Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar Among Glastonbury Festival Headliners
Musicmusic festivals March 4, 2022
Glastonbury Festival will be back in 2022 after two years off, and the enormously popular festival announced its core lineup early Friday morning. Paul McCartney will headline on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday with Kendrick Lamar heading Sunday’s slate, among hundreds of performers at the event. Billie Eilish is... Read more
Glastonbury Festival Stream Fails, Rendering Purchased Passes Useless
Musicmusic festivals May 24, 2021
Technical difficulties brought down the Glastonbury Festival’s virtual stream over the weekend, causing headaches for thousands who had paid for access to the replacement event after the in-person affair was cancelled for the second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fans who had purchased a pass to the... Read more
Glastonbury Festival 2021 Cancelled as Organizers Look to 2022 Return
Musicmusic festivalsTop Story January 22, 2021
For the second straight year, there will be no Glastonbury Festival, organizers reveled in a website post Thursday. The ongoing COVID pandemic led organizers to officially call off the annual summer fete, which normally occurs in June. “With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will... Read more
Glastonbury Festival May Employ “Massive Coronavirus Testing” in 2021
IndustryMusicmusic festivals October 27, 2020
After seeing the planned 50th anniversary Glastonbury Festival pushed to next year by the coronavirus pandemic, organizers are exploring every avenue for holding the 2021 edition, including massive testing for the virus. The annual event in England is scheduled for June, but uncertainty regarding how the pandemic will impact... Read more
Despite the uncertainty surrounding any meaningful resumption of live events amid the coronavirus pandemic, organisers of the famed Glastonbury Festival plan to hold the event as planned in June of 2021, according to the BBC. Rumors have swirled that the massive event, which saw well over 100,000 tickets sold... Read more
Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus. The famed U.K. bash was set to celebrate 50 years this June with a five-day spectacle featuring music superstars and widespread entertainment attractions. The unexpected decision to pull the plug on the event came just days after the... Read more
Glastonbury Festival Reveals Partial Lineup Despite Cancellation Concerns
Musicmusic festivals March 17, 2020
The UK’s famed Glastonbury Festival is not letting the coronavirus pandemic get in the way of its plans. The annual festival unveiled its first wave of an extensive lineup that features headliners Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and Diana Ross. Other notable artists comprising the lineup are Kacey... Read more
Popstar Taylor Swift, who was just awarded Artist of the Decade at the AMAs, will headline the iconic Glastonbury Festival next year to celebrate the festival’s 50th anniversary. Swift announced the news on Twitter over the weekend, noting that she was “ecstatic” to perform at the event. This will... Read more
England’s Glastonbury Festival is returning this summer after a year off, and when resale tickets went on sale yesterday, tickets sold out in just a mere 23 minutes. The festival previously announced that it was shutting down legal resale in favor of a capped marketplace. Festivalgoers had to secure... Read more
