Glastonbury Festival 2017 Explained

Glastonbury Festival 2017
Location:Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
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The 2017 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June.[1] The three headlining acts were Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran with Barry Gibb performing in the iconic Legend's Slot.

Tickets

General Admission Tickets for the festival cost £238 for the full weekend.[2]

Weather

The weather was around 30 °C on 21 June with temperatures potentially reaching 10 °C higher than usual for the festival.[3]

Line-up

Headlining the festival were Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively.[4] [5] [6] Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn also made an appearance on the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday.[7] [8] [9] [10]

Pyramid Stage

Pyramid Stage
FridaySaturdaySunday
Radiohead
21:30 - 23:45
The xx
19:30 - 20:30
Royal Blood
17:45 - 18:45
Kris Kristofferson
16:15 - 17:15
First Aid Kit
14:45 - 15:45
Blossoms
13:30 - 14:15
Paul Carrack
12:15 - 13:00
Hacienda Classical - Graeme Park, Mike Pickering & Manchester Camerata Orchestra + Special Guests
10:45 - 11:30		Foo Fighters
21:45 - 23:45
The National
19:45 - 20:45
Katy Perry
18:00 - 19:00
Run the Jewels
16:15 - 17:15
Jeremy Corbyn
16:00 - 16:10
Craig David
14:45 - 15:45
Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
13:15 - 14:15
Vieux Farka Touré
11:55 - 12:45
The Bootleg Beatles with The Pepperland Sinfonia
10:45 - 11:30		Ed Sheeran
21:45 - 23:15
Biffy Clyro
19:30 - 20:45
Chic
17:45 - 18:45
Barry Gibb
16:00 - 17:15
Laura Marling
14:15 - 15:15
Jamie Cullum
12:45 - 13:45
Orchestra Baobab
11:35 - 12:15
The Black Dyke Band
10:30 - 11:30
A. Kris Kristofferson's set featured guest appearances from Johnny Depp and Margo Price.
B. Jools Holland's set featured guest appearances from Chris Difford, Louise Marshall and Ruby Turner.
C. Run the Jewels' set featured a guest appearance from DJ Shadow.

The set by Foo Fighters was notable for the televised appearance in the crowd of a naked man, to whom Dave Grohl dedicated the song "My Hero".[11]

Actor Bradley Cooper, co-producer, director, and star of the 2018 film A Star Is Born, filmed a four-minute segment of his film with Lady Gaga on the Pyramid Stage, using part of Kris Kristofferson's set.[12]

Other Stage

Other Stage
FridaySaturdaySunday
Major Lazer
22:30 - 23:45
Lorde
20:45 - 21:45
George Ezra
19:05 - 20:05
Halsey
17:40 - 18:35
Glass Animals
16:20 - 17:10
Circa Waves
15:00 - 15:50
Nothing but Thieves
13:40 - 14:30
Charli XCX
12:25 - 13:15
The Pretenders
11:00 - 12:00		Alt-J
22:30 - 23:45
Stormzy
20:30 - 21:30
Wiley
19:15 - 20:00
Liam Gallagher
17:45 - 18:45
Kaiser Chiefs
16:15 - 17:15
Wild Beasts
14:45 - 15:45
British Sea Power
13:15 - 14:15
Whitney
12:05 - 12:50
Gabrielle Aplin
11:00 - 11:45		Boy Better Know
22:15 - 23:15
Emeli Sandé
20:35 - 21:25
Courteeners
18:55 - 19:55
Haim
17:35 - 18:25
Kodaline
16:15 - 17:05
Rag'n'Bone Man
14:55 - 15:45
Dropkick Murphys
13:35 - 14:25
Deaf Havana
12:15 - 13:05
Slaves
11:00 - 11:45

West Holts Stage

West Holts Stage
FridaySaturdaySunday
Dizzee Rascal
22:30 - 23:40
Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals
20:45 - 21:45
Little Dragon
19:15 - 20:15
Kae Tempest
17:45 - 18:45
Pat Thomas & The Kwashibu Area Band
16:15 - 17:15
Ata Kak
14:45 - 15:45
Henry Wu Presents The Kamaal Williams Ensemble
13:30 - 14:15
Hot 8 Brass Band
12:00 - 13:00		The Jacksons
22:15 - 23:45
Solange
20:30 - 21:30
The Avalanches
19:00 - 20:00
Toots & The Maytals
17:30 - 18:30
BadBadNotGood
16:00 - 17:00
Thundercat
14:30 - 15:30
Afriquoi
13:00 - 14:00
Khruangbin
11:30 - 12:30		Justice
22:00 - 23:15
Moderat
20:15 - 21:15
The Cinematic Orchestra
18:45 - 19:45
Shaggy
17:15 - 18:15
Oumou Sangaré
15:45 - 16:45
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
14:15 - 15:15
Ryley Walker
12:45 - 13:45
House Gospel Choir
11:30 - 12:30

