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The Guardian
2 hours ago
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- The Guardian
No camping required! It's the ultimate Glastonbury TV watch-along guide
Prepare to put the summer into Somerset. Yes, Britain's biggest alfresco bash is about to kick off again. Glastonbury 2025 is set to be an extra-special one. There will be no 2026 event as the festival takes a fallow year. This year's Glasto-goers could go large to compensate. As always, the BBC will provide wall-to-wall coverage of all the action. So fear not if you failed to secure a ticket, which sold out in a mere 35 minutes. Watching along at home will be almost as much fun and a lot less sweaty. From lineup highlights to secret sets, controversies to crowd-spotting, here's your ultimate viewing guide. It's a year of first timers …It's a right old ragbag at the summit of the bill. Most rumoured names (Oasis! Springsteen! Rihanna! Stevie Wonder!) failed to materialise. Instead, two of the Pyramid stage's three top spots go to first-time headliners. Friday is the biggest night of their careers for the 1975, fronted by Matty 'son of Denise Welch' Healy. No pressure, lads. On Sunday, it's the turn of US pop-punk princess Olivia Rodrigo who, as far as we know, isn't related to any Loose Women. … but there are still plenty of golden oldiesSandwiched in between on Saturday is grizzled guitar goblin Neil Young and his band the Chrome Hearts. The coveted Sunday teatime 'legends slot' will be occupied by Rod Stewart, joined by former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood. Sir Rod the Mod might be 80 with health worries but insists he's 'more than able to pleasure and titillate'. Do ya think he's sexy? Actually, don't answer that. On the Other stage, the headliners are homegrown hip-hopper Loyle Carner, pop polymath Charli xcx (dress code: lime green) and dance veterans the Prodigy – their first Glastonbury appearance since the death of frontman Keith Flint, shortly before the 2019 festival. Expect emotional tributes to the twisted firestarter. The festival's worst clash?Fresh from winning best rap album at this year's Grammys, Florida firecracker Doechii headlines the West Holts stage on Saturday night and will be much talked-about. Her set clashes with Charli xcx, providing a fiendish scheduling dilemma for pop fans. Luckily, TV viewers can flip between both. The hot tipsConnoisseurs are abuzz about Baltimore hardcore heroes Turnstile on Sunday. Also eagerly awaited are sets from Mercury prize winners English Teacher, Isle of Wight darlings Wet Leg, Irish crooner CMAT and the force of nature that is Self Esteem (all Friday). Taylor Swift-approved singer Beabadoobee and the Glasto debut of Little Mix alumnus Jade follow on Saturday, before the resurgent Wolf Alice and rap poet Kae Tempest on Sunday. The West Holts headliners, electro duo Maribou State, are set for a breakout Friday night set. US-Ghanaian rapper Amaarae should be suitably fun for Saturday night, as should Ezra Collective, who always bring the jazz party to Pilton. South London soul diva Raye plays the Pyramid before Young. Brace for nostalgia!Nineties music fans are well served on Friday by Alanis Morissette, Busta Rhymes, En Vogue and Supergrass. Noughties indie kids will be kept happy too, courtesy of Franz Ferdinand (Friday), TV on the Radio (Saturday), the Libertines and the Maccabees (Sunday). Is it too hot for skinny jeans? There's always frenzied speculation about A-list acts playing secret sets. This year's rumour mill has been busier than usual. Slated for a plum Pyramid stage spot at 6.15pm on Saturday is a mystery act called Patchwork. There are also tempting 'TBA' slots on the Woodsies and Park stages. Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter have been optimistically mentioned. More realistically, Haim, Lorde, Green Day, Kings of Leon and Pulp are widely predicted. The other Britpop band on the comeback trail, of course, are Oasis. Their reunion tour kicks off in Cardiff a week after the festival. Could the Gallaghers be plotting a stealth warmup gig at Worthy Farm? Cider-fuelled sibling fisticuffs – let's have it. The press will be primed and ready at 4pm on Saturday when Irish republican rappers Kneecap take to the West Holts stage. There were calls for the Belfast trio to be axed from the lineup after footage emerged of them allegedly telling fans to 'kill your local MP'. The band were investigated by police and member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged with a terrorism offence. Expect them to respond 'robustly' during their set. Later on Saturday night comes Neil Young, who caused a kerfuffle in January when he accidentally announced his headline slot – by cancelling it. Young declared that he was dropping out due to the BBC's 'corporate control'. Two days later, he backtracked, blaming 'an error in the information received'. I wonder if corporation executives will cut short his coverage in retaliation? As is traditional, Glastonbury's official broadcast partner will infuriate BBC bashers with copious coverage. With live streams of the five biggest stages, there will be more than 90 hours of performances on iPlayer's