Who Is Closing Glastonbury 2022?

Which artist is closing Glastonbury

Elton John says thank-you to Glastonbury audience after farewell UK performance Elton John steps out onto Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2023 performed what will go down as one of the greatest headline shows in history last night (Sunday 25 June), to was the final artist to take to the main stage before the 76-year-old at Worthy Farm, Somerset, after a joyful Yusuf/Cat Stevens entertained fans with songs including “Wild World” and “Father and Son”.

• The revered folk singer-songwriter performed with his band a gig previously handed to artists including Lionel Richie, Kylie Minogue and Dolly Parton.
• He also, before playing his song “Tea for the Tillerman”.
• At 9pm, John launched his performance with some of his best-known songs, including his 1975 cover of “Pinball Wizard” and “Benny and the Jets”.

From the moment he sat down at the piano, the show was a pure blast of euphoria from one of the world’s greatest living entertainers, with surprise guests including, and Gabriels singer Jacob Lusk. Sad news post-Glastonbury from Lewis Capaldi, who has announced that he is taking a break from touring for the foreseeable future after his performance on the Pyramid Stage.

The Scottish singer told the crowd during his set that he was starting to lose his voice and was seen experiencing a series of tics as a result of Tourette’s syndrome. On Tuesday (27 June), Capaldi shared a text post announcing his break from live shows, explaining that he was taking a rest to focus on getting his mental and physical health in order.

Scottish singer-songwriter alluded to a forthcoming break during his Glastonbury set on Saturday (24 June) Isobel Lewis 27 June 2023 13:41 Pianist Rob Grant has shared an amazing clip from backstage at Glastonbury of the moment Lana Del Rey’s set was cut off.

1. The singer began her set 30 minutes late, performing for 15 minutes beyond her scheduled closing time before her microphone was cut off.
2. However, Del Rey led the crowd in a sing-a-long of her hit “Video Games”, which she hadn’t been able to play.
3. Isobel Lewis 27 June 2023 08:57 Couple ‘seal marriage’ in intimate handfasting ceremony at Glastonbury Peony Hirwani 27 June 2023 08:00 From Elton to Debbie Harry, this was a festival where the most intensely emotional moments came courtesy of artists in their autumn years, writes Helen Brown.

From Elton to Debbie Harry, this was a festival where the most intensely emotional moments came courtesy of artists in the their autumn years, writes Helen Brown Peony Hirwani 27 June 2023 07:30 This year’s Glastonbury Festival has come to a close after the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John descended upon the Pyramid Stage.

1. Surprises were in store for hundreds of thousands of campers on Worthy Farm, with Dave Grohl and Johnny Marr joining the Pretenders on the Park Stage and Rick Astley became a fan favourite as he made his Glastonbury debut by showing off his drumming skills.
2. Lana Del Rey’s late-running set ended with an acapella version of “Video Games” as the power was cut at midnight as she headlined the Other Stage.

Elsewhere, Lewis Capaldi shared an emotional moment with fans when they took over singing as he suffered vocal issues. Peony Hirwani 27 June 2023 07:00 Elton John has shared a heartfelt message following last night’s headline set at Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage.

In an Instagram post on Monday, the 76-year-old star thanked the festival and the audience for taking part in his acclaimed performance, billed as his final-ever show in the UK. “The energy last night was like nothing else, and I couldn’t be more grateful to the crowd and the people watching at home for all your love and support,” John wrote.

“You will be in my heart and soul forever. “UK, what a farewell. I love you,” he concluded, adding emoji of a hand waving and the Union Jack. Peony Hirwani 27 June 2023 06:00 Whether you were down at Worthy Farm or watching from home, there are plenty of readers currently thinking about how they can be a part of the action next year.

Megan Graye has the lowdown on how to get tickets for Glastonbury 2024: Glastonbury 2024 tickets and registration Tom Murray 27 June 2023 05:09 Glastonbury’s big clean-up underway as thousands pick up rubbish at Worthy Farm Tom Murray 27 June 2023 04:10 In her comment piece for The Independent, Helen Brown reflects on Elton John’s special headline set.

“From Elton to Debbie Harry, this was a festival where the most intensely emotional moments came courtesy of artists in their autumn years,” she writes. From Elton to Debbie Harry, this was a festival where the most intensely emotional moments came courtesy of artists in the their autumn years, writes Helen Brown Tom Murray 27 June 2023 03:12 Debbie Harry led the rock band to a smashing third-ever set at Glastonbury on Sunday afternoon with a set that featured timeless hits such as “One Way or Another” and “Heart of Glass”.

Who closed Glastonbury in 2022?

Six of the biggest talking points from Glastonbury 2022 As it happened ended 1656346145 Kendrick Lamar performs at Glastonbury

The final day at ended with a jaw-dropping performance by American rapper,Over the course of five days, fans had danced to performances by top artists such as, Little Simz, Pet Shop Boys, Sam Fender, and,On the last day of the festival, turned up at the John Peel stage in what was possibly the worst-kept secret set in Glastonbury history, while jazz-fusion legend Herbie Hancock delighted crowds relaxing at the Pyramid stage with a virtuosic performance.

Here’s a look back at six of the biggest talking points from the entire Glastonbury 2022 festival. Roe v Wade News of the US Supreme Court’s highly controversial legal ruling broke on Friday, and it was clearly on a lot of people’s minds at Glastonbury.

