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The 2011 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 22 to 26 June 2011. Tickets for the festival went on sale from 9 am on Sunday 3 October 2010, over 37 weeks before the festival was set to begin, with a deposit of £50 being paid, while the whole cost of a ticket is £195 (+£5 booking fee and postage and packaging).[1]
It was the last regular edition of Glastonbury until 2013, to make way for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Half the tickets were sold within the first 2 hours[2] and a quarter of the tickets still available by 12pm [3] despite issues with people purchasing tickets.[4] Tickets sold out in 4 hours.
On 15 February, Coldplay were announced the Saturday night headliner on the Pyramid Stage.[5] Later on the same day, Emily Eavis confirmed that Beyoncé would headline on the Sunday evening.[6] U2 were announced on 24 February as the Friday evening headliners.[7]
Headline acts on the Pyramid Stage were U2, Coldplay and Beyoncé, performing on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively; with Beyoncé as Glastonbury's premier finale for 2011.[8] [9] [10]
| Pyramid Stage | |||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U2 22:00-23:45 Morrissey 20:00-21:15 Biffy Clyro 18:15-19:15 B.B. King 16:30-17:45 Wu-Tang Clan 15:00-16:00 Two Door Cinema Club 13:30-14:30 Metronomy 12:05-13:00 Master Musicians of Joujouka 11:00-11:40 | Coldplay 22:15-23:45 Elbow 20:15-21:30 Paolo Nutini 18:30-19:30 Tinie Tempah 17:00-18:00 Rumer 15:30-16:20 The Gaslight Anthem 13:45-14:45 Tame Impala 12:15-13:15 Stornoway 11:00-11:45 | Beyoncé 21:45-23:15 Pendulum 19:45-21:00 Plan B 18:15-19:15 Paul Simon 16:30-17:45 Laura Marling 15:00-16:00 Don McLean 13:30-14:30 The Low Anthem 12:10-13:00 Fisherman's Friends 11:00-11:45 | |
| Other Stage | |||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primal Scream 22:30-23:45 Mumford and Sons 20:45-22:00 Fleet Foxes 19:10-20:15 Bright Eyes 17:35-18:40 The Wombats 16:10-17:05 The Vaccines 14:50-15:40 The Naked and Famous 13:30-14:20 Brother 12:15-13:05 Chipmunk 11:00-11:50 | The Chemical Brothers 22:30-23:45 White Lies 21:00-22:00 Friendly Fires 19:30-20:30 Jimmy Eat World 18:00-19:00 The Kills 16:30-17:30 Jessie J 15:00-16:00 The Twilight Singers 13:30-14:30 Treetop Flyers 12:20-13:00 Alice Gold 11:00-11:50 | Queens of the Stone Age 22:00-23:15 Kaiser Chiefs 20:30-21:30 Eels 19:00-20:00 TV on the Radio 17:30-18:30 Bombay Bicycle Club 16:00-17:00 The Noisettes 14:30-15:30 Cold War Kids 13:05-14:00 Clare Maguire 12:00-12:40 Dan Mangan 11:00-11:35 | |
| John Peel Stage | |||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Shadow 22:30-23:45 Example 21:00-22:00 The Coral 19:30-20:30 I Am Kloot 18:10-19:00 Darwin Deez 16:50-17:40 Cage the Elephant 15:30-16:20 Miles Kane 14:15-15:00 Mona 13:05-13:50 Stonefield 12:00-12:40 Cocoon 11:00-11:40 | Glasvegas 22:30-23:45 Battles 21:00-22:00 Noah and the Whale 19:30-20:30 The Horrors 18:10-19:00 Warpaint 16:50-17:40 Anna Calvi 15:30-16:20 Dry the River 14:15-15:00 Yuck 13:05-13:50 Brave Yesterday 11:00-11:40 | The Streets 22:05-23:15 Robyn 20:35-21:35 Hurts 19:05-20:05 The Vaccines 17:45-18:35 Everything Everything 16:30-17:15 OK Go 15:10-16:00 The Joy Formidable 14:00-14:45 Foster the People 13:00-13:45 The Raghu Dixit Project 12:00-12:40 My Tiger My Timing 11:00-11:40 | |
