{"id":223918,"date":"2025-06-29T11:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223918\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T11:58:26","slug":"rod-stewart-and-olivia-rodrigo-set-to-headline-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223918\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart and Olivia Rodrigo set to headline final day"},"content":{"rendered":"

An army of artists come to Glastonbury to use every conceivable surface as a canvas \u2014 with one man travelling from Brazil to paint the urinals.<\/p>\n

Emily Eavis said that the thousands of crew, technicians and artists who put the festival together are \u201cjust phenomenal\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all in the little details,\u201d she told the Glastonbury Free Press, the on-site newspaper printed using a 72-year-old, five-tonne Heidelberg cylinder press. \u201cDo you know, we have a guy who comes from Brazil every year to paint the covers of the urinals. He\u2019s fantastic and so devoted to it. Of all the places to put your art!<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole site has become a canvas. There is every single art form in all its glory \u2014 it\u2019s like the best art gallery in the world. And that\u2019s before you even get to all the live shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Review: Selector brings rumbustious swing in a joyful set<\/p>\n

What a treat it is to see a band as important as the Selector playing on the Pyramid (writes Ed Potton).<\/p>\n

Despite being at the heart of Coventry\u2019s inspiring 2-Tone scene in the late Seventies, they were often overshadowed by the Specials and Madness. Yet their singer Pauline Black was the ebullient, pogoing queen of 2-Tone \u2014 the most visible woman in a racially diverse but male-dominated scene. She is 71 now but looks far younger and still moves with vim. <\/p>\n

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The band were clad in classic 2-Tone black suits, black ties and white shirts with Black adding her trademark grey trilby, and they were in the mood to entertain. <\/p>\n

Ska, along with Motown, is the most accessible form of dance music, especially with Black\u2019s chiming vocals bouncing over the frisky blend of saxophone, guitar, drums and electric piano. <\/p>\n

Murder was appropriately dark, Too Much Pressure full of rumbustious swing and their signature hit On My Radio was a protest song about representation wrapped up in shiny ska-pop wrapper. What a blast of joy to start the last day of the festival. <\/p>\n

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From Glastonbury with love<\/p>\n

Tucked between various food vans, a small red postbox stands outside a stall crammed with dozens of people intently studying various postcard designs. Sending a card to loved ones straight from the festival site has become a staple for many revellers.<\/p>\n

The first stand was set up in 1981 by Hester Moore\u2019s parents to help finance their annual family trip to the event. Despite the rise of mobile phones, the appetite to send a greeting from the festival has only grown since then.<\/p>\n

\"Hester<\/p>\n

Moore, 43, who took over the stall 20 years ago, said: \u201cThese days we crave this analogue feeling. When mobile phones came out the head of markets said to me: \u2018What are you going to do? Everyone\u2019s going to be texting now.\u2019 I said: \u2018I don\u2019t know, I guess we\u2019ll just have to keep doing it until people stop buying them.\u2019 And it actually grew. Then we thought, well if people can take photos on their phones and can send them, it\u2019s not going to work. But it\u2019s grown again even since then.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are now three stalls across the festival where revellers can pick from dozens of designs, write a message and drop it into a post box right on site. These get emptied three times a day and ferried over to the local post office.<\/p>\n

Moore said: \u201cIn the morning we take the first load of postcards to the farm, so to Emily Eavis\u2019s office, where the postman comes and collects that load. We all love going up to the farm.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has remained a family affair for four decades and Moore jokes that everyone working on the stall \u201chas the same surname\u201d as siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles and in-laws come together to keep the tradition going.<\/p>\n

In pictures: revellers wash off the Glastonbury grime<\/p>\n

As the typical mile-long queues formed for the showers, some festival goers decided it was quicker and easier to improvise \u2026<\/p>\n

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OLI SCARFF\/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

Rod Stewart will raise mischief in the legends slot<\/p>\n

I must confess, I was a bit shocked when toward the end of our interview Rod Stewart announced, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to give Farage a chance\u201d (Will Hodgkinson writes). How\u2019s that going to go down with the crowd at the Glastonbury legends slot? But then he spoke passionately about the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and, besides, my guess is that by Sunday afternoon most are going to be too tired to do much protesting. They\u2019ll be too busy singing along to Sailing, Da Ya Think I\u2019m Sexy? and all those other leopardskin-clad classics. <\/p>\n

