margate as a one-off performance, which coincided with Glasto.

They last performed on the Pyramid Stage in 2022, but it was The Park where they made their debut at the festival, and the set tonight will be a homecoming for the sibling trio, who recently released their new album I Quit.

Glastonbury 2025: Haim confirmed for secret set at festival

Exciting.

Amyl and the Sniffers hit out at politicians: “They believe in nothing”

Political speeches always play a part in Glastonbury. Today, we’ve had Bob Vylan use their voice to stand up for justice and Kneecap also support Palestine as well as attacking Keir Starmer.

On The Other Stage, Amyl and the Sniffers singer Amy Taylor said from the heart: “I wanna say, its such a crazy time to be alive right now, its so fucking weird, the left and the right politicians don’t believe in anything at all between the two of them. They believe in nothing. I’m thinking about the people in Palestine. All our governments — we’re from Australia — they’re doing jack shit, and I know yourds are doing jack shit.”

She continued: “I think about schooling and I think about media, and we don’t learn nothing about colonisation. We don’t learn nothing about sex education. We don’t learn any of the right things, and we don’t see any of the right things in the media.”

Taylor, speaking mainly about her Australian upbringing, added, “Thats what is so fucked up. They don’t want us to know. They want us to shut the fuck up, because if we think about Palestine, then back home in Australia we think about the indigenous people there and we think about the fact that us as whities… we’re the fucking colonisers, and that’s so disgusting and that so much to hold and that’s the truth.

“I was gonna say something more political and its not perfect. But I think it’s better to say something than say nothing at all right now,” she poignantly concluded, which is perhaps the opposite sentiment to Matty Healy’s speech from The 1975’s headline set on Friday.

John Fogerty performs ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain’

Creedence Clearwater Revival legend John Fogerty might be 80, but he’s full of energy and performing like somebody decades younger. Admittedly, his voice is a little worn, but he has been performing music for over half a century, and when you’ve got beloved songs like ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain’, nothing else matters.

Following this song, Fogerty performed a huge instrumental track with his band that also had the Pyramid Stage cast under his spell.

The verdict on Kneecap

Far Out’s Lucy Harbron, who was at the Kneecap set, reports that the crowd wasn’t entirely invested in Kneecap’s music, sharing that a high proportion of the crowd were “clearly there for the politics, not the band.”

She also noted that there was an “odd energy drop on the outskirts during the songs” compared with when the band spoke to the crowd.

Watch Kneecap perform ‘Better Way To Live’

Kneecap’s manager, Daniel Lambert, has shared footage from the stage of the band performing their Grian Chatten collaboration, ‘Better Way To Live’, and the crowd stretches as far as the eye can see.

Watch below.

Kneecap’s crowd chant “fuck Keir Starmer”

As their set continues, Kneecap have taken the opportunity to thank the Eavis family to welcome them to the festival despite facing calls from the Prime Minister Keir Starmer to remove the band, claiming that it was “not appropriate”.

The crowd at Glastonbury then delivered a series of chants, including “fuck Keir Starmer”, “Free Mo Chara”, and “Free Palestine”.

Mo Chara also spoke to the crowd about the history of Irish people facing a “miscarriage of justice” in the United Kingdom.

Kneecap cause a moshpit to erupt

Kneecap are bringing their mix of dancefloor-ready Irish-language bangers to Worthy Farm, and are ensuring that a huge mosh pit erupts in the field.

Far Out’s Lucy Harbron, who is in attendance on the West Holts Stage, reports that the crowd has somewhat of an “odd vibe” due to many being in attendance who are unfamiliar with Kneecap’s music, but are there to show solidarity amid the silencing of the band.

Kneecap begin Glastonbury set by mocking their critics

Kneecap began their set on the West Holts Stage by mocking their critics and taking clips from news reports about the ongoing controversy surrounding the band, as well as a clip from Noel Gallagher lauding their performance at Glastonbury last year.

20 minutes to go until Kneecap

Kneecap are ready. Are you?

Bob Vylan back Kneecap

During their set on West Holts before Kneecap, Bob Vylan powerfully addressed the crowd to say: “I’m feeling fantastic. Yeah man, we are seeing some fucked up things happening in the world; we are seeing the UK and the US be complicit in war crimes, in genocide happening over there to the Palestinian people. Look I know we are on the BBC and we aren’t going to say anything crazy, we can leave that for them lads, but unfortunately we have seen a strange reaction to people that come out and voice support for Palestine even though anybody wth any kind of moral compass can sure tell that what is happening over there in Gaza is a tragedy.”

The powerful speech continued: “So look, we are not pacifist punks here over at Bob Vylan Enterprises. We are the violent punks because sometimes you gotta get your message across with violence because that is the only language some people speak unfortunately, this next song we want to dedicate it to every single band that is using their platform to speak up for the Palestinian people and speak against the crimes that Israel, the UK and Us and much of the western world are complicit in. So, this is for all of you: The Murder Capital, Kneecap, Amyl and the Sniffers.”

