Summary

  • Olivia Rodrigo has rocked out on the Pyramid Stage for thousands of cheering fans, while The Prodigy wowed a huge audience on The Other Stage

  • Rodrigo brought out The Cure's Robert Smith for a surprise appearance - they played the band's hit Friday I'm in Love

  • Earlier, Rod Stewart put on an iconic show during the festival's coveted "legends" slot

  • Stewart's star-studded appearance was an all-timer, writes BBC music correspondent Mark Savage - it was charming, it was silly, it was immensely enjoyable

Live Reporting

Edited by Patrick Jackson, with Katie Razzall, Annabel Rackham, Mark Savage, Charlotte Gallagher and Noor Nanji at Glastonbury

  1. That's a wrap on a weekend full of highlights

    Fiona Nimoni
    Live reporter

    a view of the pyramid stage surrounded by thousands of fansGetty Images

    The summer night has fallen on Worthy Farm, the last acts have performed - and just like that Glastonbury Festival 2025 has come to a close.

    It's been a fantastic weekend of amazing music, creativity and good vibes.

    Thanks for following our live page over the last three days - we hope you've enjoyed our coverage.

    The festival will be taking a break next year, but we'll be back in 2027.

    Not done with the Glasto just yet? We've got coverage of the weekend and the festival's top acts around the BBC.

  2. Glastonbury after dark

    Emma Hallett
    BBC News, Glastonbury Festival

    Beyond the big acts and stages, there is much more to Glastonbury Festival – a place peppered with art installations, unique bars and random encounters.

    The festival has a Dragon's Tail for people to find, wood-top walks and hillside views, as well as campfires and late-night performances.

    With so much on offer, let's take a peek at Glastonbury after dark.

    Hundreds of people are gathered around an art installation, surrounded by huge flaming torches that are turning the night sky orange. In the centre of the image, there is a helicopter that has been turned into a huge dragonfly, lit up and with blue laser beams shooting from where it's propeller would normally be.

    Arcadia is one of the festival's most popular late-night venues, with a dragonfly made from an old helicopter

    A suspended bridge cuts through the centre of a forest, which has been lit up with lumious shades of green and turquoise. The bridge has been strung with fairy lights, and three festival-goers are walking across it.

    Festival-goers on a night walk are likely to come across impromptu performances

    Evening has fallen on a series of carnival stands and a carousel, which have been lit up in red, blue and pink. In the foreground of the image is a huge shark-like installation with mechanical wings, all balanced on a single human-style leg.

    The Unfairground is a popular late-night area full of the weird and sometimes downright scary

  3. Back in 1970, Glastonbury Festival had a different name

    Roseline Adusei
    Live reporter

    People walk through mud at Glastonbury festival in 1998.Getty Images

    The Glastonbury Festival pictured in 1998

    The first Glastonbury Festival, known then as the Pilton Pop, Folk and Blues Festival, took place at Worthy Farm in September 1970.

    Festival organisers Michael and Jean Eavis were inspired by the success of the Isle of Wight Festival and the Woodstock movement in the USA the year before.

    With this, the pair decided to host their own festival at the Eavis family dairy farm.

    While more than 200,000 people attend Glastonbury today, 55 years ago around 1,500 people turned up, paying £1 per ticket, which included free milk from the farm.

    The Glastonbury Festival in the decades since has evolved into a cultural phenomenon, drawing in the biggest names in the music business every year.

  4. 'Electrifying': Rodrigo's set was a fan favourite

    Keith Adams
    Reporting from Glastonbury

    Three fans at Glastonbury pose for a photo holding a deflated white balloon, with some food stalls lit up behind them. A man with dark hair and a brown jumper smiles on the left, with a brunette girl in a blue-grey zip-up in the centre and a blonde girl on the right wearing a smart watch and a 'Happy Birthday' headband.

    Aman, Izzy and Izzy with a deflated souvenir

    Izzy, Izzy and Aman from London say Olivia Rodrigo's set was the best they'd seen all weekend.

    "She had a connection with the audience that was electrifying & the crowd were so friendly!"

    And look, they even managed to catch one of the illuminated blown-up balls that was used in the show - but who gets to take it home?? Awkward.

  5. What happens in Glastonbury’s fallow year

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Olivia Rodrigo performing on the Pyramid Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Picture date: Sunday June 29, 2025.PA Media

    The festival is taking next year off but that doesn’t mean Emily Eavis will be putting her feet up.

