Glastonbury 2025: The 1975 have reportedly spent four times their fee on production costs
Ahead of their headline set at Glastonbury Festival on June 27th, it has been reported The 1975 spent four times their fee on production costs for their Pyramid Stage performance.
While the exact figure of how much The 1975 have been paid to perform on Worthy Farm isn’t disclosed, Glastonbury typically pays headliners considerably less than other major festivals due to the prestige and exposure attached to the event.
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis previously explained to the BBC: “We’re not in the same bracket as everyone else when it comes to paying artists massive fees. We’re really grateful for the bands that we get because they’re basically doing it for the love of it.”
She added: “It’s probably less than 10 per cent of what they’d get from playing any of the other major British festivals, [so] Glastonbury relies completely on goodwill.”
As a result of Glastonbury’s low fees, it’s not uncommon for headliners to leave the festival with a financial deficit. Now, a new piece in The Telegraph claims about The 1975’s production budget: “I’ve heard that they have spent four times their actual fee on the production.”
Looking ahead to the show, the band’s manager Jamie Oborne recently said of Glastonbury on The Money Trench Podcast, “It’s such a big gig, and it’s the only show that we’re playing this year.” Oborne explained frontman Matty Healy “thought doing it in isolation would be a really powerful thing. I obviously agreed with him, as I often do.”
Oborne also noted of the band’s next album: “They’re making a record at the moment. I don’t know when it will come out, but they’re making one.”
The 1975 will take to the Pyramid Stage at 10:15pm on June 27th following sets throughout the day by Biffy Clyro, Alanis Morissette, and a TBA set highly rumoured to be Lewis Capaldi. Other acts performing at Glastonbury tomorrow include Loyle Carner, Wet Leg, Gracie Abrams, Inhaler, Four Tet and many more.
Far Out is on the ground at Glastonbury Festival delivering coverage directly from Worthy Farm throughout the event.
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