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When Glastonbury revealed Coldplay would headline the festival for a fifth time, the information was greeted with predictable groans from some quarters. It makes being a superfan really feel very lonely, says Jonathan Margolis. But… are there indicators that Coldplay have instantly change into cool?

Coldplay will spherical off Saturday evening on the Pyramid Stage. They are scheduled to play from 9:45-11:45pm on 29 June.

Coldplay’s efficiency will conflict with Disclosure on the Other Stage, Jessie Ware on the West Holts stage and Gossip on the Woodsies stage.

If you weren’t fortunate sufficient to get tickets to Glastonbury (otherwise you simply hate tenting) you may nonetheless watch Coldplay’s efficiency from dwelling. The BBC shall be protecting the festival throughout TV channels, iPlayer, and BBC sounds.

Some festival-goers have been left outraged at the worth of drinks at this yr’s festival.

Pints of beer price as much as £7 whereas delicate drinks and fruit juices price as much as £6. Aperol spritz cocktails are priced at £12.50 and bottles of Prosecco are promoting at £43.

One particular person on Twitter/X wrote, “£2.50 for a can of water is criminal”, whereas one other added, “We need to stop this nonsense of Aperol Spritz at £12.50!! It’s not only in Glasto, everywhere in UK it has crazy prices for no reason, in Italy it’s like £5!”

The Grammy and Brit winner has earned widespread approval for her two studio albums ‘CTRL’ and ‘SOS’ – but, primarily based on the confusion sparked when she was introduced as a Glastonbury headliner this yr, many nonetheless don’t know her title. Here’s why you must completely dive into her work, writes Kate Solomon

Glastonbury’s Sunday Legends slot is among the most prestigious units in music. Every yr, the seasoned professional of selection takes to the Pyramid Stage to unleash an exciting efficiency of their greatest hits, usually spanning many years.

For the right Legends Slot headliner, the artist must be identified to nearly all of Glastonbury-goers whereas additionally having that cultural heft past one or two recognisable songs.

It’s the house for long-established and beloved artists who’re nonetheless going robust. But the place did all of it start?

From Dolly Parton to Kylie Minogue and Shirley Bassey, the Sunday Legends slot at Glastonbury units the stage for a number of the greatest and finest moments at the long-lasting festival

Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis has responded to questions on when the following fallow yr will happen, whereas additionally revealing which artist she would like to headline the storied music festival.

Glastonbury co-organiser answered a number of the most-asked questions concerning the music festival

A 40-minute blast of pure, undiluted zeitgeist. A big crowd stretching away over hill and vale. A technology’s prejudices and expectations overturned like a flick of mud off the shoulder. A setlist chiselled into quicksilver by Zeus and carried to the stage by a choir of winged roadies. Or perhaps simply the Dalai Lama, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake.

These are just some of the explanation why a gig enjoying out on the hallowed grounds of Worthy Farm would possibly go down in Glastonbury folklore – a type of iconic moments that don’t simply make the weekend, however mark out the evolution of popular culture. Glastonbury is the place musical historical past is made and cultural colossi are topped on a near-annual foundation.

Ahead of the festival’s return to Worthy Farm, Mark Beaumont picks a few of Glastonbury’s biggest ever music moments

Twenty years in the past, the Manchester band headlined Worthy Farm for the second and final time. Mark Beaumont appears again at the ill-fated present, which has gone down in historical past as certainly one of their worst, and argues that it marked the start of the top for Liam and Noel Gallagher’s Britpop dream

First-time Glastonbury-goer five-year-old Elske spoke with BBC Breakfast from Worthy Farms on Wednesday (June 26).

Confessing that she had a boyfriend, the younger woman, who turns six on Thursday, advised BBC’s Colin Paterson that her father jokingly threatened that he would lock her boyfriend in a tower.

Elske then pivoted so as to add that her grandfather has a scorpion, a praying mantis and a number of different bugs.

“This has gone very strange now,” Paterson responded. “Your grandad had a scorpion?”

“We’re in Glastonbury, so it is strange,” Elske’s mom added, with Patterson saying: “I was expecting strange interviews. I wasn’t expecting my strangest interview to be from someone who is one day off being six years old.”