Biffy Clyro performs on the main stage after Lewis Capaldi thrilled fans with a surprise set
Capaldi's first song was hugely emotional - a back and forth between Lewis and the crowd, writes music correspondent Mark Savage
Coming up: The 1975 - here are all the timings
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Charlotte Gallagher
Reporting from Glastonbury
We're going to peel away from the main stages for a moment just to tell you about a lovely bunch we met yesterday.
Dan got down on one knee to propose to Kate in the field opposite the Pyramid Stage in front of their friends, also dressed as bananas.
And they didn’t rule out having their honeymoon at Glastonbury when it returns in 2027.
Mark Savage
Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury
Image source, PA MediaIt’s so hot here at Glastonbury that Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale is pouring a can of water over her head between songs.
It’s quite a hairy set, overall. The band - now officially a five-piece - look for all the world like Wayne and Garth, head banging their generous barnets to Bohemian Rhapsody… except its arch indie riffs instead of Queen’s pomp rock classic.
They kick off their set with the confrontational single Catch These Fists before delving into first album classics like Oh No and Supermarket.
Rhian dedicates their new single, a sweet love ditty called Davina McCall, to her partner, before they swerve into Ur Mum. And in a tradition started at Glastonbury 2022 the audience goes nuts at the line, “have you been perfecting your longest and loudest scream”.
Amazing scenes.
Roseline Adusei
Live reporter
Rumours are flying that singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi will grace the main stage later as one of the surprise acts.
This follows the release of his new single Survive in the last 24 hours - a return to the public eye for the first time in around two years.
Image source, Getty ImagesWe've already had some great performances so far today but the biggest acts are yet to come.
This year’s headliners are The 1975, who take to the main stage tonight, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts are up on Saturday, and Olivia Rodrigo closes things out on Sunday.
Coming up on the main stage a little later today we're expecting a much-anticipated set of timeless hits from 90s alt-rock singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette at around 18:15.
Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro will also be making a big return since their last outing on the Pyramid Stage in 2017. You should be able to watch them from around 20:15.
But you don't just have to stick to the Pyramid Stage – Self Esteem is on The Park Stage and Blossoms are lighting up Woodsies today - and there's many more to see.
If you need the full lowdown you can find set times, line-ups, stages and all the rest here.
Noor Nanji
Reporting from Glastonbury
Image source, EPAWe've just finished watching CMAT on the main stage.
Artists work so hard to get to the Pyramid Stage but there’s also something to be said for how the setting can make some artists’ careers.
It felt like we just saw that happening with CMAT. She ended her incredible set by parting the crowd and meeting fans as everyone belted out "I just can’t do it" from the song Stay for Something - what a moment.
Mark Savage
Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury
Some major sound problems over on The Other Stage, where Ireland’s Inhaler are well into their set. The speakers are cutting in and out as they play A Question Of You.
The chorus has more holes than Swiss cheese, but the band are bravely soldiering on.
It's poor timing, with music legend Paul McCartney spotted watching from the wings.
Luckily it seems to be a temporary problem… the next song Just To Keep You Satisfied, passes off without incident.
But frontman Elijah Hewson gets the crowd to sing a call and response section, just in case.
CMAT has just wrapped up her lively set on the main stage.
Ending with Stay For Something, she finished by jumping into the crowd as they sang along with their hands in the air.
Noor Nanji
Reporting from Glastonbury
There’s so much more to CMAT than the dance.
But unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll have seen the routine to her song Take A Sexy Picture of Me going viral on TikTok.
The Irish singer-songwriter has said she wrote the song in response to being fat-shamed at a festival last year.
A year later, a crowd of fans is belting that same song back at her at one of the biggest music festivals in Europe.
Image source, PA MediaThe sun is shining and flags are waving as CMAT takes to the stage.
She begins by playing Have Fun! to a cheering crowd, who are singing along with the star.
As a reminder, you can watch her set live at the top of this page.
CMAT is due on the Pyramid Stage any minute now.
You can follow along by clicking watch live at the top of this page.
Mark Savage
Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury
Image source, PA Media“I love this view,” says Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes, as he surveys the vast crowd in front of the Pyramid Stage.
He recalls their first visit to the festival in 1995, when they arrived “by chopper” to play the NME stage - presumably meaning a helicopter, and not the 1970s bicycles.
Their barnstorming set is a reminder of how many great hooks and riffs the band created in the late 90s.
Highlights so far include Caught By The Fuzz, MansiZe Rooster, all-time indie anthem Alright and an incendiary version of Richard III.
Ian Youngs
Entertainment and Arts reporter
After the Glastonbury timetable was published, one band's name was on everybody's lips. Except no-one knows who they actually are.