1. It certainly didn’t escape the attention of the artists, many of whom were American.
2. From Billie Eilish, to Phoebe Bridgers, to Olivia Rodrigo, to Kendrick Lamar, lots of the performers,
3. From the youngest ever headliner Eilish made history with her Friday night headline slot, delighting fans with an intimate but lively set of songs from the 20-year-old’s two albums.

As the festival’s youngest ever solo headliner, the pressure was certainly on Eilish’s shoulders, but as attests, she pulled it off with aplomb. Billie Eilish at Glastonbury 2022 to the oldest On the other end of the spectrum, we had Paul McCartney, who delivered an absolute barnstormer of a set on Saturday.

• Performing a range of hits from his Beatles and Wings repertoires, as well as his solo career (and a couple of covers), Macca,
• At 80 years old, he became the festival’s oldest ever headliner.
• Endrick Lamar Closing the festival on Sunday was Kendrick Lamar, who held the Pyramid Stage in the palm of his hand from the start of his electrifying, career-spanning set to the end.

The – a rendition of “saviour” performed while blood dripped from his diamond crown of thorns, before he began a furious chant about women’s rights – was pure chills-down-the-spine stuff. Ukraine The ongoing war in Ukraine was also a core political issue for many of the festival’s acts and attendees.

• Ukrainian flags were spotted commonly around the festival site, with,
• The Pyramid Stage also played host to Ukrainian band Dakhabrakha on Sunday, one of several Ukrainian artists the festival championed.
• A little help from my friends While Kendrick’s set may have been all him, many of the festival’s other acts deployed some heavyweight guest stars.

McCartney brought Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl on stage towards the end. Olivia Rodrigo welcomed Lily Allen for a duet of “F*** You”. Phoebe Bridges joined forces with Arlo Parks (who had her own full set at the festival) for a couple of numbers. Pete Doherty even showed up on stage during Hak Baker’s performance, having performed with the Libertines shortly before.

• It was a festival chock-full of unexpected – but thoroughly enjoyed – cameos.
• Look back at our live blog below: A fan who has been told he has weeks to live has been granted his dying wish – to make it to the festival one last time.
• Nigel Stonehouse, 58, from Hartlepool, will travel to via helicopter after a GoFundMe campaign raised over £18,000 to fund the journey.

Any remaining donations will be donated to Water aid, Oxfam and Greenpeace, and a local cat rescue organisation, the fundraiser’s organisers said. Stonehouse, who has been to Glastonbury 19 times, described the festival as being “like a family.” A Glastonbury fan who has been told he has weeks to live has been granted his dying wish – to make it to the festival one last time.Nigel Stonehouse, 58, from Hartlepool, will travel to Worthy Farm via helicopter after a GoFundMe campaign raised over £18,000 to fund the journey.Any remaining donations will be donated to Water aid, Oxfam and Greenpeace, and a local cat rescue organisation, the fundraiser’s organisers said.Stonehouse, who has been to Glastonbury 19 times, described the festival as being “like a family.”Click here to sign up for our newsletters.

Roisin O’Connor 23 June 2022 18:14 Those who aren’t venturing to for this year can keep up with the action from the comfort of their sofa. Viewers in the UK can watch the Glastonbury live for free on the, Coverage will be spread across BBC One, Two, Three, Four, BBC Radio, the BBC Sounds app, and BBC Radio.

For the first time ever, BBC iPlayer will be hosting a special Glastonbury channel from Thursday (23 June), which will broadcast preview shows and live performances over the next four days. Here’s the full schedule! Coverage will be spread across BBC channels over the next four days Roisin O’Connor 23 June 2022 18:42 Other acts on the billing include Diana Ross in the traditional Legends Slot, plus Sam Fender,, Foals, St Vincent, Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo, AJ Tracey and many more performing from 24 – 26 June.

On Wednesday 22 June, festival co-organisers Michael and Emily Eavis welcomed revellers back to the festival in Somerset. “To actually be able to see people there and welcome in, watch them streaming in and running to pitch their tents up it’s an amazing feeling,” Emily Eavis told in an interview with BBC Radio 6.

Check out some of the brilliant photos so far: Fans are rejoicing as the world-famous festival returns to Worthy Farm in Somerset Roisin O’Connor 23 June 2022 19:02 Fatboy Slim has reminisced about his first time playing Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage saying he’s “spent the rest of his career” trying to get back on it.

1. The DJ, real name Norman Cook, is now a household name but first performed at the music festival on Worthy Farm more than three decades ago as part of indie rock group, The Housemartins.
2. Glastonbury Festival opened its gates again this week for the first time in three years after being cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Cook, 58, one of the performers on the bill.

He told the festival’s on-site newspaper, the Glastonbury Free Press, about his first experience playing at the event, saying: “It was playing the Pyramid Stage with the Housemartins in 1986. “Much to my shame, I thought it would be filled with old, stoned, bearded hippies who’d come from Stonehenge after the solstice.

• And we thought they’d all be flinging mud at us.
• We were pleasantly surprised to find out it wasn’t like that at all.” Other big names at Glastonbury in 1986 included The Pogues, The Waterboys, The Cure, Level 42, Simply Red and Madness.
• Erri-Ann Roper, PA Entertainment Editor 23 June 2022 19:22 “Clash” is a word that will cause any ticketowner to break out in a cold sweat.

