Only 1500 people attended the first Glastonbury Festival on Sept. 18, 1970, which was initially named the Pilton Pop, Folk, and Blues Festival. Founded by English dairy farmer Michael Eavis ...

Festival-goers listen to Coldplay perform on the Pyramid Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm in the village of Pilton in Somerset, southwest England, on June 29, 2024.

Lewis Capaldi has opened up about performing a secret set at Glastonbury Festival 2025, two years after the singer struggled ...

Sentiment towards Israel is influencing and driving contemporary anti-Jewish discourse, the Community Security Trust (CST) ...

Beyond the big acts and stages, there is much more to Glastonbury Festival – a place peppered with art installations, unique bars and random encounters. The festival has a Dragon's Tail for ...

On Friday, Lewis Capaldi surprised fans at Glastonbury, returning to perform two years after he struggled to finish his set. He also released his emotional new single, "Survive." ...

The world famous festival will take a 'fallow year' next year with no festival scheduled to take place in the summer of 2026 ...

The BBC will provide more than 90 hours of Glastonbury coverage, so you can watch Noah Kahan and RAYE perform at the festival live. But to tune in from the U.S., you'll need the help of a VPN.

A team of volunteers have started the major clean-up of the site to prepare the land for a fallow year in 2026. Revellers were urged to take all of their belongings with them and leave their campsite ...

You might remember one festival-goer from earlier this morning who was pictured lugging a huge wheelie bin across Worthy Farm. Our reporter Ross Pollard managed to catch up with him to find out what ...

Festival goers are sprayed with water to cool down in the heat during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Credit: AP 1970: Glastonbury's birth year ...

The first Glastonbury Festival, then called the Pilton Pop, Blues and Folk Festival, was held in 1970 to 1,500 people and featured T. Rex, Steamhammer, Stackridge and Al Stewart.