Orbital
Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival
Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
14, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM
Orbital’s Paul and Phil Hartnoll look back: ‘At times you think: why am I doing this and giving you half the money?’
The rave pioneers on bricklaying, bust-ups and going to therapy
Harriet Gibsone
10, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM
Orbital: Optical Delusion review – plague songs and hyper-pop
A flurry of guest vocalists all have things to say on the duo’s potent 10th album, and yet the real magic happens when they’re left to their own devices
Kitty Empire
19, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM
Orbital: 30 Something review – so-so celebration of pioneering ravers
A collection spanning more than three decades at the heart of British dance misses some gems and adds little of interest
Damien Morris
31, Jul, 2022 @12:00 PM
Orbital: ‘We can’t fall out with each other for ever. It would make Christmas awkward’
The Glastonbury legends, returning with a new album, answer your questions on embarrassing festival memories, their breakup and makeup – and being mistaken for the Orb
As told to Rich Pelley
23, Jun, 2022 @1:00 PM
Post your questions for Orbital
Back with a new album following their second reformation, the electronic duo – and Glastonbury veterans – will take on your questions
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
17, Jun, 2022 @12:07 PM
From Beyoncé to David Bowie: 10 of the best Glastonbury sets ever
Ahead of a livestreamed version of the festival, here are some of the biggest and best performances from years gone by
Dorian Lynskey
21, May, 2021 @8:00 AM
‘It feels like an extra limb’ – musicians on the bond with their instruments
Horrible things happen to instruments in transit – as Ballaké Sissoko and others have recently learned. Five musicians explain why the damage goes more than skin deep
Michael Hann
20, Feb, 2020 @4:00 PM
How a new coming-of-age indie captures the spirit of illegal raves
Beats is the latest film to focus on 90s rave culture and its political implications
Steve Rose
13, May, 2019 @9:00 AM
Orbital review – techno giants still raging against the political machine
Their sledgehammer polemic is brought up to date in an gloriously overwhelming visual and musical assault on the senses
Stevie Chick
16, Dec, 2018 @11:47 AM
How we made Orbital's Chime
The Hartnoll brothers reveal how their rave anthem was created for £3.75 in a cupboard under the stairs at their parents’ house
Interviews by Dave Simpson
18, Jun, 2018 @2:38 PM
Orbital return – listen to new track Kinetic
More than two years after their second split, the British dance duo have put aside their differences to go on tour again and release new material
Guardian music
02, Feb, 2017 @9:00 AM
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