| The Park Stage | |||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Castles 23:15-00:15 Caribou 21:45-22:45 Radiohead (special guests) 20:00-21:15 Big Audio Dynamite 18:15-19:15 Warpaint 16:45-17:45 Jenny and Johnny 15:30-16:25 Caitlin Rose 14:15-15:00 Dylan LeBlanc 13:00-13:45 Grouplove 12:00-12:35 Narisarato 11:00-11:30 | Wild Beasts 23:00-00:15 James Blake 21:30-22:30 Pulp (special guests) 19:45-21:00 Tame Impala 18:15-19:15 The Walkmen 16:45-17:45 Graham Coxon 15:30-16:15 Those Dancing Days 14:15-15:00 About Group 13:00-13:45 Balearic Folk Orchestra 12:00-12:30 Ellen and the Escapades 11:00-11:30 | Gruff Rhys 21:30-22:45 Lykke Li 20:00-21:00 John Grant 18:30-19:30 The Bees 17:00-18:00 James Vincent McMorrow 15:45-16:30 Jonny 14:30-15:15 Sea of Bees 13:30-14:00 The Pierces 12:30-13:00 Troy Ellis & Hail Jamaica 11:30-12:00 | |
| East Dance | |||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatboy Slim 23:15-00:30 Fatboy vs. Carl Cox 22:15-23:15 Carl Cox 21:00-22:15 Ke$ha 20:00-21:00 The Midnight Beast 18:30-19:30 Katy B 17:00-18:00 Fenech-Soler 15:50-16:35 Mike Posner 14:50-15:30 Beardyman 13:30-14:30 Terror Danjah presents Hard Drive 12:30-13:30 DJ Baby Malc - DJ and Compère 11:30-12:30 | Professor Green 23:30-00:30 Devlin 22:10-23:00 Labrinth 21:10-21:50 Wretch 32 20:20-20:50 Skepta 19:20-20:00 MistaJam (DJ set) 18:20-19:20 Giggs 17:30-18:00 Jodie Connor 16:40-17:10 Yasmin 15:50-16:20 Mz Bratt 15:00-15:30 P-Money 14:10-14:40 Griminal 13:20-13:50 RoxXXan 12:30-13:00 Comperes MistaJam and DJ Cameo | Pete Tong (DJ Set) 22:30-00:00 The Japanese Popstars 21:15-22:00 Steve Lawler (DJ Set) 20:00-21:15 Claude VonStroke (DJ Set) 18:45-20:00 Azari and 111 17:45-18:45 DJ Shepdog (DJ Set) 17:15-17:45 NZ Shapeshifter 16:00-17:15 DJ Shepdog (DJ Set) 15:30-16:00 Funkagenda and Chris Lake B2B 14:00-15:30 Mark Knight (DJ Set) 13:00-14:00 Matt Hardwick 11:45-13:00 | |
| West Holts | |||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cee Lo Green Chase & Status Heliocentrics with Mulatu Jimmy Cliff Little Dragon Gonjasufi Dengue Fever Ziriguidum | Big Boi Janelle Monáe Aloe Blacc Fool's Gold Omar Souleyman Brandt Brauer Frick Nicolas Jaar Narasirato London Afrobeat Collective | Kool & the Gang Hercules and Love Affair The Go! Team Duane Eddy Bellowhead Jah Wobble and the Nippon dub Ensemble Jamie Woon Hidden Orchestra | |
The BBC curate a stage at Glastonbury each year showcasing new talent. This year saw performances from Ed Sheeran, F-Block, The Good Natured, Jake Bugg, Sharks Took the Rest, Vessels and George Ezra, amongst others.
Andrew Kerr, who with Arabella Churchill, put on the 1971 Glastonbury Fayre, curated a "Sprit of '71" Anniversary Pyramid Stage in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1971 festival. The Edgar Broughton Band, Mike Oldfield, Steve Hillage, Arthur Brown, Nick Lowe, Noel Harrison, Nik Turner,Nigel Mazlyn Jones and Mick Farren all appeared.[11]
Secret gigs on the Park Stage saw Radiohead (Friday) and Pulp (Saturday) perform to large crowds.[12] [13]
The gates opened on Wednesday to rain and heavy showers persisted making the car parks and the festival site a muddy terrain. Dry conditions on the Friday soon made way for yet more rain early afternoon and didn't stop until the Saturday lunchtime. Sunday was non stop sunshine which dried out the site.[14] [15] [16]
The 2011 festival also broke two television viewing records. Firstly, 18.6 million viewers tuned in from their own homes throughout the festival. A new record for the BBC. Ratings declined by over 1 million from the 2009 to 2010 festival due to the Fifa World Cup and hot weather. The 2011 Festival saw "plenty of rain and a very muddy Glastonbury", causing ratings to climb over 3 million views from the 2010 to 2011 festival.
Also, headliner Beyoncé's performance, which acted as the finale act to the festival, generated over 2.6 million views individually, breaking the record for most television views for a single performance according to the BBC.[17]