Deciding between Billie Eilish and Foals and Little Simz feels impossible. Likewise, Haim, Olivia Rodrigo, Big Thief, and Glass Animals. Here, we run through the biggest clashes of the 2022 festival – and some nifty workarounds. Because it’s impossible to see absolutely everyone Annabel Nugent 23 June 2022 19:40 Every Glastonbury weekend, the transformation of from a West Country dairy farm into a glorious festival site never fails to wow.

Bars within bars, areas within areas, and festivals within festivals offer ticket holders a Russian doll of silliness and surrealism. The centre of which you’ll probably never reach – at least not without a comprehensive plan. Take a look at our 18 hihglights for Glastonbury 202, from the Healing Fields to Cineramageddon.

As Glastonbury returns for a belated 50th birthday at Worthy Farm, Annabel Nugent and Roisin O’Connor pick some of the highlights you should try and make time for during the festival Annabel Nugent 23 June 2022 20:00 Tomorrow, Billie Eilish will make history as Glastonbury’s youngest ever solo headliner.

1. At 20 years and six months old, she will be the youngest solo act to headline Glastonbury.
2. The youngest ever performer to headline Glastonbury as part of a group was Mark Hamilton of the UK band Ash who headlined in 1997 at the age of 20 and three months.
3. Find out when and where Eilish performs below.

Eilish will be the festival’s youngest ever solo headliner Annabel Nugent 23 June 2022 20:20 Sure, you may know who is headlining but Glastonbury – but are you clued up on who this year’s secret sets are? With past secret sets including Lady Gaga, Franz Ferdinand and Pulp, it’s likely this year will see at least a few big names unexpectedly taking the stage.

1. George Ezra, Harry Styles, Green Day, Elton John, and Arcade Fire are among the artists rumoured to be making an appearance.
2. Find out more below.
3. Bastille are the latest rumoured act for a secret set Annabel Nugent 23 June 2022 20:40 If you’ve ever been interested in the history of the iconic festival, we’ve got you covered.

Founded in 1970, Michael Eavis – a farmer from Somerset – decided to stage a festival to pay off his overdraft. The rest is history. Festival is finally returning after a pandemic hiatus Annabel Nugent 23 June 2022 21:00 For those of us not at Worthy Farm, you can tune into the action live thanks to live coverage of the event.

Is Glastonbury the biggest festival in the world

Still, according to Somerset Council, Glastonbury is the largest performing arts festival in the world.

Do the stars get paid at Glastonbury

Some great performers have headlined Glastonbury Festival this year, including Guns N’ Roses, Lana Del Ray and the Arctic Monkeys. Tonight, festival goers will see Elton John, playing his final UK gig on the Pyramid Stage. Elton’s husband David Furnish has revealed there will be four surprise guests during his set, as fans speculate it could be Harry Styles or Taron Egerton, who played him in the Rocketman biopic – and Britney Spears has also been rumoured.

• Glastonbury is no doubt one of the biggest festivals of the year, for guests and the artists, but they might not be paid as much as you think, reports Mirror.
• Read more: Man dies at Glastonbury Festival after ‘medical incident’ – statement Over the years Glastonbury has had some massive headliners, including David Bowie, Beyoncé and Adele, and you might assume playing such a huge gig would mean the musicians are being compensated with a pretty hefty sum, however, you might be surprised to learn that it’s not as much as you’d think.

Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis, youngest daughter of the festival’s founder Michael Eavis, confirmed that artists get paid 10% less than what they are typically paid by other festivals. Guns N’ Roses headline the Pyramid stage as the sun sets (Image: Copyright (c) 2023 Shutterstock. No use without permission.) Although, its for a pretty good reason. This is because Glastonbury prefers to donate £2 million to charities every year, which dispels the myth that some headliners are paid £1million, as the number is likely much lower.

In 2017 interview with BBC Radio 6, she explained: “We’re not in a situation where we’re able to just give people enormous amounts of money. So we’re really grateful for the bands that we get because they’re basically doing it for the love of it.” Founder Michael once revealed that Coldplay and Paul McCartney were both paid around £200,000 for past headline sets.

He said at the time: “I paid £200,000 for Paul McCartney and for Coldplay, and although it sounds a lot, they could have charged me far more.” The exact number each 2023 headliner gets paid will be kept under wraps, but in an interview with Metro, music consultant specialising in live music venues and festivals Lyle Bignon, said: “The likes of Elton John and Guns N’ Roses, who have decades of global fame behind them, can likely command higher prices running into the £250,000+ range.” In an interview with Somerset Live, Bestival organiser Rob Da Bank revealed that Glastonbury’s budget is under £500,000 per headliner.

He said: “They cap their budget and even the headliners don’t get paid more than 500 grand, I think, which is cheap for some of the headliners and they’ve had a lot of them.” Although there’s no bigger UK festival than Glastonbury, it doesn’t pay its headliners more than others. For other UK festivals, headliners can earn upwards of £1million, according to Billboard.

