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| Glastonbury 2025: Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX and The 1975 to headline | Glastonbury 2025: Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX and The 1975 to headline |
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| Olivia Rodrigo will become the second-youngest act to headline the Pyramid Stage | Olivia Rodrigo will become the second-youngest act to headline the Pyramid Stage |
| US pop star Olivia Rodrigo and British band The 1975 will headline the Glastonbury festival this summer, organisers have announced. | US pop star Olivia Rodrigo and British band The 1975 will headline the Glastonbury festival this summer, organisers have announced. |
| They will be joined by five-time Brit Award winner Charli XCX - who will top the bill on the festival's second stage on Saturday 28 June. | They will be joined by five-time Brit Award winner Charli XCX - who will top the bill on the festival's second stage on Saturday 28 June. |
| There will also be debut Glastonbury performances by Alanis Morisette, Noah Kahan, Gracie Abrams, Lola Young and US rap phenomenon Doechii, who will headline the West Holts stage. Returning favourites include Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Fatboy Slim, Loyle Carner and Scissor Sisters. | There will also be debut Glastonbury performances by Alanis Morisette, Noah Kahan, Gracie Abrams, Lola Young and US rap phenomenon Doechii, who will headline the West Holts stage. Returning favourites include Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Fatboy Slim, Loyle Carner and Scissor Sisters. |
| Rock legend Neil Young has already been announced as the Saturday night headliner, with Rod Stewart playing the Sunday afternoon "legend slot". | Rock legend Neil Young has already been announced as the Saturday night headliner, with Rod Stewart playing the Sunday afternoon "legend slot". |
| Sidetracked podcast: Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw react to Glastonbury's headliners | Sidetracked podcast: Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw react to Glastonbury's headliners |
| The 1975 reach top of the bill | The 1975 reach top of the bill |
| The 1975 have played Glastonbury several times, but this will be their first headline appearance | The 1975 have played Glastonbury several times, but this will be their first headline appearance |
| Cheshire's The 1975 are festival veterans, who have headlined the Reading and Leeds festival three times since 2016 - but this will be their first time at the top of Glastonbury's line-up. | Cheshire's The 1975 are festival veterans, who have headlined the Reading and Leeds festival three times since 2016 - but this will be their first time at the top of Glastonbury's line-up. |
| Balancing hooky dance-rock with more experimental forays into electronica and even ambient music, they pepper their lyrics with references to online relationships, chemical dependency and wry, self-aware humour. | Balancing hooky dance-rock with more experimental forays into electronica and even ambient music, they pepper their lyrics with references to online relationships, chemical dependency and wry, self-aware humour. |
| Frontman Matty Healy is known for his provocative, and often divisive, actions. On their recent tour, he has been spotted chewing raw steak, berating security guards via Auto-Tune, and passionately kissing fans in the front row. | Frontman Matty Healy is known for his provocative, and often divisive, actions. On their recent tour, he has been spotted chewing raw steak, berating security guards via Auto-Tune, and passionately kissing fans in the front row. |
| More seriously, the band are being sued by organisers of a Malaysian festival, which was shut down after Healy kissed one of his bandmates on stage. | More seriously, the band are being sued by organisers of a Malaysian festival, which was shut down after Healy kissed one of his bandmates on stage. |
| The singer said he was protesting at the country's anti-LGBT laws, under which homosexual acts can be punished by 20 years in prison. | The singer said he was protesting at the country's anti-LGBT laws, under which homosexual acts can be punished by 20 years in prison. |
| "I feel like they'll be great headliners," said BBC 6 Music's Nick Grimshaw, speaking on the Sidetracked podcast. | "I feel like they'll be great headliners," said BBC 6 Music's Nick Grimshaw, speaking on the Sidetracked podcast. |
