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Glastonbury Festival 2019

The 2019 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 26 and 30 June. The three headlining acts were Stormzy, the Killers and The Cure.

This was the last regular edition until 2022 when the subsequent two editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, known as enforced "fallow" years.

Kylie Minogue's much anticipated performance in the Legends time slot became the most viewed Glastonbury performance in the festival’s history with 3.9 million viewers, marking the Australian's return to the festival after being forced to pull out in 2005 after being diagnosed with breast cancer.[1] Partway through the Killers' set the stage was swept by Jimmy Carr.[2]

New areas

Pennard Hill Ground
The new IICON venue

New areas developed for the 2019 festival included "Glastonbury-on-Sea" which included a metal seaside with amusements and animatronics.[3][4][5] Block9 in the South East corner of the site was expanded with the inclusion of a new venue and installation, IICON, described as "a pseudo-religious monument to the terrifying new realities emerging in our digital, data-driven, post-truth age".[6]

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup screening

Glastonbury Festival confirmed via their Twitter account that they would show the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final match between England and Norway on big screens at the West Holt's Stage, after a request from England Women's player Georgia Stanway whose brother would be at the festival and would have no other way of watching the match.[7] Kick-off was at 8 pm BST on 27 June and England won the game 3–0.

Tickets

General Admission tickets for the festival cost £248 for the full weekend and sold out.[8]

Capacity was 203,000, with all 135,000 weekend sold in under 36 minutes.[9]

Weather

The weather was consistently dry and warm throughout the weekend, with temperatures rising throughout the week and peaking on the Saturday afternoon, before cooler conditions made their way in for Sunday. The festival was totally rain free for the first time since 2010 and also experienced the highest average temperatures for almost a decade.[10]

Line-up

The line-up was:[11][12]

Pyramid Stage

Pyramid Stage headliners Stormzy, The Killers and The Cure.
Kylie Minogue performed in the iconic Legends' slot.

^ A. Bastille's set featured appearances by Rationale and Lewis Capaldi.[13]
^ B. Stormzy's set featured appearances by Chris Martin, Dave and Fredo.
^ C. The Killers' set featured appearances by Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr.
^ D. Kylie Minogue's set featured appearances by Nick Cave and Chris Martin.
^ E. Miley Cyrus' set featured appearances by Mark Ronson, Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X.

Pyramid Stage Set Lists
Tom Odell
Stormzy
Anne-Marie

Other Stage

West Holts Stage

John Peel Stage

Park Stage

Bimble Inn

WOW

References

  1. ^ Trendell, Andrew (9 September 2019). "Kylie Minogue becomes the most viewed Glastonbury performance ever". NME. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Jimmy Carr's sweeping statement : Punching Up 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ "New area for 2019 Glastonbury-on-Sea". Glastonbury Festival. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Glastonbury-on-Sea unveiled as 'the most amazing' Glastonbury creation ever". Somerset Live. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Glastonbury Festival: 'Victorian' pier built". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "'Drop Instagram and engage': Block9's next Glastonbury stage takes shape". The Guardian. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  7. ^ "World Cup 2019: Glastonbury festival responds to Lionesses' plea". 25 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Glastonbury Lineup 2019". Galastonburyfestivals.co.uk. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 History". Galastonburyfestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Glastonbury weather to be sunny and rain-free, forecast shows". Guardian. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Check out the full Glastonbury 2019 line-up and stage times here". NME.com. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  12. ^ Digital, Pretty Good. "Glastonbury Festival - 2019". Glastonbury Festival - 21st-25th June, 2017.
  13. ^ "Bastille transform Glastonbury 2019 into a 'Doom Days' daytime rave on their ambitious Pyramid Stage debut". 28 June 2019.

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