The reason is that Glastonbury aims to raise money for charity, which means headliners are paid significantly less. Each year the festival raises funds for charities including Oxfam and Greenpeace, which means that they have a smaller budget, no doubt made even smaller by the cost of living crisis.

But it’s not the money that draws huge performers to Glastonbury, it’s the festival’s reputation and acts can rake in huge amounts of money after performing. Emily told George Ezra’s podcast: “Because of the TV and because of the exposure that they get, they do go on to do really well afterwards, so they’ll sell records afterwards.

“So we’re saying ‘look, come and do this but even though there’s a small fee, we can almost guarantee afterwards you’ll make up for it’.” Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.

How much did Dolly Parton get paid for Glastonbury

To perform as a headliner at Glastonbury, Dolly Parton reportedly most likely earned over £1 million ($1.19 million) per set. However, it has been said that performers earn ‘less than 10%’ of what they would be paid at other festivals.

How much do owners of Glastonbury get paid

Michael Eavis, the founder of Glastonbury Festival is reportedly worth £1.2million. The philanthropist who charged £1 per ticket at the first-ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970, pays himself an annual salary of just £60,000. Despite the festival’s humble origins, it is now one of the biggest festivals in the world.

• But while Glastonbury attracts globally renowned artists who help fill the festival’s coffers with hard-earned cash, its founder pays himself a salary of just £60,000.
• This salary figure comes from Glastonbury Festival’s reported £32m turnover.
• Eavis, 86, donates the remainder of his profits and gives £2m to charity.

READ MORE: Michael and Emily Eavis: The father-daughter driving force behind Glastonbury Festival Eavis is thought to give the money away as ‘he doesn’t want to carry profit into the next year’ according to the Daily Mail, It is claimed that the company that organises Glastonbury Festival has £10m in the bank, which acts as a buffer to help against unforeseen circumstances.

• Emily Eavis, 42, daughter of Michael Eavis and co-organiser of Glastonbury Festival, told the Today programme: “Contingency is really important to us.
• The elements are so unpredictable.
• We are completely at the mercy of the elements.
• We have to sell out to breakeven because the event costs so much to put on – about £40m.

Our other goal is to be able to give the charities we support about £2m a year. Glastonbury employs about 50 people full time.” Michael Eavis started off from humble beginnings when he inherited a farm at the age of 19. He worked at a colliery when he found he needed more money to help towards the upkeep of the farm.

However, he had a dream to make a difference. Speaking on the BBC documentary Glastonbury: 50 Years and Counting, Eavis recounted how he started the festival with a ‘genius idea.’ He said: “CND were mailing about 400,000 people. My flyer went into that envelope. “So free advertising from my event, it was genius! With a captive audience and like-minded people, people who I had an affinity with, I had something to fight for, and something to go down for.

“We named it the CND Festival actually. I made £20,000 in 1981. “I could not believe it, and I gave the money to Bruce Kent, I took it down on the train myself and said ‘here’s the £20,000 towards the CND campaign.'” Eavis continues to donate money to charity and appears to recognise the event may not be environmentally friendly.

He said: “Trying to make two million a year in order to keep all the charities going, and we seem to have to sup with the devil a bit.” READ MORE: Glastonbury organisers ask festivalgoers not to bring gazebos Eavis’s hard work has been noted from all echelons of society, from the Royal Family to educational institutions.

He holds honorary degrees from the University of Bath and the University of Bristol and was awarded the Freedom of the Town of Glastonbury on May 3, 2022. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to music in 2007 and a few years later in 2009, Time Magazine nominated him as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world in 2009.

Who is closing Glastonbury 2023

However, Elton isn’t the only big name to play today with Blondie, Queens of the Stone Age, Lil NasX and Sophie Ellis Bextor also performing. Sir Elton will sign off Glastonbury 2023 as part of his farewell tour tonight, Farewell Yellow Brick Road.

Why has Elton never played at Glastonbury?

Why has Elton John never played Glastonbury Festival? Glastonbury Festival is undoubtedly the most famous music event on the planet. From The Kinks in 1970 to Kendrick Lamar in 2022, the biggest and most successful names in the music industry have taken to the Pyramid Stage to deliver a headline set.

1. Although, as it turns out, the UK culture extravaganza has failed to host one of the nation’s most revered songwriters: Inaugurated in 1970, Glastonbury Festival isn’t just the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world; it’s an institution.
2. Held every summer on Worthy Farm, the first Glastonbury Festival took place the day after Jimi Hendrix’s death at the age of 27.

At that time, it was a small-scale affair, with an audience of 1,500 people paying just £1 (which included free milk from the farm) to watch performances by the likes of Marc Bolan, Quintessence and Keith Christmas. These days, Glastonbury is much, much bigger – a giant, tented city sprawling across Worthy Farm like some enormous medieval encampment, with stages instead of trebuchets.

• In 2022, 210,000 people flooded the festival site, each holding a The 2022 edition treated audiences to performances from some of the UK’s most celebrated artists, including Paul McCartney.
• Strangely, Elton John is yet to make an appearance at the festival.
• During his interview on the BBC’sprogram, the ‘Rocket Man’ singer told host Matt Everitt that the only reason he’d never performed at Glastonbury was that he’d never been asked.

“I haven’t been asked, no,” he began. “I mean, they may have asked – but no one’s ever told me.” Touring has always been a huge part of John’s life. The musician rose to fame after making a living as a pub pianist and, later, a songwriter for Liberty Records.