dedicated Glastonbury channel. On broadcast TV, there's extensive programming across BBC One, Two and Four. A tag team of Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne, Jack Saunders, Huw Stephens, Jamz Supernova and Jo Whiley will guide viewers through the standout sets, while introducing intimate performances at their vantage point overlooking the Park stage. Audio-wise, 6Music's schedule is devoted to All Day Glastonbury for six days (see what they did there?). Radios 1, 1Xtra, 2 and 4 will also broadcast live from Worthy Farm. There are three visualised episodes of Sidetracked, the hit music podcast hosted by Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw. Other BBC 'brands' doing special editions on-site include The One Show, Woman's Hour and CBeebies Bedtime Stories. Don't have nightmares about gurning ravers on stilts, children. Tick them off as you spot them on-screen! Shout 'Glastobingo' when you've collected the set! Or don't! We're not the boss of you – Michael Eavis is! Crowd shot of girl in bikini top, perched on the shoulders of her heavily perspiring boyfriend. Sign up to What's On Get the best TV reviews, news and features in your inbox every Monday after newsletter promotion Jo Whiley gushes about 'the mystical vale of Avalon', 'magical ley lines' and 'the unique spirit of Glastonbury' while sitting on a hay bale. Flags in front of the Pyramid stage include a Welsh dragon, an EU logo, Moo Deng, sad Oompa Loompa and 'I heart sausages'. Time-lapse sequence of stages being constructed and marquees being erected. Gang of male festival-goers dressed as Donald Trump/the papal conclave/Beetlejuice/Minions. Gang of female festival-goers dressed as Melania Trump/Sabrina Carpenter/cowgirls/Wicked witches. Aerial shot of campsite as voiceover says: 'For one weekend only, this sleepy corner of Somerset transforms into a tent city.' Cutesy clip of a toddler in fairy wings, face paint and ear protectors, allowed to stay up way past their bedtime. Huw Stephens sports sturdy walking boots and multiple lanyards, while introducing an acoustic set from someone you've never heard of. Despite it being a sunny year, cameras somehow manage to find a semi-naked punter covered in mud. Magic Alex (2019)'Who is sober enough to sing these lyrics along with me?' When rapper Dave asked for help with his song Thiago Silva, he spotted 15-year-old Alex Mann in a PSG shirt bearing Silva's name. Plucked from the crowd, bucket-hatted Alex delivered a word-perfect rendition. The crowd went wild. He went viral. When the lavvy breaks (1998) In what was diplomatically dubbed 'an unfortunate operational error', the dance tent was flooded with gallons of excrement. A machine which was meant to suck up excess sewage did the opposite and pumped it in instead. Hey Jude Bellingham (2024) The festival didn't screen Euro 24 games due to clashes with live acts. Louis Tomlinson became a cult hero by doing it himself. For England's last-16 tie against Slovakia, the One Direction alumnus drove to Argos to buy a TV, generator and dongle. He set them up in the campsite, word spread and a crowd gathered, many not realising who'd pulled off the coup. Bottomless brunch (1987) In what's known as the 'trouserless year', dozens of festival-goers roamed the site in their underpants, looking for their trousers after thieves took them from their tents. Piles of stolen trousers were eventually found in a ditch. It remains a mystery. Muddy hell (1997) There have been many soggy Glastos, so imagine how biblical it must have been to go down in history as 'the year of the mud'. Relentless rain saw bands cancelled as arenas became waterlogged. Tour buses were immobilised. Marquees became a swamp. By Sunday, the Other stage started to sink into the slurry. Five easy ways to feel as if you're in a Somerset field Put the central heating on max and close all the windows for that 'sleeping in a sweaty tent' authenticity. Decant all drinks into plastic bottles or wobbly paper cups. Serve lukewarm. Persuade a neighbour to play ear-splitting drum'n'bass between 3am and 9am, eliminating the slim possibility of sleep. Don't turn on the lights after dark. Navigate around your house with a weedy torch instead and keep bumping into things. Stand in front of the TV behind someone taller, so you have to crane around them to glimpse the screen. If you must sit down, do it in a camping chair with restricted view. With a population of 210,000 for the weekend, the festival site becomes England's 24th biggest city. Van Morrison is the most frequent Pyramid Stage performer, appearing eight times between 1982 and 2005. Coldplay have headlined the most times with five. The site has more than 3,300 toilets – approximately one loo per 60 people – as well as 700 metres of male urinals. The festival sprawls over 450 hectares of land – the equivalent of 500 football pitches or 10 Vatican Cities. The perimeter barrier is 8km long. At 4.12 metres tall with a 45-degree overhang to prevent climbing, it's known as the 'Super Fortress Fence'. Elton John became the most-watched headliner in history last year, with 7.6 million viewers tuning in to the BBC broadcast - far exceeding the 4.1 million record set by Ed Sheeran in 2017.