Patchwork have a prime place on the festival's line-up - third from the top of the bill on the main Pyramid Stage on the Saturday night. The only thing is, there's no band called Patchwork.
It's a fake name for a mystery guest - just as an unknown band called The ChurnUps were on the Pyramid bill in 2023, and turned out to be the Foo Fighters.
Fans theories have been swirling as to who could be the mystery act, including: Pulp, Haim, Mumford and Sons, Oasis and Robbie Williams.
Katie Razzall
Culture editor
I think I have found the most resourceful festival-goers.
Among the crowd at Lorde, "Luke and the Coneheads", as they introduced themselves.
Luke is the decorated ironing board, named after a friend who couldn't make it.
Laura Chambers (sporting the traffic cone hat) and her friends from Buckinghamshire are Glastonbury stalwarts.
Laura told me the ironing board is "essential, it’s key to the group, you can put your drinks on it".
As for the cone head? "You can find your friends in a crowd… because you lose everyone but when you have the cone on, you can find everyone."
Hats off to them (except it's too hot to do that).
Colin Paterson
Entertainment correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury
Surprise guest names are everywhere this morning.
Over at the Greenpeace stage, Benedict Cumberbatch is putting on the first Letters Live at Glastonbury, the show where celebrities read out letters, both meaningful and humorous.
So far actors Andrew Scott, James Norton, Bella Ramsey and Simon Pegg (with Rik Mayall’s letter to Bob Geldof after he was turned away from the recording of Live Aid) have all been on.
The jazz drifting in from another near by stage adds a surreal element to proceedings.
After some rain last night, Glasto-goers will enjoy warmer weather and lots of sunshine on the first official day of the festival.
Here's the forecast from Matt Taylor:
Mark Savage
Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury
Image source, PA MediaThere’s an almighty roar as Lorde takes the stage, proving all the rumours true.
She emerges to strobe lights and a disorientating synth drone, before launching into Hammer, a single from her freshly-minted album, Virgin.
The tent is over-spilling and sweaty.
Glastonbury has just closed access to the Woodsies field.
You can watch Lorde's performance live by hitting the watch live button above.
Aside from the big names on the Pyramid Stage, there's plenty of other acts to see across the festival on Friday.
Here's a quick run-through the highlights:
Whatever you choose, one thing is clear: you're spoiled for choice.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 1975 are headlining the Pyramid Stage tonight - their first live performance since Matty Healy announced they'd go on an indefinite hiatus after their last tour ended in 2024
Mark Savage
Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury
The first time I went to Glastonbury, it was 2003, and I lost my fiancée in the crowd watching Radiohead’s headline set. That night, someone relieved themselves on our tent as we slept. It wasn’t an auspicious introduction.
But there’s something about it that keeps me coming back. Everywhere you turn, someone’s having the best night of their year. They might be falling in love, they might be witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime performance (Dolly Parton for me), or they might be relieving themselves on a stranger’s tent.
However you get your kicks, I guess.
This year will be my 11th Glastonbury as a journalist, and I’ve learned a few essential secrets.
Firstly, the festival runs on Haribo. Seriously, there are bags everywhere. When it gets hot, they melt into one giant mecha-Haribo.
Secondly, bands are way more relaxed doing interviews backstage than in their record company office or a TV studio. Liam Gallagher, a notoriously spiky conversationalist, once told me he liked my t-shirt on live television. Beat that, Graham Norton.
Thirdly, there is no festival like it. I know, I know. You hear that so much it become meaningless. But honestly, there’s a sense of humanity and kinship that sets it apart from the corporate blandness of the rest of the festival scene.
I think it’s because the whole event is a family affair. So many of the stages are run by generations of the same family that there’s an intimacy and sense of humour that would be impossible to manufacture.
Case in point: When Hurts played the John Peel Tent in 2011, they asked for “two dozen pictures of models” on their dressing room wall. The team dutifully got the stage crew – all hairy men of a certain age - to strip off their t-shirts and pose for a series of black and white photos. The band’s reaction is sadly unrecorded.
Image source, ReutersThe gates are open, the tents have been pitched, outfits donned and acts poised to perform...
Glastonbury 2025 is a-go.
As the action builds at Worthy Farm, approximately 200,000 festival-goers are bracing themselves for a jam packed weekend.
Though some people have spent two nights camping under the Somerset skies already, the official line-up of acts begins today with The 1975, Biffy Clyro, Alanis Morrisette and CMAT set to grace the Pyramid Stage.
But Glastonbury is much more than just the Pyramid Stage - with more than 100 stages hosting talent from across the music landscape, there really is something for everyone.
You can watch the acts live from the comfort of your home - no long walks between stages or battles to bag a good spot at the stage.
We'll have five streams running, broadcasting all the action on the different stages. Just head to the Watch & Listen tab at top of this page to follow along.