1. With the success of his 1972 number-one album Honky Château, Which featured hits like ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘Honky Cat’, John stepped into an illustrious career that would see him play practically every venue a singer-songwriter could hope to play.
2. And yet, he’s been strangely absent from Glastonbury.
3. Who knows, maybe this year will be the one.

Elton John isn’t the only well-known artist yet to play Glastonbury. Take Depeche Mode, for example. The group claimed they were offered a spot at the 2009 event but turned it down because the lineup included Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young, which wasn’t quite to their taste.

Why is Taylor Swift not at Glastonbury?

Taylor Swift will not headline Glastonbury Festival 2024 after announcing an extra date to her tour next year in Dublin, which clashes with the event at Worthy Farm. It comes after exceptional demand for tickets to ‘The Eras’ tour – which is set to celebrate her studio albums.

Glastonbury Festival will run from 26-30 June 2024. It was speculated that the international superstar could be set to take the the Pyramid Stage due to a gap in her schedule on the closing night, but this has now been filled. The star will now be playing Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on all three days of the festival next year after adding an extra 14 shows across Europe.

The musician took to Twitter to write: “Really can’t contain my excitement because we’re adding 14 new shows to The Eras Tour. “And I get to travel the world doing shows with Paramore Hayley and I have been friends since we were teens in Nashville and now we get to frolic around the UK/Europe next summer.” Swift has recently broken a string of records with her tenth studio album Midnights, which became Spotify’s most streamed album in a single day.

1. It claimed the biggest first week of UK album sales in 2022 since Adele’s 30 was released in November 2021 and took the title of the most streamed album of the year in its opening week with 72.5 million streams across the seven days.
2. The record follows after her previous eight UK chart-topping albums, all achieved consecutively: 2012’s Red, 2014 release 1989, 2017’s Reputation, 2019’s Lover, 2020’s Folklore, 2020’s Evermore and re-recordings Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version), both released in 2021.

Tickets are going on sale for those who pre-registered in the next few weeks and are staggered so ticketing systems do not become overwhelmed.

Has Lady Gaga been at Glastonbury

June 26, 2009 – She performed at The Other Stage and it was her first performance with a band on The Fame Ball Tour The BBC was to broadcast her whole part on the festival but they decided to make highlights of the show and took out “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich” and “The Fame”, because she didn’t X her breasts.

1. Now the full concert is avaible on BBC website included “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich” and “The Fame”.
2. On her third costume change after “Just Dance”.
3. During “Just Dance” she used a different backdrop, it was a blurry footage of two boys having sex and she also sang a selected part of one of her old songs, ” Sexy Ugly “.

Fashion wise, Gaga wore an enhanced version of the Paparazzi dress called “The Mirror dress”. She also wore a red latex dress with a studded hood and hat for Boys Boys Boys, Money Honey and Just Dance. Gaga also wore a black outfit with the pyro bra for The Fame and “Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)”.

Intro ” Paparazzi ” ” LoveGame ” The Band (Interlude) ” Boys Boys Boys ” ” Money Honey ” ” Just Dance ” ” Beautiful, Dirty, Rich ” ” The Fame ” ” Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say ” ” Poker Face ” (Acoustic) ” Poker Face “

Has anyone been booed at Glastonbury

Lana Del Rey booed as star over 30 minutes late for Glastonbury headline set Exclusive: The American chart topping star was due to appear on The Other Stage at 10:30pm – but fans were far from impressed when she still hadn’t appeared as the clocks stuck 11pm, throwing late night party plans into chaos Lana Del Rey sparked fury at Glastonbury as she was late for her slot

• Lana Del Rey tested the patience of her fans beyond their limits as she was late to take to the stage at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival – sparking a wave of boos.
• had been due to appear on The Other Stage at 10:30pm at – with a huge crowd desperately awaiting her arrival.
• But as the minutes ticked past half past the hour, fans became increasingly unhappy as the Summertime Sadness singer failed to materialise.
• It was over half an hour before she managed to make it to the stage to begin her set – with fans booing the singer over her lateness, and others complaining she had taken too long to appear.

The singer had been due on stage at 10:30pm but didn’t appear until after the clocks struck 11pm ( BBC)

1. Speaking to The Mirror, one furious fan explained they were contemplating walking away after waiting for their idol to appear for more than 30 minutes.
2. They said: “This is messing up everyone’s evening plans as there are other late night acts to see after her!”
3. Loud boos could be heard echoing around the audience as they waited for the star to arrive and their patience wore out.
4. Others feared the singer wouldn’t appear at all – as she had threatened to pull out of Glastonbury altogether earlier in the year when the line-up was revealed.
5. A backlash had been sparked as there were no female headliners on the main stage – with Lana herself fuming online that her headline slot on the Other Stage hadn’t been publicised when the line-up was first announced.