Dublin Live
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Dublin Live
Malahide Castle gigs tickets, transport, banned items, and all you need ahead of Charli XCX, Justin Timberlake, and more
MCD has issued some important information for fans attending concerts at Malahide Castle this summer. This year the iconic venue will play host to a spate of mega artists, kicking off with English singer Charli XCX on Tuesday, with heavy metal icons Iron Maiden, legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, pop star Justin Timberlake, Grammy Award-winner Alanis Morissette, '80s pop rock outfit Duran Duran and folk stars Mumford & Sons all set to take to the stage this summer. Thousands of music fans are set to descend on Malahide Castle over the next three weeks for the much-anticipated gigs and here is everything you need to know about the upcoming shows, from prohibited items to parking and transportation. Transport Concertgoers are being urged to book their return travel arrangements in advance of the gigs allowing at least an extra three hours travel time to and from the venue. As traffic and parking delays are inevitable, attendees are encouraged to walk, cycle, use public transport and event bus services. Promoters do not operate transport to/ from venue - this is a matter for customers. Please allow plenty of time for concert entry procedures, ticket checks and searches. Everyone will be subject to a search permissible under law and a condition of ticket purchase and entry. Additional security checks may take place once inside the venue. No overnight or early queuing is permitted. The DART will be running rail services to and from Malahide DART Station for the concert, with the station just a 10-minute stroll from the venue entrance. In addition, there will be car parking at Malahide Castle for the concert via the Back Road. Gig goers travelling via car are advised to pre-purchase their parking in advance from Malahide Castle is located a 10 minute drive from dublin -airport> Dublin Airport and a 25 minute drive from Dublin city centre. On show day, there will be road closures in place, and a comprehensive traffic plan will be in operation. Do not try to to park illegally in the surrounding area of Malahide Castle or in local residential areas, as parking enforcement rules will be in operation at the event and your vehicle may be clamped or towed. Pedestrians will only be permitted into the grounds of Malahide Castle via Hogans Gate (near DART station). Pedestrians will not be permitted to enter through any other park gate. Tickets Concertgoers are being urged to download their tickets before arriving at the venue. Screenshots of tickets will not be accepted. Download the Ticketmaster app from the App Store or Google Play store. Sign in to your account using the email used at purchase then tap on 'My Events' to locate your order. Select the concert name to view your tickets. Ticketmaster box offices & guestlist collections are located next to the arena entrance. Tickets to a number of this summer's gigs at Malahide Castle are still available purchase via Ticketmaster at the time of writing. Banned items No alcohol or drinks are permitted to be brought into the venue with the exception of water and soft drinks in sealed plastic bottles up to 500ml. Empty reusable plastic bottles are permitted into the venue. There are drinking water points onsite. Other banned items include backpacks, large handbags, bags over A4 size, garden furniture, deckchairs, fold up chairs or shooting sticks, umbrellas, selfie sticks, flares/ fireworks, laser pens, megaphone/air horns, aerosols, spray cans, smoke & gas canisters, nitrous oxide & any associated equipment, glass, drones', professional cameras with a detachable lens, video cameras, audio recording devices. Items left unattended will be removed and disposed of accordingly. Due to health and safety, there are strictly no camping/collapsible chairs/stools permitted on site. Ticketholders are advised to do not bring these items as security will have to refuse you entry with them. What else do I need to know? Under 16's must be accompanied at all times by a Parent/Guardian over 25, who take full responsibility and remain with them throughout the event. Strict age monitoring in place. Unaccompanied under 16's will be refused entry without refund. Malahide Castle is a green field site, and routes of entry may require a significant walk. It is recommended concertgoers wear sturdy shoes runners or wellies. Sandals, flip flops, and high heels of any kind are strongly discouraged. All venue bars will be cashless and have contactless card payment facilities. Food vendors will take card and cash payments. There is a strict Challenge 21 policy on site and only the following forms of ID will be accepted for the purchase of alcohol and tobacco products: Passport DrivingLicence GardaAgeCard An Garda Síochána will operate a ZERO tolerance policy on anti-social behaviour, such as on-street drinking, urinating etc. The Promoters and An Garda Síochána reserve the right to refuse admission without refund to anyone deemed to be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Accessibility Customers who have purchased accessible tickets do not need to contact MCD. They will be contacted directly regarding accessible parking and our accessible facilities onsite. If concertgoers need assistance on the day, keep an eye out for offsite stewarding volunteers in the areas surrounding Malahide Castle. They will be wearing a Pink Hi-Vis and will be able to guide you to the concert entrances. Uniformed security are deployed inside the venue and will also be able to assist. 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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bruce Springsteen Calls Out Exactly How ‘Moron' Trump Rose To Power