John Peel Stage

John Peel Stage
FridaySaturdaySunday
Annie Mac
22:30 - 23:45
Clean Bandit
21:00 - 22:00
Future Islands
19:30 - 20:30
Ride
18:10 - 19:00
Declan McKenna
16:50 - 17:40
The Lemon Twigs
15:30 - 16:20
Dua Lipa
14:10 - 15:00
Black Honey
13:00 - 13:40
Rews
12:00 - 12:40
DAM
11:00 - 11:40		Phoenix
22:30 - 23:45
Father John Misty
21:00 - 22:00
DJ Shadow
19:30 - 20:30
Tove Lo
18:10 - 19:00
Loyle Carner
16:50 - 17:40
Cabbage
15:30 - 16:20
The Amazons
14:10 - 15:00
Inheaven
13:00 - 13:40
Maggie Rogers
12:00 - 12:40
Josh Barry
11:00 - 11:40		Metronomy
22:00 - 23:15
London Grammar
20:30 - 21:30
Goldfrapp
19:00 - 20:00
The Killers (Secret Set)
17:30 - 18:30
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
16:00 - 17:00
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
14:30 - 15:30
Real Estate
13:00 - 14:00
Sundara Karma
11:50 - 12:30
October Drift
11:00 - 11:30

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Glastonbury Festival 2018

Festival founder Michael Eavis announced on 26 June 2017 that there would be no Glastonbury 2018 in order to give "the farm, the village and the festival team the traditional year off" until Glastonbury Festival 2019. The previous "fallow year" was in 2012.[43]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glastonbury Festivals . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071223212521/http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/ . 23 December 2007 .
  2. Web site: Glastonbury Festival ticket prices. 21 June 2017. Galstonburyfestivals.co.uk. 22 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Searing Sheeran: hot Glastonbury sunshine predicted. 18 June 2017. Guardian. 22 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Glastonbury Festival line-up 2017. 21 June 2017. Galstonburyfestivals.co.uk. 22 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Glastonbury festival 2017: full lineup and stage times. 30 May 2017. Guardian. 22 June 2017.
  6. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Friday...live. 23 June 2016. Guardian. 23 June 2017.
  7. News: Glastonbury: Jeremy Corbyn 'inspired' by young voters . BBC News . BBC . 24 June 2017 . 24 June 2017.
  8. Web site: Jeremy Corbyn - Glastonbury 2017. Official Jeremy Corbyn Channel. 24 June 2017. 25 June 2017. YouTube.
  9. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Jeremy Corbyn on fields of wheat, chants and his time at Glastonbury. NME. 24 June 2017. 25 June 2017. YouTube.
  10. Web site: Jeremy Corbyn calls for unity in Glastonbury speech. Nadia. Khomami. Hannah. Ellis-Petersen. 24 June 2017. 25 June 2017. The Guardian.
  11. Web site: We spoke to the naked guy from Foos' Glastonbury headline slot about being Dave Grohl's 'Hero' . NME. 27 June 2017. 30 June 2017.
  12. Web site: Bradley Cooper hails 'magical' Glastonbury after filming 'A Star Is Born' at iconic festival. Nick. Reilly. September 10, 2018. March 13, 2019. NME.
  13. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Nothing But Thieves on their new record and their array of covers. NME. 25 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  14. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Jeremy Corbyn on fields of wheat, chants and his time at Glastonbury. NME. 24 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  15. Web site: Glastonbury 2017 - Backstage chat with Alt-J. NME. 25 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  16. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Backstage with Frank Carter. NME. 25 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  17. Web site: The National at Glastonbury 2017: Discussing their new album, lyrics, headlining and Dave Grohl. NME. 24 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  18. Web site: Glass Animals at Glastonbury 2017: The band talk pineapples and Radiohead. NME. 23 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  19. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Little Dragon backstage with NME. NME. 25 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  20. Web site: Glastonbury 2017 - Let's make the biggest ever human peace sign. NME. 22 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  21. Web site: Palestine campaigner Michael Deas explains their Radiohead protest at Glastonbury 2017. NME. 23 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  22. Web site: The Eavis family discuss Glastonbury 2017 bookings and their new area. NME. 17 February 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  23. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Backstage with Black Honey. NME. 25 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  24. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Backstage with John McDonnell. NME. 26 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  25. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Emily Eavis talks the fallow year and how Stormzy 'needs to headline'. NME. 26 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  26. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Declan Mckenna chat to NME backstage. NME. 23 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  27. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Craig David discusses his huge Pyramid set. NME. 24 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  28. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Dizzee Rascal on why he should be the first British rap headliner. NME. 23 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  29. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Liam Gallagher's biggest fans on his Other Stage set. NME. 24 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  30. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: These people went to watch Status Quo instead of Radiohead. NME. 26 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  31. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Take a tour of Cineramageddon, the festival's newest area. NME. 22 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  32. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Loyle Carner on why Anderson .Paak could headline Glastonbury. NME. 24 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  33. Web site: Dua Lipa at Glastonbury 2017: UK pop's brightest star talks to us backstage. NME. 23 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  34. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Avelino on Grime's representation at this year's festival. NME. 25 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  35. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Behind-the-scenes of Block9. NME. 24 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  36. Web site: Glastonbury wins Best Festival at the VO5 NME Awards 2017. NME. 17 February 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  37. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: We chat to Circa Waves backstage. NME. 23 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  38. Web site: Royal Blood at Glastonbury 2017: on headlining in future, and their number one album. NME. 23 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  39. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Backstage with The Courteeners. NME. 26 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  40. Web site: Johnny Depp at Glastonbury 2017: "When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?". NME. 22 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  41. Web site: Glastonbury 2017: Power ballad yoga. NME. 25 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  42. Web site: Halsey at Glastonbury 2017: The pop star on missing the mud, reigning the charts and Romeo & Juliet. NME. 23 June 2017. 26 June 2017. YouTube.
  43. Web site: Glastonbury 2018 cancelled – find out why . . June 26, 2017 . October 18, 2019 . Strong, Gemma .

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