The star was over half an hour late – sparking boos from the audience ( FilmMagic,)

• Speaking to the Mirror in the crowd as they waited for Lana to grace the stage with her presence, one festival goer told the Mirror they feared the Born to Die singer was bailing on her set.
• Following Lana’s comments earlier this year about her position on the Glastonbury poster, the fan feared the star was “boycotting and sat at home.”
• Another added: “She’s not even got a line-up set time for a headliner anyway, she can’t be this late for someone with such a short set.
• “The Guns ‘N’ Roses weren’t even this late and they’re known for being late!”
• One fan threatened to leave if Lana didn’t make an appearance “in the next five minutes”.
• Things got worse for Lana when the chord was cut for her mic and the screens on stage were switched off as she went over her allotted time slot due to her late start.
• Devastated fans were left gobsmacked when her set was abruptly cut short – with her microphone being turned off, as well as the stage ligths.
• Boos flew up again as fans realised the singers time was up – even though she was only about halfway through her set.

One fan blasted the entire performance, raging: “I am so gutted. She was supposed to be one of the main highlights of the weekend but she appeared late and was cut off short.”

1. The singer appeared to refuse to leave the stage after the power was stopped for her performance.
2. Back in March, Lana had hinted she might not take up her slot at the festival following a backlash over the white male dominated line-up.
3. Music fans were left angered and disappointed when Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Sir Elton John were revealed to be the headlined performers for the weekend.

Reacting to the news, Lana had hinted she might pull out of the event, tweeting at the time: “Well, I’m actually headlining the 2nd stage. But since there was no consideration for announcing that we’ll see.” Festival organiser Emily Eavis had defended the decision to have an all male main line-up.

She pleaded to the Guardian back in March: “We’re trying our best so the pipeline needs to be developed. This starts way back with the record companies, radio. I can shout as loud as I like but we need to get everyone on board.” She continued to say Glastonbury is “entirely focused on balancing bill” in terms of gender but “every aspect of diversity”.

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How much did Paul McCartney get for playing Glastonbury?

Elton John closed Glastonbury 2023 on Sunday night in what was billed as his last ever UK show. And while you might think that he and the other big names to perform would have pulled in the big bucks, that’s not necessarily the case. Preceding Elton as the headliners on Friday and Saturday were Arctic Monkeys and Gun N’ Roses respectively.

Meanwhile, hundreds of other acts played across the festival, including Lana Del Ray, Queens of the Stone Age, Manic Street Preachers, Foo Fighters – who were billed at The Churnups for their not-so-secret appearance – and many more. The festival routinely attracts the world’s biggest artists, both legendary and up-and-coming.

Crowds are treated to mammoth sets by the Pyramid Stage’s headliners, with Elton John completing two hours on Sunday night. In previous years, headliners have included the likes of David Bowie, Beyoncé and Adele, reports the Mirror, You might assume playing such a huge gig would mean the musicians are being compensated with a pretty hefty sum, so you might be surprised to learn that it’s not as much as you’d think.

• Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis, youngest daughter of the festival’s founder Michael Eavis, confirmed that artists get paid 10% less than what they typically get from other festivals.
• That is because Glastonbury prefers to donate £2million to charities every year, which dispels the myth that some headliners are paid £1million, as the number is likely much lower.

In 2017 interview with BBC Radio 6, she explained: “We’re not in a situation where we’re able to just give people enormous amounts of money. So we’re really grateful for the bands that we get, because they’re basically doing it for the love of it.” Founder Michael once revealed that Coldplay and Paul McCartney were both paid around £200,000 for past headline sets.

He said at the time: “I paid £200,000 for Paul McCartney and for Coldplay, and although it sounds a lot, they could have charged me far more.” Subscribe here for the latest news where you live The exact number each 2023 headliner gets paid will be kept under wraps, but in an interview with Metro, music consultant specialising in live music venues and festivals, Lyle Bignon, said: “The likes of Elton John and Guns N’ Roses, who have decades of global fame behind them, can likely command higher prices running into the £250,000+ range.” In an interview with Somerset Live, Bestival organiser Rob Da Bank revealed that Glastonbury’s budget is under £500,000 per headliner.

He said: “They cap their budget and even the headliners don’t get paid more than 500 grand, I think, which is cheap for some of the headliners – and they’ve had a lot of them.” Although there’s no bigger UK festival than Glastonbury, it doesn’t pay its headliners more than others.

1. For other UK festivals, headliners can earn upwards of £1million, according to Billboard.
2. The reason is that Glastonbury aims to raise money for charity, which means headliners are paid significantly less.
3. Each year the festival raises funds for charities including Oxfam and Greenpeace, which means that they have a smaller budget, no doubt made even smaller by the cost of living crisis.

But it’s not the money that draws huge performers to Glastonbury, it’s the festival’s reputation and acts can rake in huge amounts of money after performing. Emily told George Ezra’s podcast: “Because of the TV and because of the exposure that they get, they do go on to do really well afterwards, so they’ll sell records afterwards.

Who is closing Glastonbury 2023?

Who will headline Glastonbury Festival 2023? – Elton John is the first confirmed Glastonbury headliner for 2023. The Rocket Man has chosen Worthy Farm for his last ever UK performance and his final stop for his triumphant Yellow Brick Road tour, Emily Eavis announced on Friday 2 December. Elton John will headline Sunday night at Glastonbury Festival Of the booking, Emily Eavis said: “It gives me enormous pleasure to let you know that the one and only Elton John will be making his first ever Glastonbury appearance, headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Sunday night next year.