Bruce Springsteen isn't letting up on his digs at PresidentDonald Trump and the administration he's already ripped as 'incompetent and treasonous.' The Boss, who is in the midst of the European leg of his Land of Hope and Dreams tour with the E Street Band, told The New York Times that he wanted to use his shows' set list to address the 'current situation' in the United States. 'It's an American tragedy,' said the rocker in a feature published on Wednesday. He went on, 'I think that it was the combination of the deindustrialization of the country and then the incredible increase in wealth disparity that left so many people behind. It was ripe for a demagogue.' 'And while I can't believe it was this moron that came along, he fit the bill for some people. But what we've been living through in the last 70 days is things that we all said, 'This can't happen here.' 'This will never happen in America.' And here we are.' Springsteen's criticism led to Trump raging on his Truth Social platform last month, calling the Boss 'dumb as a rock' and a 'dried out 'prune' of a rocker.' Trump also claimed without evidence that former Vice President Kamala Harrispaid Springsteen and other stars to endorse her presidential campaign and shared a wacky, edited clip of himself hitting a golf ball that cuts to a video of a 'ball' hitting Springsteen. Springsteen — who has been defended by Neil Young, Eddie Vedderand Bono amid the Trump feud — told the Times that he still has hope despite the state of the country. 'Because we have a long democratic history. We don't have an autocratic history as a nation,' he said. 'It's fundamentally democratic, and I believe that at some point that's going to rear its head and things will swing back. Let's knock on wood.' Last month, the rocker included recordings of two of his viral speeches against Trump on his 'Land of Hope & Dreams' live EP, which also includes a cover of Bob Dylan's 'Chimes of Freedom.' The Boss reportedly hadn't played the track — which expresses solidarity with marginalized people — live since 1988 before performing itseveraltimes on his tour this year. Obama Says U.S. Moving 'Dangerously Close' To Autocracy Under Trump Former Trump Aide Steve Bannon Says Fox News Is Pushing 'Pure Propaganda' On Iran 'Nobody Knows': Trump Won't Say Whether He Will Move Forward With U.S. Strikes On Iran
The Guardian
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Sailing towards Glastonbury: Rod Stewart's greatest solo songs – ranked!
This is essentially a lyrical update of (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone or Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)? – in summary: peeved ex complains that former girlfriend now moves in lofty circles. But Baby Jane was as good as 80s-pop Rod got: very of-its-era arrangement, great melody, big old chorus, a UK No 1. 'I hear you've written songs for your new album,' Elton John remarked to Stewart on stage in London. 'What's it called – Rarities?' And indeed, Time's standout track was good enough to make you wonder why Stewart didn't make the effort more often: a sweet, sad acoustic memoir of love lost in the singer's beatnik youth. The title track of Stewart's second album is his early solo approach in a nutshell. Folky and sensitive yet tough in sound and mood, it somehow manages to rock despite the languid pace and lack of drums. The interplay between Rod's rasp and Ronnie Wood's slide guitar is a marvel. A perfect example of Stewart's skill as an interpreter of others' songs: he digs deep and finds a melody in the verses not fully evident in Tom Waits's original – it's masked by Waits's trademark vocal approach – and emerges with a song transformed into the stuff of arena singalongs. The same year Neil Young belatedly released Tonight's the Night – his racked response to the deaths of roadie Bruce Berry and guitarist Danny Whitten – Stewart covered Whitten's signature ballad. One is harrowing, chaotic and dissipated, the other smooth, orchestrated pop-rock, but they're equally moving: Stewart's vocal is understated, capturing the song's lovelorn misery. Co-written by Stewart and Wood, the glorious title track of Stewart's solo breakthrough – a transatlantic No 1 – has a lot of the Faces' ramshackle charm. The lyrics detail romantic mishaps around the world, the 12-string guitar is out of tune, and the backing vocals come from former mentor Long John Baldry. Noticeably more thoughtful than the rest of