Kneecap are up next.

Japanese Breakfast makes up for cancelled 2023 set

On The Park Stage, Japanese Breakfast made up for lost time after her set on The Other Stage was cancelled in 2023 due to transport issues, which left the band stranded in the middle of Europe. Thankfully, they avoided the same scenario this time, but it was a close call.

Addressing this incident, Michelle Zauner reflected: “For those who don’t know, we tried to come here 2 years ago and it’s the only show in the history of Japanese breakfast that we have missed because of travel failure.”

She continued: “And so even though our bus broke down in the countryside of Sweden two days ago, we have made it here at Glastonbury and we are so so happy to be here.”

Bob Vylan show support for Palestine

“I heard you want your country back,” Bob Vylan ring out on the West Holts Stage, as they make their voices known and keep the political spirit of Glastonbury alive ahead of Kneecap’s set on the same stage at 16:00pm.

The screen behind them also reads,”Today we control rent, tomorrow police, schools and community.”

Notably, they also have a Palestine flag on stage as an act of solidarity amid the heartbreaking situation in Gaza. Later in the set, Bob led the crowd through a chant of “Free Palestine”, before adding, “Each and every time”.

Beabadoobee performs on The Other Stage

Beabadoobee has been on the rise for half a decade now, since releasing her debut album in 2020, and looks far more confident as a performer on The Other Stage than she did when playing Woodsies in 2022.

It’s clear she’s spent the last three years honing her skills on the road, supporting huge names like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter, which has made her unphased by the sheer size of The Other Stage field.

While the field isn’t quite full, Beabadoobee is ensuring the crowd get started to their day on a laidback note, which is precisely what you want from a performer in the early afternoon.

Kneecap fans hit back against Keir Starmer

After the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, tried to pressure Glastonbury to remove Kneecap from their line-up, to no avail, their fans have told Starmer precisely what they think at the festival…

CMAT secret set underway

After tearing it up on the Pyramid Stage yesterday, and also joining Blossoms on Woodsies to perform ‘I Like Your Look’, CMAT is currently performing on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury.

While the set is already underway, if you are in the vicinity of the stage, then, make your way to be wowed by the Irish singer-songwriter who was one of the stand-out performers of the first day of action.

Kneecap on BBC ban: “Propaganda wing of the regime”

Following the news of the BBC refusing their broadcast their set from Glastonbury live, Kneecap wrote on social media: “The propaganda wing of the regime has just contacted us…. They WILL put our set from Glastonbury today on the I-player later this evening for your viewing pleasure.”

The Irish trio continued: “The crowd expected today is far greater than West Holts capacity so “you’ll need to be very early to catch us father….VERY EARLY.”

The decision from the BBC comes after mounting pressure from high-ranking politicians, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who called upon Glastonbury to remove Kneecap from it’s line-up, claiming they were “not appropriate”.

Could Dave Grohl appear at Glastonbury?

In recent years, Dave Grohl has become a stalwart of Glastonbury Festival, and if he’s not on stage, he’ll be in the crowd as a punter. In 2023, Foo Fighters performed a ‘surprise’ set on the Pyramid Stage as The Churnups, and that weekend, he also performed with Guns N’ Roses during their headline set.

The year before, he joined Paul McCartney during his headline set, and last year, enjoyed the music as a fan. Now, Grohl has been sighted in London yesterday, which suggests he’s likely Worthy Farm-bound, but it’s uncertain whether he’ll make an appearance as a performer.

Key sets to watch out for a cameo from the Foo Fighters frontman are St Vincent tomorrow and Neil Young’s headline set on the Pyramid Stage tonight.

Another clue that Pulp are Patchwork…

According to Far Out’s reporter on the ground, Ben Forrest, security have just moved some boxes through the crowd at the Pyramid Stage. While this isn’t noteworthy in itself, the boxes having ‘Pulp’ written on them is further proof that the Sheffield indie icons are indeed Patchwork.

Jarvis Cocker, who DJd at the festival yesterday, may have previously said that it would take a “life or death situation” for Pulp to perform at Glastonbury this year, and the band’s Candida Doyle also said Glastonbury “weren’t interested” in booking them to celebrate 30 years of their 1995 headline set. However, Glastonbury haven’t booked Pulp, they’ve booked Patchwork.

All will be revealed when Patchwork take to the stage at 18:15pm, but currently, it seems nailed on that Pulp will return to Worthy Farm.

Kaiser Chiefs get us underway on the Pyramid Stage!

Good afternoon, welcome back to Far Out’s live coverage from Glastonbury Festival ahead of another historic day as Neil Young prepares to return to the farm for only the second time in his career.

While the hangovers are currently causing havoc at the festival, the music has already begun on the Pyramid Stage with Kaiser Chiefs, who this year celebrated 20 years of debut album Employment, are making sure that Saturday gets off to a riotous start.