    “We bought some land on the outside of the site and we're just going to do a big planting project,” she told the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast.

    The project, which will see 30,000 new saplings added to the site, is intended to “restore the wild side of the farm and the surrounding land”, she adds.

    The festival won’t be far from her mind, though. All weekend, Eavis wandered around the site making notes on her phone about improvements she wanted to make.

    “I’ve got a huge list of little things," she told the on-site newspaper, The Glastonbury Free Press. "We’re always looking to make it better. The detail is critical. Even just a small touch - like putting a new hedge in - can make a real difference.

    “And that's what fallow years are for: you lay the ground to rest and you come back stronger."

  6. Too many stages to keep track of? Let's look at some highlights

    It's the end of Glastonbury 2025. It's been an action-packed day, from Rod Stewart's star-studded show to Noah Kahan's golden-hour performance on the Pyramid Stage.

    We've rounded up some photos of highlights on the last day.

    She is holding a mic in her left hand and wearing a bright pink and green outfitGetty Images

    Joy Crookes was a splash of colour on the Other Stage

    A shirtless man and a woman in a dress each shading themselves with bright printed parasolsPA Media

    Parasols and umbrellas were a must for some festival-goers

    Rod on the left in green and Ronnie on the left. they are both singing into the same micGetty Images

    Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood reunited on the Pyramid Stage

    Noah Kahan sticks his tongue outEPA

    Noah Kahan told festival-goers he was sweating in his matching suit

    Sir Michael Eavis sitting in a wheelchair pushed by his daughter Emily EavisGetty Images

    Glastonbury founder Sir Michael Eavis was one of Rod Stewart's many surprise guests on stage

    5 people with a red and white tartan scarves in the crowdsPA Media

    Matching red tartan was the theme of choice for this group

    He's DJ'ing with his right index finger pointing up in the air. On his right is a sign that reads Drop acid not bombsGetty Images

    Fatboy Slim DJ'd a set on the Luna Stage

  7. Rodrigo just showed young fans what a rock show can look like

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    olivia rodrigoGetty Images

    And that’s a wrap on Olivia Rodrigo.

    For my money, the best headline set of the weekend. She got the brief. Make it special. Make it unique. Make it personal for the people in the audience.

    At the front of the audience, we were surrounded by young girls who clasped every word of those songs to their heart… and they’ve just seen what a real rock show can look like. I’m sure it wasn’t for everyone.

    The Prodigy had a massive crowd at the Other Stage, interpreting punk in a very different, but equally powerful way.

    But that’s the beauty of Glastonbury. Whatever you want, the festival can cater to it.

  8. 'Are you still with me?'

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    “Are you still with me Glasto?” asks Olivia, screaming into a megaphone from the top of a piece of scaffolding.

    The crowd answer in the affirmative as we go into the last song, Get Him Back.

  9. A crunchy version of Brutal marks start of Rodrigo's next act

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Olivia has come back out in sequinned Union Jack hot pants to play a crunchy version of Brutal.

    Her t-shirt is emblazoned with the phrase You Know All The Words To Just Like Heaven - one of the songs she played with Robert Smith half an hour ago.

  10. We're expecting more any moment on the Pyramid Stage

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Olivia’s set has finished with Deja Vu - but obviously, there’s more to come.

    Another special guest?

    Or just Good 4U three times in a row? I’d take either.

    olivia rodrigoEPA

  11. The Prodigy: The final act on The Other Stage

    Over on The Other Stage, The Prodigy is playing to wild crowds - and the photos we're getting into the newsroom show a set that looks like it can't be missed.

    The backdrop has a red glow. Maxim is out front wearing all white and white paint over his eyes. He is holding a mic in his left hand a has his right arm up in the air and is pointing up with his index finger. His bandmates are behind on the drums and keyboardJim Dyson/Redferns/Getty Images
    Maxim facing left and kicking up in the air with his right legJim Dyson/Redferns/Getty Images

  12. Jorja Smith brings AJ Tracey back on stage

    Lee Madan
    Reporting from Glastonbury

    His set ended less than 90 minutes ago - but AJ Tracey was back on stage at the Woodsies Stage when Jorja Smith brought him on as her special guest for two songs, including Ladbroke Grove.

    The crowd is loving it, but I'm left wondering if he missed his bus home.

