Glastonbury Festival 2019

Glastonbury Festival 2019

After a year off  this summer Glastonbury is ready to return and we cant wait!

Every six years, the festival is put on hold because of a ‘fallow year’ to prevent excessive damage to the site after having over 200,000 people on it every time the festival takes place! 2018 was a fallow year – hence no Glastonbury festival this year. The festival will return on the normal dates that it has been held on, From Thursday the 26th of June to Sunday the 30th of June 2019.

The highly anticipated return of the festival has got festival goers tongues wagging at the thought of being able to get a ticket. Standard tickets for Glastonbury 2019 sold out within 36 minutes!

The Lineup has now been released with The Killers now being confirmed as the headline act for the Saturday night with their first return to the Pyramid Stage since topping the bill in 2007, and following on from their surprise set in the John Peel tent in 2017.

The Cure are returning to headline the Pyramid for the first time since 1995, in what marks a record-equalling fourth Glastonbury headline set! They will be headlining the Sunday Night.

Stormzy is headlining the Friday night,This will be the multi award winning artists 3rd time playing at Glastonbury his previous 2 performances coming in 2016 in the sonic tent and in 2017 playing the other stage.  He is the first grime artist to be given the Headline act at the pyramid stage, its sure to be a great set.

Kylie Minogue will play the famous Sunday afternoon slot on the Pyramid Stage at this year’s Festival. This will be the Australians first appearance at the festival, Kylie was due to play at Glastonbury back in 2005 but was forced to pull out of playing due to health reasons. Another huge name added to line up with many more to follow.

Other big names such as George Ezra, Miley Cyrus, Christine & The Queens, Jorja Smith, Liam Gallagher ,Wu Tang Clan, Vampire Weekend, Anne-Marie, The Streets, Billie Eilish, Sigrid, Tame Impala and Two Door Cinema Club have all been confirmed to be playing at the festival.

Here is the full lineup so far:

The Killers, The Cure, Stormzy, Kylie, Janet Jackson, George Ezra, Liam Gallagher, Miley Cyrus, Tame Impala, The Chemical Brothers, Vampire Weekend, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Janelle Monae, Christine And The Queens, Two Door Cinema Club, Jorja Smith, Bastille, Hozier, Sigrid, Snow Patrol, Cat Power, Wu-Tang Clan, Anne-Marie, Years & Years, Billie Eilish, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Hot Chip, Stefflon Don, Jon Hopkins, Santigold, The Streets, Lizzo, Kamasi Washington, IDLES, Rosalía, Johnny Marr, Diplo, Mavis Staples, Rex Orange County, Little Simz
Michael Kiwanuka, Kate Tempest, Loyle Carner, King Princess, Jungle, Neneh Cherry, Kurt Vile & The Violators,
The Comet Is Coming, Interpol, Pale Waves, Friendly Fires, Sharon Van Etten, Pond, Sons Of Kemet, Aurora, Fat White Family, Sheryl Crow, Maribou State, Fatoumata Diawara, Bugzy Malone, Low, Sam Fender, This Is The Kit
BCUC, Shura and Slowthai

 

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