| Glastonbury Festival 2013 | |
| Location: | Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England |
| Participants: | 135,000 tickets + performers and crew |
| Prev: | Glastonbury Festival 2011 |
| Next: | Glastonbury Festival 2014 |
The 2013 Glastonbury Festival (Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts) was held from 28 to 30 June 2013. It followed a fallow year, in which there was no festival.[1] [2]
On 20 June 2012 it was announced that tickets for the 2013 festival would go on sale at 9am on Sunday 7 October 2012.[3] All 135,000 tickets were sold in a record 1 hour and 40 minutes.[4] [5]
The Arctic Monkeys headlined on the Pyramid stage on the Friday night.[6] The Rolling Stones made their Glastonbury debut, headlining on the Saturday.[7] [8] The band played twenty songs during their two-hour set,[9] with the second hour broadcast by BBC Two.[10] The Rolling Stones performance had a peak audience of 2.6 million on BBC 2.[11] Mumford & Sons closed the festival with their first ever headline set on the Pyramid stage.[12]
| Artist/Band[13] | Day | Stage | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Monkeys | Friday | Pyramid Stage | 22:15-23:45 |
| Dizzee Rascal | 20:15-21:30 | ||
| The Vaccines | 18:30-19:30 | ||
| Professor Green | 17:00-18:00 | ||
| Rita Ora | 15:30-16:30 | ||
| Jake Bugg | 14:00-15:00 | ||
| Haim | 12:30-13:30 | ||
| Jupiter & Okwess International | 11:00-12:00 | ||
| The Rolling Stones | Saturday | 21:30-23:45 | |
| Primal Scream | 19:00-20:00 | ||
| Elvis Costello | 17:15-18:30 | ||
| Ben Howard | 15:30-16:30 | ||
| Laura Mvula | 14:00-14:45 | ||
| Billy Bragg | 12:30-13:30 | ||
| Rokia Traoré | 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Mumford & Sons | Sunday | 21:45-23:15 | |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 19:45-21:00 | ||
| Vampire Weekend | 18:00-19:00 | ||
| Kenny Rogers | 15:45-17:00 | ||
| Rufus Wainwright | 14:00-15:00 | ||
| First Aid Kit | 12:45-13:30 | ||
| Bassekou Kouyate | 11:30-12:15 | ||
| Portishead | Friday | Other Stage | 22:30-23:45 |
| Foals | 21:00-22:00 | ||
| Alt-J | 19:30-20:30 | ||
| Tame Impala | 18:05-19:00 | ||
| The Lumineers | 16:35-17:35 | ||
| Enter Shikari | 15:15-16:05 | ||
| Amanda Palmer | 13:50-14:45 | ||
| The Hives | 12:25-13:20 | ||
| Beady Eye | 11:00-11:55 | ||
| Chase & Status | Saturday | 22:30-23:45 | |
| Example | 21:00-22:00 | ||
| Two Door Cinema Club | 19:30-20:30 | ||
| Alabama Shakes | 18:00-19:00 | ||
| Noah and the Whale | 16:30-17:30 | ||
| Azealia Banks | 15:00-16:00 | ||
| Dry the River | 13:40-14:30 | ||
| The 1975 | 12:30-13:10 | ||
| The Staves | 11:30-12:10 | ||
| The xx | Sunday | 22:05-23:15 | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 20:25-21:35 | ||
| Editors | 18:50-19:50 | ||
| Of Monsters and Men | 17:30-18:20 | ||
| Public Image Ltd | 16:10-17:00 | ||
| I Am Kloot | 14:50-15:40 | ||
| Stornoway | 13:30-14:10 | ||
| The Heavy | 12:10-13:00 | ||
| Zulu Winter | 11:00-11:40 | ||
| Chic featuring Nile Rodgers | Friday | West Holts Stage | 22:15-23:45 |
| Seasick Steve | 20:30-21:30 | ||
| Tom Tom Club | 19:00-20:00 | ||
| Toro y Moi | 17:30-18:30 | ||
| Alice Russell | 16:00-17:00 | ||
| Goat | 14:30-15:30 | ||
| Zun Zun Egui | 13:00-14:00 | ||
| Classica Orchestra Afrobeat | 11:30-12:30 | ||
| Public Enemy | Saturday | 22:15-23:35 | |
| Major Lazer | 20:45-21:45 | ||
| Maverick Sabre | 19:15-20:15 | ||
| The Orb feat. Kakat Sit Si | 17:45-18:45 | ||
| BadBadNotGood | 16:15-17:15 | ||
| The Bombay Royale | 14:45-15:45 | ||
| Fatoumata Diawara | 13:15-14:15 | ||
| Troker | 12:00-12:45 | ||
| Bobby Womack | Sunday | 21:30-23:15 | |
| Lianne La Havas | 19:45-20:45 | ||
| Sérgio Mendes | 18:15-19:15 | ||
| Ondatropica | 16:45-17:45 | ||
| The Congos | 15:25-16:15 | ||
| Dub Colossus | 14:05-14:55 | ||
| Matthew E. White | 12:35-13:35 | ||
| Riot Jazz | 11:30-12:15 |
On 17 January 2013 it was announced that on each day, in an act of solidarity, musicians from Mali would open the Pyramid Stage.[14] Islamists have banned music in the North of the North African nation. The first musician announced to open the Pyramid Stage was Rokia Traoré.[14]
Rodriguez, the Detroit pop star at the center of the Oscar-nominated documentary Searching for Sugar Man, will perform at Glastonbury Festival[15]
The London-based indie group The Vaccines announced on their Facebook page that they would be playing the Pyramid Stage on the Friday.The lineup was announced on 27 March at 7pm on the Glastonbury website and on the Zane Lowe radio show on BBC Radio 1.[16] [17]
Beady Eye opened the festival with a surprise unadvertised performance on Friday at 11am.
The Park Stage
The John Peel Stage
BBC Introducing
Avalon Stage