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

  1. Lewis Capaldi's new single gets the Glastonbury effectpublished at 21:25 British Summer Time 29 June

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    A woman wearing a green and yellow sequin dress cheers with her arms in the air as she sits on a man's shoulders in the crowd. There are people and flags all around her.Image source, EPA
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    Artists often see a rise in music sales and streams after performing to audiences at music festivals

    A newsflash from the Official Charts Company says that Lewis Capaldi’s new single, Survive, is on course to enter the UK charts at number one after his surprise set at Glastonbury two days ago.

    At the moment, the song is 3,000 sales ahead of its nearest competitor, MK’s Dior, at number two.

    The Glastonbury effect is also giving a sales bump to Lorde’s What Was That and Myles Smith’s Gold; while CMAT’s Take A Sexy Picture Of Me is just a few sales shy of the Top 40.

    The Sunday afternoon sales flash is based on just 48 hours of data, so we could see more Glastonbury acts get a sales boost when the official charts are revealed on Friday.

  2. Who's closing Glastonbury 2025?published at 21:09 British Summer Time 29 June

    Seven female festivalgoers standing in a line facing the camera. There are all wearing pink cowboy hatsImage source, PA Media

    With the final performances less than an hour away, here are the closing sets before Glastonbury 2025 ends for the year:

    • Pyramid Stage closes with Olivia Rodrigo from 21:45 to 23:15
    • Other Stage closes with The Prodigy from 21:45 to 23:15
    • Park Stage closes with The Maccabees from 21:15 to 22:30
    • Woodsies Stage closes with Jorja Smith from 21:30 to 22:45
    • West Holts Stage closes with Overmono from 21:45 to 23:15
  3. Aitch joins AJ Tracey on Woodsies Stagepublished at 20:52 British Summer Time 29 June

    Annabel Rackham
    Culture reporter, reporting from Glastonbury

    AJ Tracey is demanding a lot from the crowd tonight.

    "I asked you for a mosh pit and I’m not gonna lie to you, it was weak," he says to the crowd, who immediately are called into action - and for good reason too. Aitch bursts onto the stage for the pair’s 2020 collaboration Rain.

    The energy immediately ramps up and this set is already ranking high in my highlights from the weekend.

  4. 'Highlight of my career', Noah Kahan sayspublished at 20:47 British Summer Time 29 June

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Over on the Pyramid Stage, Noah Kahan told the crowds: “This has been such a highlight of my career.

    "I just want to thank everyone for listening to me,” he said with just 10 minutes left on the stage.

    “Let’s get sticky,” he added… going straight into his breakout hit, Stick Season.

    He barely needed to sing it, as the crowd picked up the melody and ran with it instantly.

    Of course, the song got a big boost when tonight’s headliner, Olivia Rodrigo, performed it on Radio 1’s Live Lounge two years ago.

    There’s always the possibility he’ll appear during her set again later. Judging by this audience, that would go down a storm.

    Earlier, he invited Brandi Carlile out to duet on You’re Gonna Go Far.

    She still seemed to be on cloud nine from her set yesterday morning.

  5. Wolf Alice are switching gears - and showing us how to pace a setpublished at 20:29 British Summer Time 29 June

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    After playing their delicate new single The Sofa, Wolf Alice switch gear.

    Ellie pours a bottle of water over her head, shakes it off and grabs a megaphone to scream the fury-filled lyrics to Yuk Foo, following it up with the shattering punk riffs of Greatest Hits.

    That’s called pacing your setlist, folks.

  6. Wolf Alice leads anthem to enduring friendship with Brospublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 29 June

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    It’s a beautiful scene at The Other Stage as Wolf Alice play Bros - a soaring anthem to enduring friendship - and thousands of people hug their best mates and chant the “me and you“.

    In the middle of the crowd, plumes of multicoloured smoke rise into the air.

    “Whoever got the memo about the flares, I love you,” declares bassist Theo Ellis.

  7. AJ Tracey takes over Woodsiespublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 29 June

    Annabel Rackham
    Culture reporter, reporting from Glastonbury

    It’s a family affair over at Woodsies, as rapper AJ Tracey enters the stage with his cousin Big Zuu, who takes to the decks behind him.

    “I’m AJ Tracey, I’m from West London, Ladbroke Grove.