his Foot Loose and Fancy Free album, the remorseful I Was Only Joking unexpectedly suggests a certain darkness – and weariness – behind Stewart's playboy image: 'Illusions of that grand first prize are slowly wearing thin.' Also home to a great bit of fourth-wall breaking: 'Verse seven is never clear.' Throughout his career, Stewart has recorded dozens of Motown covers, but this might be his best: essentially a Faces track in all but name (it features all four members), it transforms the Temptations' original version into loose-limbed rock, complete with unexpectedly thrilling drum solo, without sacrificing its intensity. Stewart spent much of the 80s obviously coasting, but could still, unexpectedly, deliver something with emotional punch. The production on Forever Young suggests someone had heard U2's Where the Streets Have No Name and decided it needed a layer of gloss – but the song's reflections on parenthood are really moving. For all its lyrical references to Aubrey Beardsley and faintly Gallic-sounding violin (actually the work of bluegrass innovator Richard Greene), something of the pub at last orders rather charmingly clings to You're in My Heart: its bottom-of-the-fourth-pint blend of confession and teary sentimentality, its arms-around-your-mates chorus. A million copies were sold in the US alone: cheers! Mike d'Abo's Handbags and Gladrags had already been recorded by Chris Farlowe and the Love Affair's Steve Ellis. Both were fantastic vocalists, but it's Rod's version that nails the song. He is less anguished than Farlowe but wearier-sounding than Ellis: the perfect voice to fit the hard-won wisdom of the lyric. Another example of Stewart's transformative interpretative powers. The Sutherland Brothers' original is an ominous harmonium-and-bass-drum drone – the key line is definitely 'Will I see you, who can say?' – but Stewart recasts the song completely, making it wistful, but soaring and celebratory. Anthem status swiftly followed. To borrow an old Smash Hits phrase, there were points where Stewart's late 70s brand of raunch turned a little Uncle Disgusting – Hot Legs; the frankly creepy Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) – but his 'disco spoof' is so preposterous, so evidently performed with tongue in cheek, that it's weirdly irresistible. It had already been recorded umpteen times – by author Cat Stevens, PP Arnold, and the Love Affair (them again!) among others. You can argue for hours about the definitive reading, but Stewart's careworn take is in with a shot at the title: the cathartic orchestrated finale is particularly fine. An affecting account of a homophobic murder delivered with a cocktail of empathy, sadness and a desire to celebrate the victim's life. Part II contains the most glaring of the perennially light-fingered Stewart's musical steals, so indebted to the Beatles' Don't Let Me Down that John Lennon publicly raised an eyebrow. For a moment, it looked as if Stewart might not just be one of the 1970s' major singers, but a major singer-songwriter. It didn't turn out like that, but when he was turning out songs as great as Mandolin Wind – poignant, moving, ultimately joyous – you could understand why. One of the 70s old guard's finest responses to new wave: a Springsteen-esque 'love on the run' narrative set to a wired, urgent drum machine and synth pulse, complete with phenomenal chorus and – awww! – a happy ending. Why he didn't make more music like this is a mystery. In which Stewart transforms Tim Hardin's beautiful, but brief and sparsely arranged original into an understated epic, the piano and organ seemingly taking the title as a cue to dive into gospelly waters. It's big on shiver-inducing moments where the band drop out and his rasping voice sings unaccompanied. A follow-up that matches the big hit for quality: honestly, there's not a cigarette paper between this and the song at No 1 here. You Wear It Well wraps a saga of lost love in a melody and a loose performance that oozes an infectious, slightly boozy joy. An unmitigated delight. Apparently based on a true story (Stewart has said it's about the woman he lost his virginity to in 1961), Maggie May was initially released only as a B-side; perhaps his label balked at the idea of releasing a single without an identifiable chorus. But it doesn't need one, because it has a melody that alternately breezes and sighs – the perfect complement to the emotional twists and turns of a lyric that can't work out whether to be rueful, affectionately reflective or optimistic – and immediately lodges in your brain. Proof that sometimes, an artist's best-known is also their best full stop.
Canberra Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Canberra Times
'I'm not through with it yet': Willie Nelson at 92
September will bring the 40th anniversary addition of Farm Aid, the annual festival to support family farmers, which Nelson founded with Neil Young and John Mellencamp, He performs there annually. It was inspired by one-off charity concerts like "Live Aid," but became an annual institution, rotating each year to a different farm-adjacent city. It's in Minneapolis this year.
