Glastonbury ticket-holders can breathe a sigh of aid, because the climate for this 12 months’s pageant is forecast to be “largely heat, dry and settled”.
The newest Met Workplace replace shared on Monday 24 June comes after a very chilly and moist begin to the summer time. As festival-goers are welcomed to Worthy Farm by Michael and Emily Eavis, temperatures are exepcted to succeed in highs of between 25C to 27C.
Thursday will see “cloudier and barely breezier situations by way of the day and presumably some mild rain within the afternoon” because the music kicks off on the smaller levels, whereas the principle days of Friday to Sunday are anticipated to be “dry [with] sunny spells and lightweight winds”, experiencing most temperatures of 20C or 21C.
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Weapons N’ Roses assessment, Glastonbury 2023: Frontrunners for the worst Glasto headline set of all time
A flashback to our considerably infamous Weapons’N’Roses assessment from final 12 months:
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Flashback: Arctic Monkeys play Glastonbury 2023
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‘Somebody stole my wellies!’: Glastonbury’s 5 muddiest festivals
Glastonbury may be often known as one of many world’s greenest festivals, due to its setting within the picturesque Somerset countryside, however occasionally the climate turns foul and people verdant fields are churned up into brown sludge.
As many followers will attest, through the years there have been a lot of memorable events the place friends spent extra time making an attempt to pry their wellies out of the mud than they did watching bands carry out.
Some take this as a cue to surrender and go residence, whereas others resolve to lean into it, leading to a few of the extra iconic photos of Glastonbury Competition.
Listed below are 5 of the muddiest Glastonbury festivals in reminiscence.
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Emily Eavis explains why there will not be a Glastonbury ticket poll
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Former Glastonbury alum Dave Grohl lands in scorching water with Taylor Swift
The Foo Fighters frontman, 55, informed an viewers at his live performance in London on Saturday (22 June) that he known as his band’s present the “Errors Tour” as a result of they’d had a “few extra eras and quite a lot of f***ing errors” as a result of “we really play dwell”.
Swift, 34, appeared to deal with Grohl’s insinuation on stage at her Wembley present on Sunday night time (23 June) as she thanked followers for attending her three and a half hour lengthy efficiency.
Chatting with the 90,000 folks filling the stadium for her third London present of the Eras tour, Swift mentioned her band deserved “a lot” recognition.
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Flashback: Blondie carry out ‘One Method or One other’ at Glastonbury 2023
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The highway to Glastonbury: What makes a Pyramid Stage headliner, and why is it so arduous to search out them?
As Worthy Farm gears up as soon as once more to welcome Glastonbury followers this week, the query of who ought to take prime billing on the UK’s best-loved music pageant is turning into tougher to reply. To not point out more and more controversial. So what do organisers search for in a headline act? And will they be altering tack?
The highway to Glastonbury: Why is it so arduous to discover a headliner?
As Worthy Farm gears up as soon as once more to welcome Glastonbury followers this week, the query of who ought to take prime billing on the UK’s best-loved music pageant is turning into tougher to reply. To not point out more and more controversial. So what do organisers search for in a headline act? And will they be altering tack? Roisin O’Connor studies
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What time do the Glastonbury Competition gates open?
Glastonbury automotive parks will open at 9pm tonight (Tuesday 25 June), permitting ticket-holders to reach by way of the night time when site visitors volumes are low. Apart from bogs, there can be no leisure or amenities, and followers are anticipated to stay of their automobiles till the gates open.
The Glastonbury web site advises that the worst time to reach by automotive is between 7am and 2pm on Wednesday: “In recent times at peak instances, the A39 queue to get into automotive parks took a number of hours, whereas it took lower than an hour for these travelling on the A37.”
The gates to Worthy Farm will open at 8am on Wednesday morning.
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When is Glastonbury, who’s on the lineup and may you continue to get tickets?
Glastonbury, the world’s most well-known music pageant, returns this week and can see 1000’s of followers flocking to Worthy Farm in Somerset.
Co-organiser Emily Eavis and her staff are getting ready to welcome revellers to the location and play host to a few of the largest artists throughout pop, rock, indie, R&B, rap, punk and soul.
Right here’s every little thing it’s good to know forward of the massive weekend.
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