Glastonbury 2020

V&A and Glastonbury festival to launch new digital archive

Memories from the public – however hazy – will form part of an online archive charting 50 years of the music festival

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

18, Sep, 2020 @5:01 AM

The joy of missing Glastonbury, and other poignant lockdown pleasures

Coronavirus has helped us appreciate what we had before, and sparked some cultural surprises

Chris Michael

03, Jul, 2020 @2:10 PM

Finale risk: Rolling Stones, Lennox and McCartney among stars seeking music aid

Performers warn UK culture secretary of mass insolvencies as £4.5bn live music industry falters under Covid-19

Rupert Neate

01, Jul, 2020 @11:01 PM

TV tonight: the political power of football

The 1970 and 1978 World Cups are the focus of a new documentary on the beautiful game and its role in international power plays. Plus: Glastonbury tea Time Legends. Here’s what to watch this evening

Ammar Kalia, Jack Seale, Ellen E Jones, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

28, Jun, 2020 @5:00 AM

Ready, steady... oh: Olympics, Glastonbury and Euro 2020 stars on the summer we’ve lost

From the medallist to the festival star, what happens when your best-laid summer plans come undone? Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Harry Kane, Mabel and others share their might-have-beens

Joe Stone, Zoe Williams and Sam Wolfson

27, Jun, 2020 @8:00 AM

TV tonight: Glastonbury is back with a dose of nostalgia

The 50th anniversary year is marked with a look at stellar past performances from Coldplay to Bruce Springsteen. Plus: Man v Food returns. Here’s what to watch this evening.

Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Ali Catterall, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

27, Jun, 2020 @5:00 AM

'It doesn't feel right': how festival regulars are filling the Glastonbury void

Traders, locals and regular punters hope to be back next year after Covid-19 crisis is over

Steven Morris

26, Jun, 2020 @11:05 AM

Her finest hour: why Glastonbury festival owes so much to Churchill’s granddaughter

She shunned her life as a debutante, married a juggler … and co-founded the world’s biggest festival. Arabella Churchill’s family recall a daredevil who was ‘no good at being a Churchill’

Adam Bloodworth

26, Jun, 2020 @8:55 AM

Martin Parr's Glastonbury tour – photo essay

Coronavirus might have claimed this year’s Glastonbury festival but, undeterred, photographer Martin Parr assessed the lay of the land

Martin Parr

26, Jun, 2020 @6:00 AM

TV Tonight: the virtual Glastonbury experience begins

Glasto’s big anniversary bash may not be happening – but the BBC is doing its best with a mashup of the best-ever performances. Plus: Jamie Oliver is back. Here’s what to watch this evening

Phil Harrison, Hannah J Davies, Graeme Virtue, Ellen E Jones and Paul Howlett

26, Jun, 2020 @5:00 AM

Michael Eavis: Glastonbury could go bankrupt if it can't be staged in 2021

Exclusive: Founder says another cancellation would ‘be curtains’ for festival and has hopes for testing scheme, with daughter Emily saying they will ‘mutate to survive’

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

25, Jun, 2020 @11:32 AM

'I'll miss the naughty corner!': readers on the Glastonbury cancellation

We asked this year’s ticketholders how they’ll be spending their time instead this weekend: camping in the garden, and longing for dinosaur costumes

Molly Blackall and Katherine Purvis

24, Jun, 2020 @1:00 PM

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