Glastonbury Festival clean-up begins as thousands of music fans head home
Glastonbury Festival revellers head home as Worthy Farm clean-up begins
- A major clean-up operation has commenced at Glastonbury Festival to transform the site from a temporary city of 200,000 music fans back into a Somerset dairy farm.
- Glastonbury will not return in 2026, entering a fallow year to allow the ground to recover before the next event takes place in 2027, with organiser Emily Eavis planning improvements.
- Police are assessing performances by punk duo Bob Vylan and Irish rap trio Kneecap after controversial chants and calls were made during their sets.
- Surprise appearances included Lorde, Lewis Capaldi, Pulp, and Haim, while headliners featured The 1975, Neil Young, and Charli XCX.
- Sir Rod Stewart performed the Sunday legends slot, joined by Ronnie Wood, Lulu, and Mick Hucknall, and Olivia Rodrigo closed the Pyramid Stage with a guest appearance from Robert Smith of The Cure.
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