    "I’ve got all my friends and family here - my MC is Big Zuu,” he says to large cheers as he launches into LO(V/S)ER - a throwback track from 2018.

  8. Seamless Fleetwood Mac transitionpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 29 June

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Wolf Alice just pulled off a seamless transition from their song How Can I Make It OK to Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams. Everyone’s hands are in the air for the chorus.

    Sing it with me… “Thunder only happens when it’s raining”.

  9. No hurdles to get to the Pyramid Stage this timepublished at 20:00 British Summer Time 29 June

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Last time Wolf Alice played Glastonbury in 2022, they faced a last-minute dash to the Pyramid Stage after their flights from LA were cancelled.

    After posting a plea for help online, they made it to the stage with minutes to spare.

    Singer Ellie Rowsell was so exhausted that she had to lie down on stage. This time, they’ve arrived without any hurdles.

    “Hello Glastonbury!” screams Rowsell, as they blast into Formidable Cool from their 2017 Mercury Prize-winning album Visions Of A Life.

    Fans are hoping to hear some new music from the band’s forthcoming album The Clearing - but so far they’re sticking to the classics.

  10. Old school charm from another erapublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 29 June

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    Rod Stewart performs on The Pyramid StageImage source, Getty Images

    At the age of 80, Rod Stewart has earned the right to do things his way. And if that means turning Glastonbury into a Vegas nightclub for 90 minutes, so be it.

    The star played the festival's coveted "legends slot" on Sunday afternoon, putting on a show resplendent with glittery suits, saxophone solos and special guests - including Stewart's former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood.

    With plenty of gold in his back catalogue to draw on, the setlist was an all-timer, from the new wave synths of Young Turks to the beautiful folk melodies of Maggie May and Sailing.

    And if the set veered towards cheese, at least it was well matured - much like Stewart himself.

    Despite cancelling a string of shows in the US earlier this month due to illness, the star delivered his 90-minutes with gusto, sweat drenching the frilled white shirt he wore under a black and gold brocade jacket.

    Read Mark's full review of the star-studded set.

  11. Organisers prepare for scorching temperatures tomorrowpublished at 19:38 British Summer Time 29 June

    Tamsin Curnow
    Reporting from Glastonbury

    A photo of a field with hosepipes that have been attached to wooden posts

    Outside one of the main pedestrian gates - where people will queue for the buses away from site - it looks like a row of hosepipes have been set up to spray people tomorrow as they wait to get off site.

    It’s a very hot spot with no shade, so they’ll need it!

  12. Intimate set for St Vincentpublished at 19:28 British Summer Time 29 June

    Keith Adams
    BBC News

    Annie Clark, St Vincent, joins us in the crowd for an intimate singalong of New York I Love You.

    St Vincent shakes hands and greets fans in the crowd at Woodsies stage
  13. 'It's been scary' says Jewish festivalgoer about anti-Israeli sentimentpublished at 19:18 British Summer Time 29 June

    Noor Nanji
    Reporting from Glastonbury

    A man and a woman smile at the camera

    Jewish festival goers have been giving us their reaction to the controversy over comments by Bob Vylan and Kneecap.

    Hannah says that as a Jewish woman, “it's been scary” and that she tries to hide her identity when walking around the festival.

    “In a place that was born to be a peace-loving, hope-filled, optimistic setting accepting everyone, I think there’s a difference if you’re a Jew.”

    Her husband Daniel says the pair intentionally stayed away from both the Kneecap and Bob Vylan sets on the West Holts stage yesterday “because the feeling was it wasn’t going to be a particularly welcome place for us”.

    “It’s disappointing isn’t it? Glastonbury is supposed to be a place where everyone feels welcome,” he says.

    Daniel also says he wished there was more acknowledgment at Glastonbury that the Hamas attack in Israel on 7 October 2023, in which hundreds of people were killed, also took place at a music festival.

    “They could show sympathy for all the innocent people that went with the same hopes as people here but that ended so tragically”.

  14. Peace and love!published at 19:06 British Summer Time 29 June

    We've just had a flurry of messages from our BBC colleagues at the festival.

    Live reporter André Rhoden-Paul, music correspondent Mark Savage, and BBC Somerset's Dean Poolman have just sent us pictures of a heart and a smiley face in the sky over Nile Rodgers & Chic's set at the Pyramid Stage.

    A pilot drew the symbols with a smoke trail over Nile Rodgers & Chic's set.

