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Glastonbury Festival 2016

The 2016 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 22 and 26 June.[1]

Tickets

General Admission Tickets for the festival cost £228.[2]

Weather

The weather was very wet on Wednesday 22 June with major traffic delays getting to the festival. Organisers said that rain and ground conditions had caused delays and urged people "not to set off".[3]

Festival founder and Worthy Farm owner Michael Eavis later commented "I’ve never seen mud like it in the whole life. This is worse than 1997...In all 46 years, it hasn’t been as bad as this".[4]

Line-up

Headlining the festival were Muse, Adele and Coldplay on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively.[5][6][7][8]

[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Live album

A live album of numerous performances at the festival entitled Stand As One was released in aid of Oxfam and their Refugee Crisis Appeal. It is also dedicated to the memory of Jo Cox. It was released as a digital download on 29 July 2016 and as a CD on 12 August 2016. Artists including Coldplay, Foals, Muse, The Last Shadow Puppets, Fatboy Slim, Wolf Alice, CHVRCHES, Jamie Lawson, Sigur Rós, Laura Mvula, Jack Garratt, The 1975, Years & Years, Editors, Two Door Cinema Club and John Grant feature on the album.[27]

References

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  4. ^ "Michael Eavis laments muddiest ever Glastonbury festival". The Guardian. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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  8. ^ "Glastonbury 2016: Friday as it happened – Foals, ZZ Top, Skepta and more". Guardian. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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  15. ^ NME (18 February 2016). "NME AWARDS 2016: Michael Eavis On Why Coldplay Will Smash Glastonbury 2016". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ NME (16 February 2016). "Coldplay On Headlining Glastonbury 2016: 'We'll come back until they beg us not to'". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Wolf Alice play headliner wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Shura plays headliner wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  19. ^ NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Kurt Vile on 'embracing the mud' at his first Glastonbury". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  20. ^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Foals Play Headliner Wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  21. ^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Rat Boy's explosive William's Green secret set". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  22. ^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Festival-goers react to Brexit". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  23. ^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Bastille, Two Door Cinema Club and Blossoms react to Brexit news". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  24. ^ NME (25 June 2016). "Adele at Glastonbury 2016: These people are seriously psyched about seeing her". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  25. ^ NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Welcome to The Sisterhood". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  26. ^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Bring Me The Horizon Play Headliner Wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
  27. ^ "Stand As One Glastonbury 2016 Live Album". Official Site Glastonbury Festival. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

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