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Rod Stewart on stage in California earlier this year<\/p>\n

AMY SUSSMAN\/GETTY IMAGES FOR FIREAID<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t help but like Stewart, even if we\u2019re politically miles apart. He had an air of charming mischievousness, combined with a peacock quality in his checked suit and mane of hair, which remained undimmed at 80. And he wasn\u2019t starry at all. Within minutes of sitting down it was, \u201cAll right, mate?\u201d and chatty asides about how bossy his wife, Penny Lancaster, had been since becoming a police constable. It all started with me asking how this less-than-utilitarian fellow was going to cope with Glastonbury Festival. <\/p>\n

\u2022 Read Will Hodgkinson\u2019s <\/b>full interview with Rod Stewart<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Sharing selfies for one more Glasto<\/p>\n

Ivan Fisher\u2019s face keeps popping up all over the festival site and strangers are flocking to post selfies with him.<\/p>\n

Five years ago, Fisher was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and after putting up \u201ca hell of a fight\u201d he died on March 8, having hoped to make one last Glastonbury.<\/p>\n

In an effort to make more memories with him, his friends and family have put up posters of his face at 23 of his favourite areas, asking fellow music lovers to take a selfie with Fisher and post it to the \u201cIvan at Glastonbury\u201d page on Facebook to \u201cspread the same joy that he spread in life\u201d.<\/p>\n

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His son, Ben, is part of the backstage crew at The Park, and his partner, Kirsty Brown, from Glastonbury town, will scatter some of his ashes there today with friends and family, as well as at the Glastonbury sign on the hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just made the best of it and what they crammed into those last five years (including three Glastonbury festivals) was incredible,\u201d Warren and Annette Davies, his friends who made the posters, said. \u201cHe was such a wonderful guy, his real passion was his music, and he just loved people, he would stop and talk to anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Some miracle happened, so I sing for you today\u2019<\/p>\n

Three years ago, Serhii Ivanchuk, a Ukrainian opera singer, was working with humanitarian volunteers helping civilians flee Kharkiv when Russian forces attacked. He was shot five times and told he might never sing again.<\/p>\n

Ivanchuk, 32, said: \u201cI\u2019m an opera singer who got five gunshots in Ukraine in the war. Before the war I studied singing in Italy but when the war started I went back to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I was shot, doctors told me, Serhii, forget about singing for the rest of your life, it\u2019s impossible because you have a gunshot in the lungs, in the liver, in the finger and in the legs. But some miracle happened, so I sing for you today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It is the second time he is attending Glastonbury. He said: \u201cLast year Glastonbury was a big experience for me, about freedom, about peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is performing on Sunday at Toad Hall Stage at 1pm.<\/p>\n

How Churchill\u2019s granddaughter ran away to join the circus at Glastonbury<\/p>\n

Arabella Churchill was named debutante of the year at the Queen Charlotte\u2019s Ball in 1967 and romantically linked with Prince Charles, but she said she was \u201cno good at being a Churchill\u201d and turned her back on high society (Adam Bloodworth writes).<\/p>\n

She went on to establish the Glastonbury theatre and circus fields where Paddy Bramwells has performed as compere every year there\u2019s been a festival for the past 40 years. \u201cBella was immensely generous,\u201d Bramwells recalls. \u201cBut she didn\u2019t suffer fools gladly. She would not let anything stop the event that she wanted to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Arabella Churchill with friends at Glastonbury in the 1970s<\/p>\n

Wander through that area and you\u2019ll discover a hundred street performers dressed in costumes such as frozen Everest climbers, the King and the Mona Lisa interacting with punters, alongside hundreds of other acts spanning trapeze, juggling, high wire and clowning. You can watch proper black box theatre, or simply sit on a bench with a pint and witness the chaos unfold.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Read our <\/b>interview with Paddy Bramwells<\/b><\/a> on how the festival has changed<\/b><\/p>\n

Glastonbury condemns Bob Vylan\u2019s comments<\/p>\n

After backlash and criticism from a number of politicians, Glastonbury Festival said it is \u201cappalled\u201d by the statements made by Bob Vylan during their set on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bobby Vylan, of the punk duo, had told crowds at the West Holts Stage that \u201csometimes you got to get your message across with violence\u201d and led them in chants of \u201cdeath, death to the IDF\u201d.<\/p>\n