| "They have great taste and great vision - and they're a band who will think about do a bespoke show." | "They have great taste and great vision - and they're a band who will think about do a bespoke show." |
| Olivia's rapid rise | Olivia's rapid rise |
| Olivia Rodrigo drew a huge audience for her Glastonbury debut in 2022 | Olivia Rodrigo drew a huge audience for her Glastonbury debut in 2022 |
| Rodrigo is the first Glastonbury headliner to have broken through in the 2020s - and the second-youngest solo headliner of all time, after Billie Eilish, who was 20 when she topped the bill in 2022. | Rodrigo is the first Glastonbury headliner to have broken through in the 2020s - and the second-youngest solo headliner of all time, after Billie Eilish, who was 20 when she topped the bill in 2022. |
| Like Eilish, the 22-year-old will play the Pyramid Stage with just two albums to her name, but she has a solid armoury of fist-pumping pop-punk singalongs (Good 4 U, Brutal, Get Him Back), alongside lighters-aloft ballads like Driver's License and Vampire. | Like Eilish, the 22-year-old will play the Pyramid Stage with just two albums to her name, but she has a solid armoury of fist-pumping pop-punk singalongs (Good 4 U, Brutal, Get Him Back), alongside lighters-aloft ballads like Driver's License and Vampire. |
| An accomplished live performer, her 2024 Guts tour banked $186m (£144m) in ticket sales; and she will also headline the BST festival in London's Hyde Park two days before Glastonbury. | An accomplished live performer, her 2024 Guts tour banked $186m (£144m) in ticket sales; and she will also headline the BST festival in London's Hyde Park two days before Glastonbury. |
| Rodrigo last played the festival in 2022, drawing a huge - and noticeably young - crowd to the Other Stage. | Rodrigo last played the festival in 2022, drawing a huge - and noticeably young - crowd to the Other Stage. |
| During that performance, she brought out Lily Allen to perform the expletive-laden track F You, dedicating it to the US Supreme Court justices who had, a day earlier, ended the constitutional right to abortion in America. | During that performance, she brought out Lily Allen to perform the expletive-laden track F You, dedicating it to the US Supreme Court justices who had, a day earlier, ended the constitutional right to abortion in America. |
| Charli's next Brat summer | Charli's next Brat summer |
| Charli XCX will bring Brat to Worthy Farm | Charli XCX will bring Brat to Worthy Farm |
| Rumours that Rihanna would play the Pyramid Stage turned out to be wishful thinking for the second year running. | Rumours that Rihanna would play the Pyramid Stage turned out to be wishful thinking for the second year running. |
| But Charli XCX will cement her position as one of the UK's biggest pop stars with her set on the Other Stage. | But Charli XCX will cement her position as one of the UK's biggest pop stars with her set on the Other Stage. |
| She returns to the festival after winning five Brit Awards for her deliberately trashy seventh album, Brat. | She returns to the festival after winning five Brit Awards for her deliberately trashy seventh album, Brat. |
| Playing the Other Stage will release her from the requirement to tone down her set for audiences on BBC One, and indulge in the frenetic, hedonistic club sounds that made her name. | Playing the Other Stage will release her from the requirement to tone down her set for audiences on BBC One, and indulge in the frenetic, hedonistic club sounds that made her name. |
| "The Other Stage is traditionally more of a home for electronic music," said Annie Mac on Sidetracked. "It makes so much sense for her to counteract the Neil Young set on Saturday night." | "The Other Stage is traditionally more of a home for electronic music," said Annie Mac on Sidetracked. "It makes so much sense for her to counteract the Neil Young set on Saturday night." |
| Charli's set also marks the latest step in the star's journey through Glastonbury's smaller stages, starting at the Silver Hayes dance arena in 2014. | |
| "I was really ill and I forgot to wear a bra on stage, which was good!" she later told the BBC about her debut.. | "I was really ill and I forgot to wear a bra on stage, which was good!" she later told the BBC about her debut.. |
| "[Radio 1 DJ] Huw Stephens came on during the last song and told me I was singing live on the radio. I lost my voice and it was all a bit crazy, but it was fun." | "[Radio 1 DJ] Huw Stephens came on during the last song and told me I was singing live on the radio. I lost my voice and it was all a bit crazy, but it was fun." |
