GLASTO 2025: YOUR NEED TO KNOW

Celebs, controversy, secret sets, the hottest looks — plus what not to miss on iPlayer. Maddy Mussen has your festival download

- Maddy Mussen

The day has come. Right now, tens of thousands of campers are fleeing London, handing their tickets to stewards in Somerset, pitching their tents and cracking open one of the only cold cans of the weekend. And Glastonbury 2025 is slightly more meaningful than most: it’s the last festival before a fallow year, allowing the land to recover. It'll be back in 2027, but to Glasto-goers, that just means packing two years of partying into one weekend.

Even watching from afar can be overwhelming — the BBC is offering more than 90 hours of live music coverage. So let’s save everyone some time, stress and shoe leather. Whether you're heading down to Worthy Farm or watching from your sofa, here’s the inside scoop on Glastonbury 2025.

THE VIP LIST

Glastonbury is as star-studded as festivals get, with many celebrities taking advantage of its size to slip through the cracks and enjoy a “real” experience. Attendees can expect to see Charli xcx stomping around with fiancé George Daniel, given she is performing on the Other Stage on Saturday, while Daniel's band The 1975 are headlining the Pyramid Stage on Friday.

Then there's the host of actors scheduled to give talks this year — Margot Robbie, Paul Mescal, Andrew Garfield, Tilda Swinton, Ncuti Gatwa, Jodie Comer and Taron Egerton are all on the bill. Look out for Mescal in the crowd at the Other Stage on Friday — rumoured girlfriend Gracie Abrams is performing. Cara Delevingne, Sienna Miller, Alexa Chung and Nick Grimshaw are all regulars, as is Kate Moss. She recently released a festival-themed collection with Zara, which could be handily promoted by... going to Glastonbury.

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