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ANTHONY DEVLIN\/HOGAN MEDIA\/SHUTTERSTOCK<\/p>\n

Glastonbury Festival said in a post on Instagram: \u201cAs a festival, we stand against all forms of war and terrorism. We will always believe in \u2014 and actively campaign for \u2014 hope, unity, peace and love.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith almost 4,000 performances at Glastonbury 2025<\/a>, there will inevitably be artists and speakers appearing on our stages whose views we do not share, and a performer\u2019s presence here should never be seen as a tacit endorsement of their opinions and beliefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we are appalled by the statements made from the West Holts stage by Bob Vylan yesterday. Their chants very much crossed a line and we are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Review: Doechii dazzles amid headliner clashes<\/p>\n

It was not an easy task for Doechii \u2014 a US hip hop superstar in the making who was headlining West Holt Stage last night at the same time as Charli XCX was blowing up her Brat era on the Other Stage (Jonathan Dean writes). <\/p>\n

Her set could\u2019ve felt like an afterthought on a busy night, but majestically, any pressure simply does not seem to exist for the 26-year-old who, perhaps bizarrely, can count The Beautiful South\u2019s Paul Heaton as a fan. <\/p>\n

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Doechii put on a thrilling spectacle at the West Holts Stage<\/p>\n

LEON NEAL\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

From the off, to a field that was dancing, cheering, laughing, singing, Doechii commanded with a panache and humour that will, surely, make her headline bigger stages in the future.<\/p>\n

The set certainly belonged on one \u2014 a dazzle of screens, lights and dancers that supports the songs via lyrics and frequent close-ups of Doechii\u2019s extremely expressive face. Her music is more chilled on record, but live, she beefed it up \u2014 Boiled Peanuts and Anxiety in particular became almost rave-like in their execution. <\/p>\n

It was a thrilling spectacle, ultra-slick and confident in the way that big budget Americans can be, but never alienated or aloof and as the main closer, Denial Is A River, winded its way around its satirical dialogue about Doechii\u2019s various mishaps. <\/p>\n

As stage spotlights blared into the pit, nobody was left doubting whether they made the right choice. The Brat era ends and the Doechii era begins.
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Worthy Farm set to enjoy balmy final day<\/p>\n

The Met Office is forecasting a warm and sunny Sunday at Glastonbury, with temperatures climbing to around 27 degrees this afternoon and little chance of rain. So if you brought wellies, you can probably safely pack them away before your departure tomorrow.<\/p>\n

A reminder of yesterday\u2019s headline action<\/p>\n

Neil Young <\/b>put on a tender and ferocious performance for the Pyramid Stage crowd. \u201cThere certainly wasn\u2019t much in the way of production or costumes \u2014 in his Davy Crockett hat and faded plaid shirt, Young looked like an old docker who didn\u2019t save enough for his retirement \u2014 but all the energy was in the music,\u201d wrote Will Hodgkinson, who gave it \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605. Read the full review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Charli XCX <\/b>dazzled the Other Stage with a high-energy set, putting an end to her \u2018brat summer\u2019 in the process. \u201cWhen Charli XCX shouts \u201cjump\u201d as she did many times tonight, her fans don\u2019t ask how high? They simply do it,\u201d wrote Roisin Kelly, also awarding \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605.<\/p>\n

Police investigate political statements by Bob Vylan<\/p>\n

While many musicians see Glastonbury as a chance to solely show off their talent, others see it as a place to make political statements \u2014 and for some, there could be consequences.<\/p>\n

After Bob Vylan\u2019s performance before Kneecap on Saturday afternoon, police confirmed<\/a> they were looking into \u201ccomments made by acts on the West Holts stage.\u201d The English punk duo who performed before Kneecap led the crowd in chants of \u201cdeath to the IDE\u201d\u2018.<\/p>\n

The Avon and Somerset force said: \u201cVideo evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bob Vylan\u2019s Glastonbury set on Saturday caused significant controversy<\/p>\n

ANTHONY DEVLIN\/HOGAN MEDIA\/SHUTTERSTOCK<\/p>\n

The chants prompted Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, to contact Tim Davie, the BBC\u2019s director-general, and demand \u201can urgent explanation about what due diligence it carried out ahead of the Bob Vylan performance\u201d, a government spokesperson said. \u201cWe strongly condemn the threatening comments made by Bob Vylan at Glastonbury,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