  13. The Cure's Robert Smith joins Rodrigo for Friday I'm in Love
    Breaking

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    “I’m so wildly excited about this next guest,” says Olivia.

    “He is perhaps the best songwriter to come out of England,” she adds, and brings out ROBERT SMITH!

    They’re playing Friday I’m in Love.

    Smith's band, The Cure, have headlined Glastonbury four times - so this is one Glasto legend anointing another.

  14. 'I can't believe today's the day'

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    “Glastonbury’s been my dream festival forever and I can’t believe today’s the day,” says Olivia Rodrigo.

    “I was out here yesterday hanging out. I watched Pulp. I watched all these amazing bands.” But as much as she loves the festival and singing and performing, she adds, “I love writing music more than anything.”

    “This next song is actually my favourite song I’ve ever written. It’s called Enough For You and it goes like this.”

    She plays the song solo, strumming her guitar in a lone spotlight.

  15. Kids are hoisted on shoulders - and there's plenty of hits to come

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Olivia singing. there is a purple glowLeon Neal/Getty Images

    “How are we doing tonight Glastonbury,” screams Olivia walking over to her piano for the first time.

    “I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people in my life.”

    “Guys it’s the last night of the festival. Are you ready to have some fun?”

    She undercuts that slightly by singing her saddest (but biggest) song Drivers License.

    In front of me, kids are hoisted onto parents’ shoulders and their phone lights are switched to stun.

    It’s pretty amazing for Olivia to frontload her set with her signature song - but don’t worry, she’s got plenty more hits in store.

  16. Massive crowd takes in The Prodigy

    Mel Everett
    BBC Radio Somerset, reporting from Glastonbury

    The Prodigy have come out on the Other Stage to The Vodoo People - performing in front of a massive crowd.

    It's lights, synth, and action - you can catch the full show by clicking over to the Watch & Listen tab at the top of the page.

  17. Olivia is here!

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Smoke. Feedback. Strobe Lights. Drums. Bass. Olivia is here!

    She walks out in a white lace corset dress and strikes a pose as she launches into Obsessed.

    Strapping on a cherry red guitar, Olivia plays duelling solos with her guitarist as fireworks explode on either side of the stage.

    Now that’s how you start a show.

    Olivia Rodrigo smiles while performing on stage - she is wearing a white dress and holding her microphone

  18. Olivia Rodrigo is this family's highlight

    Noor Nanji
    Reporting from Glastonbury

    Two children and their mum with a sign reading good 4 u Olivia

    For Jules and her kids Sadie, 8, and Casper, 3, Olivia Rodrigo is the absolute highlight of this year’s festival.

    Sadie is most looking forward to So American…

  19. Tens of thousands of fan flock to Pyramid Stage for Olivia Rodrigo

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    We’ve pushed up to the front of the audience for Olivia Rodrigo - or at least as far as we can get without trampling over children.

    The crowd’s much, much younger than the fans who gathered for The 1975 on Friday; and everyone’s got glitter on their faces, a reference to the artwork on Olivia’s last album, Guts.

    Like the last couple of nights, the extra capacity in the Pyramid Arena means it’s not quite the crush of previous years.

    Everyone’s giving their neighbours room to move. But the audience stretches back to the hills.

    If I had to guess, we’re looking at 80,000+ in the field.

    Just before she comes on stage, Olivia’s playing the Go-Go’s new wave anthem We Got The Beat over the sound system. If anyone is the forebear of her knotty pop punk sound, it’s them.

    What a song!

  20. It's almost time for Olivia Rodrigo on the Pyramid Stage

    Noor Nanji
    Reporting from Glastonbury

    Two friends are sat cross-legged on the ground. The woman on the left has blone hair and is wearing a red jumper. The woman on the right is has brunette hair and it wearing a black and green crop top.

    Jazz and Kat can't wait to see Olivia Rodrigo on stage

    Jazz and Kat are waiting for Olivia Rodrigo to come out on the Pyramid Stage.

    “We saw her here, on the Other Stage two years ago, she brought so much energy,” says Kat.

    “We knew she was going to be big when we saw her then," she adds.

    The track they’re most looking forward to? Good 4 u (me too).

    Olivia Rodrigo performing at Glastonbury in 2022 wearing a purple outfit and holding a purple guitar.Getty Images

    Olivia Rodrigo performing at Glastonbury in 2022