| Hopefully she'll avoid the lurgy this summer. | Hopefully she'll avoid the lurgy this summer. |
| More acts added | More acts added |
| Rap pioneer Busta Rhymes will make his debut at the festival | Rap pioneer Busta Rhymes will make his debut at the festival |
| Other acts announced for Glastonbury 2025 include Ezra Collective, Jorja Smith, The Libertines, The Maccabees, Franz Ferdinand, Kae Tempest, Beabadoobee, Kneecap and The Prodigy. | Other acts announced for Glastonbury 2025 include Ezra Collective, Jorja Smith, The Libertines, The Maccabees, Franz Ferdinand, Kae Tempest, Beabadoobee, Kneecap and The Prodigy. |
| Pop star Raye will also play just before Neil Young on the Saturday night, following her breakthrough set at lunchtime on the Pyramid Stage just two years ago. | Pop star Raye will also play just before Neil Young on the Saturday night, following her breakthrough set at lunchtime on the Pyramid Stage just two years ago. |
| The line-up so far includes: | The line-up so far includes: |
| Friday 27 June | Friday 27 June |
| The 1975 | The 1975 |
| Loyle Carner | Loyle Carner |
| Biffy Clyro | Biffy Clyro |
| Alanis Morissette | Alanis Morissette |
| Busta Rhymes | Busta Rhymes |
| Maribou State | Maribou State |
| Gracie Abrams | Gracie Abrams |
| Four Tet | Four Tet |
| Wet Leg | Wet Leg |
| Anohni & The Johnsons | Anohni & The Johnsons |
| Badbadnotgood | Badbadnotgood |
| Blossoms | Blossoms |
| Burning Spear | Burning Spear |
| Cmat | Cmat |
| Denzel Curry | Denzel Curry |
| En Vogue | En Vogue |
| English Teacher | English Teacher |
| Fatboy Slim | Fatboy Slim |
| Faye Webster | Faye Webster |
| Floating Points | Floating Points |
| Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand |
| Glass Beams | Glass Beams |
| Inhaler | Inhaler |
| Lola Young | Lola Young |
| Myles Smith | Myles Smith |
| Osees | Osees |
| Pinkpantheress | Pinkpantheress |
| Self Esteem | Self Esteem |
| Supergrass | Supergrass |
| Vieux Farka Touré | Vieux Farka Touré |
| Wunderhorse | Wunderhorse |
| Saturday 28 June | Saturday 28 June |
| Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts | Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts |
| Charli XCX | Charli XCX |
| Raye | Raye |
| Doechii | Doechii |
| Deftones | Deftones |
| Ezra Collective | Ezra Collective |
| John Fogerty | John Fogerty |
| Amyl & The Sniffers | Amyl & The Sniffers |
| Amaarae | Amaarae |
| Beabadoobee | Beabadoobee |
| Beth Gibbons | Beth Gibbons |
| Bob Vylan | Bob Vylan |
| Brandi Carlile | Brandi Carlile |
| Caribou | Caribou |
| Father John Misty | Father John Misty |
| Gary Numan | Gary Numan |
| Greentea Peng | Greentea Peng |
| Jade | Jade |
| Japanese Breakfast | Japanese Breakfast |
| Kaiser Chiefs | Kaiser Chiefs |
| Kneecap | Kneecap |
| Leftfield | Leftfield |
| Lucy Dacus | Lucy Dacus |
| Nick Lowe | Nick Lowe |
| Nova Twins | Nova Twins |
| Pa Salieu | Pa Salieu |
| Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters |
| Tom Odell | Tom Odell |
| The Script | The Script |
| TV On The Radio | TV On The Radio |
| Weezer | Weezer |
| Yussef Dayes | Yussef Dayes |
| Sunday 29 June | Sunday 29 June |
| Olivia Rodrigo | Olivia Rodrigo |
| Rod Stewart | Rod Stewart |
| The Prodigy | The Prodigy |
| Noah Kahan | Noah Kahan |
| Nile Rodgers & Chic | Nile Rodgers & Chic |
| Wolf Alice | Wolf Alice |
| Jorja Smith | Jorja Smith |
| Overmono | Overmono |
| The Libertines | The Libertines |
| AJ Tracey | AJ Tracey |
| Black Uhuru | Black Uhuru |
| Celeste | Celeste |
| Cymande | Cymande |
| Future Islands | Future Islands |
| Girl In Red | Girl In Red |
| Goat | Goat |
| Joy Crookes | Joy Crookes |
| Kae Tempest | Kae Tempest |
| Katy J Pearson | Katy J Pearson |
| Parcels | Parcels |
| Pawsa | Pawsa |
| Royel Otis | Royel Otis |
| Shaboozey | Shaboozey |
| Snow Patrol | Snow Patrol |
| Sprints | Sprints |
| St Vincent | St Vincent |
| The Brian Jonestown Massacre | The Brian Jonestown Massacre |
| The Maccabees | The Maccabees |
| The Selecter | The Selecter |
| Turnstile | Turnstile |
| More acts will be announced before the festival opens its gates on 25 June. | More acts will be announced before the festival opens its gates on 25 June. |
| Tickets, which cost £373.50 plus a £5 booking fee, have already sold out. A limited resale will take place in April. | Tickets, which cost £373.50 plus a £5 booking fee, have already sold out. A limited resale will take place in April. |
| After this summer, the event will take a "fallow year" before returning in 2027. | After this summer, the event will take a "fallow year" before returning in 2027. |