    A photograph of a heart-shaped trail left by an aircraft during Nile Rodgers' set at Glastonbury
    a smiley face drawn by a plane in the sky above the pyramid stage
  15. At Woodsies, St Vincent has a devoted audiencepublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 29 June

    Keith Adams
    Reporting from Glastonbury

    St Vincent standing on the left of the image. There is a drumkit being played on the right.

    St Vincent opens at Woodsies with the single Broken Man with the band in a monochrome set and outfits.

    She’s now strapped on an angular guitar and is abusing it in her own special way. Devoted fans surround me in the tent, beaming and singing along.

  16. 'Cancel everything, I'm with Rod'published at 18:46 British Summer Time 29 June

    Katie Razzall
    Culture editor, reporting from Glastonbury

    I’ve just chatted to Lulu straight after her guest performance duet with Rod Stewart (for the first time ever) in his Glastonbury Legends slot set.

    She thinks Penny Lancaster, Sir Rod’s wife, suggested her. When she got the call, she said “Are you kidding? Cancel everything, I’m with Rod.”

    The pair performed Hot Legs, Lulu in white fringe trousers and white jacket. “It was so quick,” she told me.

    “It’s like I blinked and I’m off again, but it was so exciting, I was so pumped”.

    Afterwards, Rod came off “and said sweet things”. He was “elated, he knew he killed it”.

    The BBC's Katie Razzall and Lulu
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    The BBC's Katie Razzall and Lulu

  17. We're getting '80s hits from Nile Rodgerspublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 29 June

    Mark Savage
    Music correspondent, reporting from Glastonbury

    One of the joys of Chic’s sets is that Nile Rodgers plunders his discography as a producer, as well as the band’s own hits.

    Right now, we’re getting some of his '80s best - David Bowie’s Modern Love and Madonna’s Material Girl.

    I suspect we’ll hear Daft Punk’s Get Lucky and Beyoncé’s Cuff It before long.

    What a career.

  18. Legendary producer chatted to BBC ahead of his third Glastonbury gigpublished at 18:26 British Summer Time 29 June

    Nile Rodgers wearing black printer bandana, a black blazer and open white shirt underneath it. he has 3 strings of white beaded necklances, and sunglasses on
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    Nile Rodgers on the Pyramid Stage

    Nile Rodgers - composer, producer, guitarist and founding member of Chic - spoke to the BBC ahead of his third appearance at Glastonbury Festival.

    On playing the festival generally, he said: “It’s amazing, I mean this is our third time playing here and the other two times were amazing, I can’t imagine this not being maybe even better.

    “We believe in all killer and no filler. This is what we want to do. You sit in your bedroom practising all alone, and you can’t wait for a moment like Glastonbury. You don’t ever really believe you’re gonna achieve it but when it comes wow.”

    On Le Freak being the flash mob song for this year's festival, the disco legend said: “That’s cool. I’m ready to flash”.

    Listen to his full interview here.

  19. Everyone here is ready to dancepublished at 18:19 British Summer Time 29 June

    Annabel Rackham
    Culture reporter, reporting from Glastonbury

    The intense heat is beginning to dissipate over on the Pyramid Stage, which comes at the perfect time as everyone here is ready to dance.

    Nile Rodgers & Chic have just taken to the stage to play some huge disco hits including Le Freak and I Want Your Love, which sound as timeless as ever.

  20. Who's up next? A look at the sets through the rest of the nightpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 29 June

    Festivalgoers enjoying British rock legend Rod Stewart performing on the Pyramid Stage on the final day of the GlastonburyImage source, Getty Images

    Before Glastonbury drops its curtains for the year, here's a list of 2025's last performances:

    Pyramid Stage

    • Nile Rodgers & Chic - 18:00
    • Noah Kahan - 19:45
    • Olivia Rodrigo - 21:45

    Other Stage

    • Snow Patrol - 18:00
    • Wolf Alice - 19:45
    • The Prodigy - 21:45

    Park Stage

    • Kae Tempest - 18:00
    • Future Islands - 19:35
    • The Maccabees - 21:15

    Woodsies Stage

    • St. Vincent - 18:30
    • AJ Tracey - 20:00
    • Jorja Smith - 21:30

    West Holts Stage

    • The Brian Jonestown Massacre - 18:30
    • Parcels - 20:00
    • Overmono - 21:45