This will be the final UK show of Elton’s last-ever tour, so will be closing the Festival and marking this huge moment in both of our histories with the mother of all send-offs. We are so happy to finally bring the Rocket Man to Worthy Farm!” Guns ‘N’ Roses are now confirmed to be headlining the festival.

Duff McKagen seemingly confirmed that the band would be performing on Three Chords & The Truth on SiriusXM radio a while ago. When discussing the band’s upcoming shows, he said “Glastonbury is going to be iconic for us”. Now it’s official. Arctic Monkeys are the third name atop the bill, returning to Worthy Farm as headliners for the third time.

1. Backlash against all-white, all-male headliners came thick and fast on the lineup announcement.
2. Emily Eavis, speaking to The Guardian, defended the festival’s decision saying “We’re trying our best so the pipeline needs to be developed.
3. This starts way back with the record companies, radio.
4. I can shout as loud as I like but we need to get everyone on board.” She continued to say: “It’s not just about gender, it’s about every aspect of diversity.

We’re probably one of the only big shows that’s really focused on this.” There will be more diversity amongst next year’s headliners with Eavis promising that at least one female headliner has been booked for 2024 and one more is close to booking. Both are Glastonbury first timers and speculation is already being made that it could be Madonna and Rihanna, both of who will (hopefully) be back performing live after some time.

Who closes Glastonbury 2023?

Glastonbury 2023 has come to an end, culminating in a spectacular performance by Elton John, which could potentially be his final show in the UK. The gates of Glastonbury have officially closed, drawing an end to an extraordinary five-day musical extravaganza in the UK.

More than 210,000 revellers flooded into Somerset’s Worthy Farm, for the world’s largest greenfield music festival, The lineup boasted headliners of Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’Roses, and the iconic Elton John, who graced the stage for a momentous Glastonbury debut, potentially marking his final UK performance.

From Lana Del Rey’s set being dramatically cut short, to the electrifying surprise performance by the Foo Fighters, the festival brimmed with unforgettable moments. If you feel you missed out on the magic, fear not, as we’ve put together a guide on all the major talking points from this year’s festival.

Who is closing Glastonbury 2023 Sunday

Page 2 – This article is more than 2 months old This article is more than 2 months old The weekend reached its climax with an extraordinary performance by Elton – possibly his final UK tour date ever – after sets from Lil Nas X and Blondie Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature “The person I did this song with isn’t here, so I’m going to ask you to sing her part, and sing it loudly.” Quite a clipped tone there from Elton – perhaps he asked Dua Lipa to turn up for this performance of Cold Heart but got snubbed.

If that’s the case, it’s ridiculous from Lipa – why would you turn down being part of history and playing to the biggest crowd of your life? Elle Hunt Woodsies, 9.30pm Pity poor Phoenix, dealt the losing hand of going up against the titanic Elton on Glasto’s closing night. Yet it’s a sizeable and dense crowd that gathers in the Woodsies tent on Sunday night, eager to greet the exuberant opener Lizstomania with the energy it commands.

It’s one of the most committed audiences I’ve been part of all festival: from Entertainment to Lasso, it’s as if every member knows every word to every song and can’t wait to clap along. Similarly, if the band – always consummate professionals – are aware that there’s more than enough room to breathe at the back in the tent, they certainly don’t give it away, putting on a typically slick, stylish set of the songs their devoted fans have carved out time to hear.

After so many days of being among huge but distracted or ambivalent audiences, it’s truly lovely to be part of one that is here for this particular band, rather than the band on the most convenient stage. Truly, I’d rather be here than jostling among the masses at the Pyramid stage, and it’s a testament to the group’s witty, compelling and consistently rewarding back catalogue that they can go up against one of the best-known living songwriters and still draw a crowd of passionate fans.

Frontman Thomas Mars acknowledges this with a heartfelt remark about the fickle fandom typical of festival crowds: “You have people that care about your music, and tons of people eating sandwiches at the back. You have so much choice tonight, You guys are the most loyal to us, we’ll remember every single face.” I’m impressed by the fact that this is a band of remarkable integrity and consistency: Phoenix may not be the lasting memory of most Glastonbury-goers’ last night, but they may well (and deservedly) be the best for some.

The flares are lit, everyone’s on shoulders and the Pyramid crowd is finding new parts of its collective mind to get blown: I’m Still Standing has somehow dialled up the intensity even higher. Elton’s off his piano stool at the end, lapping up the adulation. A reminder that many of the main players tonight are in their mid-70s: as well as the main man and the aforementioned Cooper and Johnstone, another Elton veteran is 74-year-old drummer Nigel Olsson, pounding his kit with the power and exactitude of a man half his age.

Another one that makes it feel like actually invented the piano and then tailored it to his exact hard-rocking, highly percussive specifications: Crocodile Rock. Though it of course owes a debt to every honky-tonk hoe-down in the first half of the 20th century, Elton’s insistent and joyous hammering is what made this style pop gold.

1. That singalong chorus helps.
2. It’s pandaemonium out in the Pyramid field – and the crowd is sent into even greater hand-jiving mayhem by being followed up by Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting.
3. My trousers are falling down, but never mind,” he shrugs.
4. He describes his next guest as “an extraordinary talent, an incredible artist live, an amazing recording artist, and one of my dear friends”.