During Kneecap\u2019s own set, which was not broadcast by the BBC, the trio led the crowd in several chants of \u201cf*** Keir Starmer\u201d and \u201cfree Palestine\u201d.<\/p>\n

Last week, the prime minister declared that it would not be appropriate for Kneecap to perform at the festival after its band member, Liam \u00d3g \u00d3 hAnnaidh, 27, was charged with a terrorist offence after allegedly displaying a flag in support of the proscribed organisation Hezbollah at a London gig.<\/p>\n

A BBC spokesperson said: \u201cSome of the comments made during Bob Vylan\u2019s set were deeply offensive. During this live-stream on Player, which reflected what was happening on stage, a warning was issued on screen about the very strong and discriminatory language. We have no plans to make the performance available on demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 Read <\/b>our review of Kneecap at Glastonbury<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

How to watch Glastonbury: an armchair guide <\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t manage to get tickets, or just hate camping? We\u2019ve got you covered \u2014 read our guide to enjoying the festival\u2019s highlights from the comfort of your own home, including when every act is playing.<\/p>\n

As always, the BBC has exclusive rights to broadcast the festival as the corporation decamps from offices in London and Manchester and heads to Worthy Farm to offer viewers and listeners more than 90 hours of televised coverage and many more on radio and across BBC Sounds.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Read more: <\/b>our full guide to watching Glastonbury live on TV<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Rod and Rodrigo are signing us off in style\"Rod<\/p>\n

Rod Stewart is ready for his blockbuster legends slot this afternoon<\/p>\n

DON ARNOLD\/WIREIMAGE<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Glastonbury day three and things are getting emotional (Ed Power writes). At least they are among Team Times, where the weekend supply of spare socks is running low and several nights of camping have left us feeling like Leonardo DiCaprio halfway through The Revenant. <\/p>\n

There is also the continued fallout from Saturday\u2019s controversy-stoking double whammy of performances by Bob Vylan and Kneecap<\/a> \u2014 sets definitively not coming to an iPlayer near you anytime soon.<\/p>\n

But away from such contentious matters, there is still so much music to enjoy, beginning with a brunch-friendly 11.30am Pyramid Stage performance by ska legends The Selector<\/b>. Other highlights include rejuvenated bad-boy rockers The Libertines<\/b> (now largely well-behaved middle-aged men with an interesting selection of hats) on the Pyramid Stage at 2pm, followed by indie soul sensation Joy Crookes<\/b> at the Other Stage at 3pm.<\/p>\n

But given that it\u2019s Glastonbury\u2019s final day, all roads ultimately lead to the now traditional legends slot, where husky pop cockatoo Rod Stewart<\/b> will belt out the hits (Pyramid Stage, 3.45pm) \u2014 and presumably not repeat his approving remarks about Nigel Farage. <\/p>\n

After 90 minutes or so in the presence of Rod Almighty, it\u2019s next time to head to the Woodsies Stage to see indie shapeshifter St Vincent<\/b> (Other Stage 6.30pm), renowned for her molten guitar playing and enthusiastic stage diving.<\/p>\n

The night \u2014 and indeed the festival \u2014 then reaches its Pyramid Stage pinnacle with Gen Z pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo <\/b>(9.45pm), who may have a surprise or three in store, having just covered Fontaines D.C. in Dublin. Will she perform her favourite Idles track? Duet with Sleaford Mods? It\u2019s Glastonbury, so there\u2019s no telling \u2014 though it\u2019s fair to say a guest appearance by Bob Vylan is off the cards. With our reviewers and reporters covering action across the site, check here for regular updates from the world\u2019s most thrilling music festival.<\/p>\n

Last time she played Glastonbury, Rodrigo brought out Lily Allen, so expect a good guest too (in New York earlier this month she welcomed David Byrne to the stage). It is anyone\u2019s guess who, but expect her to go big \u2014 before we all head home and plan our next trip to Somerset in, gulp, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An army of artists come to Glastonbury to use every conceivable surface as a canvas \u2014 with one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[743,5176,3590,77,12182,37713,2774,9461,88392,88391,88393,33666,48527,6093,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-223918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-743","9":"tag-and","10":"tag-day","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-final","13":"tag-glastonbury","14":"tag-headline","15":"tag-live","16":"tag-olivia","17":"tag-rod","18":"tag-rodrigo","19":"tag-set","20":"tag-stewart","21":"tag-to","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114766540350857384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}