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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival is a five-day music and contemporary performing arts festival, which takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England every year. The first festival was held in 1970. Glastonbury 2020 was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. For all the latest news from Glastonbury Festival sign up to our newsletter here.

Ashley Dale's killers jailed for 173 years as she wins 'justice from beyond grave'
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James Witham, 41, Joseph Peers, 29, Niall Barry, 26, and Sean Zeisz, 28, were found guilty of murder on Monday at Liverpool Crown Court, and have now been jailed for life
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Girls Aloud tipped to headline Glastonbury 2024 as they 'reunite' after 11 years
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Rumours of Girls Aloud gracing the stage at Glastonbury 2024 have ignited following reports that the iconic girl group have reunited and have been hitting the studio
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Glastonbury 'makes history' as headliners for 2024 'revealed' - and pop fans will be happy
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Glastonbury is set to return next year for a weekend of music and good vibes - and the iconic festival's line up has reportedly been announced, including an array of superstars
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Glastonbury 2024 headliners 'exposed' — and rock fans are not going to be happy
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EXCLUSIVE: From a worldwide pop star to a reunion of an iconic ‘90s band, the Glastonbury line-up for next year has been “exposed” by AI - and it'll ruffle a few feathers
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Revived Rick Astley 'steals' from American music he grew up listening to for new album
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Rick Astley's latest release, Are We There Yet? sees him paying homage to US artists such as Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding. On his renaissance, he said: “It’s hard to keep up with it at times”
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Woman sub-machine gunned after boyfriend 'humiliated rival gangster at Glastonbury'
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Five men stand accused of murdering council worker Ashley Dale, 28 - a court heard her boyfriend had humiliated one of the accused at Glastonbury Festival just weeks before
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BBC's Vick Hope and Calvin Harris tie knot in star-studded wedding after Ibiza proposal
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It comes after 39-year old Calvin - who has previously dated Taylor Swift and Rita Ora - proposed to the Radio One DJ under a tree at his farm in Ibiza earlier this year
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'Fred Again turns on the lights at Ally Pally as he balances rave and Actual Life heart'
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Fred Again kicked off his four night stint at Alexandra Palace on Monday after explaining his unusual decision to stay put and not take his show nationwide was to deliver the best possible shows – it's so clear why that is
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UK 'time travel' music festival transporting seaside city revellers back to indie pomp
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EXCLUSIVE: Ever fancied stepping back in time to a music festival packed to the rafters of bands who bridged the CD to MP3 download generation, years before streaming services?
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Randy UK festival-goers see STI tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea fly off shelves
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Popular festivals like Mighty Hoopla, Glastonbury and Wireless saw a surge in people hot-footing it to chemists as the fun in farmer' fields got a bit too debaucherous
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'I went to Truck festival and it blew my mind - it was like a mini Glastonbury!'
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Truck festival is often regarded as the UK's hidden gem with a similar vibe to one particular big festival - reporter Bekka Barnard went along to see what all the hype was about
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People are just realising rock god and comedy legend look separated at birth
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BBC Radio 6 presenter and Fun Lovin' Criminals frontman Huey Morgan shared a picture showing the two stars side by side, and people are blown away by the uncanny resemblance
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'papped by Thomas Markle's close pal'
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were defended by a close pal of Thomas Markle, with photographer Karl Larsen calling the duo 'my friends' when defending them in a pair of Instagram posts
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Man, 48, who died at Glastonbury Festival named as 'ultra-talented' radio DJ
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Disc jockey Jason Wilder has been named as a man who died at Glastonbury, with a friend of the 48-year-old calling him a 'natural-born engager and entertainer'
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Holly Willoughby will be doing 'a lot of reflecting' as she's 'so sorry' to fans
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This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby has updated her fans after she attended Glastonbury Festival on the weekend where she ended up feeling like was "20 again"
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Nudefest 2023 will see 1,000 Brits in the buff attend 'Naked Glastonbury'
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More than 1,000 Brits are set to decent upon the British countryside, strip off and enjoy the six-day festival known as Nudefest, which has been dubbed 'Naked Glastonbury'
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Holly Willoughby struggles to host This Morning with croaky voice after Glastonbury
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This Morning host Holly Willoughby might have returned to the sofa, but she was clearly still recovering from her time partying it up at Glastonbury over the weekend
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Ebanie Bridges left emotional over Lewis Capaldi's Tourette's at Glastonbury
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The Blonde Bomber Ebanie Bridges hailed the "inspirational" Lewis Capaldi for his Glastonbury performance which was hindered by his Tourette's and voice issues
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Elton John's wildest purchase after cocaine bender – and he still has it in his garden
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Glastonbury titan Elton John recalled the "depressing aftermath" of a cocaine binge in his 2019 autobiography Me, which has resurfaced online and left fans gobsmacked
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Ex-party girl Lily Allen sends message to Glastonbury revellers on 'comedowns'
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Sober singer Lily Allen has sent a tongue-in-cheek message of support to everyone who is hungover from their time at Glastonbury, saying it 'could take a month' to recover
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Elton John confirms career future in emotional post to fans after Glastonbury set
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Music legend Elton John took to Instagram with an update after blowing away Glastonbury with his epic Sunday night headline set as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour
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Glastonbury goers leave 2023 festival early as they brand experience 'awful'
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Glastonbury 2023 kicked off last week for five days of good music and good vibes but by Saturday (June 24 ) plenty of goers seemed to leave early after an “awful” experience
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Rubbish-strewn Glastonbury clean-up launched to leave farm unrecognisable for cows
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Glastonbury Festival saw hundreds of thousands of campers descend on Worthy Farm this weekend – but with the crowds now gone, work has begun to clean up the mess they left behind
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Elton John wipes away tear in emotional tribute to George Michael at Glastonbury
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Elton John paid an emotional tribute to the late George Michael on what would have been his 60th birthday as the singer praised one his "friend and inspiration"
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