It’s brilliant British-Japanese pop singer, duetting on Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (the pair previously recorded the excellent power ballad Chosen Family together). Rina looks disco-fabulous in a sheer dress, shimmying up and down the stage in vertiginous heels, and is ably going toe to toe with Elton in the vocal stakes – Elton has come out from behind his piano for this one for a light boogie.

Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images The crowd’s view of Elton. Photograph: James Veysey/Shutterstock Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA Elton brings out Brandon Flowers, frontman with the Killers, to sing Tiny Dancer with him. “I first met him in 2005 when I started playing in Las Vegas,” Elton says. “He came round to my hotel suite to play me his band’s first album, which was called Hot Fuss, and we’ve been friends ever since.” Flowers has huge Glasto pedigree, of course.

The Killers’ 2019 headline slot, which I went into with a bit of a snotty “OK impress me” attitude, was just wildly enjoyable: pure showbiz, baby. Flowers is giving it the full Vegas treatment here, all throaty power, beseeching outstretched arms and cheesy grins while dressed as a Butlin’s redcoat.

1. Davey Johnstone has cracked out the double-necked guitar for this one: it’s another completely maximal, brilliantly overblown expression of pop’s at its biggest-thinking.
2. Gwilym Mumford Glade, 8.20pm Here come Shaun and Bez, swaggering on to the Glade like Madchester never died.
3. Maracas? Check.
4. Entirely unearned confidence in their musical abilities? Check.

The boys are back in town with a new band – also featuring Andy Bell from Ride and Oasis, Zak Starkey from nepotism, and, for this performance, the Fall’s Brix Smith on bass. With this much talent on stage all at once, surely Mantra of the Cosmos can’t lose.

Well, obviously they’re terrible. “It doesn’t sound like the Mondays or Black Grape or Oasis or the Who, it’s what we’re doing all together,” Shaun Ryder has said of MotC’s sound. And he’s right in that it sounds like each member is playing in a completely different band at the same time. The rhythm section lurches and groans, Bell’s soupy riffs jarring completely with Starkey’s, ahem, pared-back kit work.

Extremely enjoyable Mantra of the Cosmos at the Glade stage. Photograph: Gwilym Mumford/The Guardian Ryder’s lyrics, usually just about on the right side of incomprehensibility, here are just complete nonsense (“Selling fucking Mars bars with a belly full of la-las”).

1. For lead single Guerrilla Gorilla he just barks “guerrilla gorilla” for six minutes like a 15-year-old who has only just discovered a piece of wordplay that they’re extremely proud of.
2. Meanwhile it’s almost impressive that Bez, after all these years, still doesn’t understand how maracas work.
3. Smith, seems to have teleported in from another, better band, and is still acclimatising to her new circumstances.

Generally there’s a sense that, at best, they’ve practised once backstage, 20 minutes before the set.Which is not to say that watching them isn’t extremely enjoyable. How could it not be, with Bez – sporting a truly hideous oversized pair of Maharishi shorts and a sombrero – spending most of the gig either throwing free MotC T-shirts at audience members or trying to catch their hats? (“Good catch, Bez,” Ryder says, before pointing to an audience member and shouting, “You’re out,

Australia gone.”) And who couldn’t warm to a band who have to play their opening track again because, as Ryder says, “Fuck, we’ve run out of songs.” So yes go and see them, tell your friends. Just don’t expect to like a single note of what they play. Your Song now – I thought this would have been in the encore for sure, but then again he has an embarrassment of riches to still pick from.

I love Elton’s declarative finger that he lifts aloft as he plays – a little echo of Jerry Lee Lewis, perhaps. It goes back to back in phone-light-waving singalongs with Candle in the Wind. Our Jenessa is at the very, very back of this enormo-crowd and says: “Even this hilariously far from the Pyramid stage, everything has stopped for Candle in the Wind.

Who pulled out of Glastonbury 2023?

Glastonbury 2023: Japanese Breakfast pull out Beloved indie pop outfit Japanese Breakfast have pulled out of this year’s edition of the Glastonbury due to logistical problems. Set to perform at The Other Stage during the 12:30pm slot, the band had to pull out at the last minute because of various problems related to their hectic travel schedule.

Dropping a statement on Twitter, the band wrote: “Well Glasto we hustled out of Luxembourg at 9pm, woke for customs at 3am, and again for a 6am ferry, hired an additional driver to floor it for our 12:30 set.” Despite their best efforts, their Glastonbury plans were derailed by unprecedented delays.

They explained: “Due to various travel delays out of our control, we are just not able to make it in time. We are devastated.” The organisers have replaced ‘s performance with a last-minute appearance by Eaves Wilder, who will take the stage at 12:45pm.

In addition to Japanese Breakfast’s cancellation, there was another hitch in the schedule. The Other Stage’s opening act, The Joy, also pulled out of their gig, which was set to start at 11am. They were replaced by Mother Sky. In the statement posted by Japanese Breakfast, the band also wrote: “I’ve always wanted to play Glastonbury, and we did everything we could to be there.

Hopefully, we will be back for another year.” Check out the thread below. Well Glasto we hustled out of Luxembourg at 9 pm, woke for customs at 3 am, and again for a 6 am ferry, hired an additional driver to floor it for our 12:30 set and due to various travel delays out of our control we are just not able to make it in time.