Glastonbury 2024: SZA closes festival amid technical issues as attendees face huge queues to leave site
Glastonbury draws to a close after performances from Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Sugababes, Janelle Monae and Burna Boy
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R&B artist SZA closed Glastonbury Festival 2024, after Shania Twain took on the coveted Legends Slot.
The Grammy-winning star appeared to have a much smaller audience than earlier headliners Coldplay and Dua Lipa, as revellers rushed home to beat traffic and amid four other major stage clashes.
Earlier, pop-punk singer Avril Lavigne tore up the Other Stage with a set comprising hits such as “Sk8r Boi” and “My Happy Ending”, while Shania Twain suffered with sound issues on the Legends Slot.
On Saturday night, rock band Coldplay headlined the Pyramid Stage for a record-breaking fifth time, after pop star Dua Lipa dazzled the crowds on Friday (28 June).
In a career-spanning set, the band performed a number of their biggest hits including “Yellow” and “Clocks”, while also bringing out a number of surprise guests including rapper Little Simz, singer Laura Mvula, and Back to the Future star Michael J Fox.
'A fantastic festival’
That’s a wrap from me. A fantastic festival, if a little overpopulated this year. My highlights were LCD Soundsystem, The Streets, Flyte, Billie Marten and Kate Hutchinson’s DJ set up at the Crows Nest. Shout out, too, to Glastotel for accommodating us these past few days. Great teepees, showers, and general vibes.
Dua Lipa and Charli XCX’s tiny, must-see set proved that Glastonbury misjudged our big pop girls
Charli XCX’s tiny, must-see set proved that Glastonbury misjudged our big pop girls
Nothing shimmered at Glastonbury on Friday as much as Charli XCX’s sweaty bacchanal on one of its smallest stages. Adam White argues that Glastonbury has overlooked the ‘Brat’ artist, along with pop ladies-in-waiting like Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, to its own detriment
Glastonbury attendees criticise organisers for ‘dangerous’ staging mishaps
Festivalgoers have been leaving Worthy Farm frustrated by overcrowding at smaller stages.
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Glastonbury attendees criticise organisers for ‘dangerous’ staging mishaps
Festivalgoers left frustrated by overcrowding at smaller stages
Travel update: 9AM
Here’s an update on traffic leaving the festival this morning.
Avril Lavigne review, Glastonbury 2024: Another artist plonked on far too small a stage
Avril Lavigne was another Glastonbury artist plonked on too small a stage - review
This is a brilliant show, but Glastonbury must learn lessons from a year that has vastly underestimated the appeal of pop nostalgia
Traffic update... ‘Not great'
Word from one of our critics on the ground: “Not great. 20 mins to go 100 metres.”
Here’s the 10am traffic update:
The touching reason Coldplay played with Michael J Fox at Glastonbury
Here’s why the band brought out the Back to the Future star...
The touching reason Coldplay played with Michael J Fox at Glastonbury
Poignant moment brought things full circle for British band
Sugababes review, Glastonbury 2024: Shoving them on West Holts was misguided at best, irresponsible at worst
Take a look back at the Sugababes nostalgia-filled set on Saturday
Sugababe’s Glastonbury stage was misguided at best, irresponsible at worst review
Extreme overcrowding was easily avoidable, but at least on stage, the band are able to have a blast
Did Banksy and Idles miss the mark with their Glastonbury protests?
“During a set on Friday, rock band IDLES led attendees in a rousing chant of ‘F*** the King’, while the crowd passed around a prop depicting child refugees in a dinghy,” writes The Independent’s Ryan Coogan. “The prop, which the band denies any knowledge of, was created and distributed by Banksy – another artist famous for his use of subtle political metaphor.”
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Did Banksy and Idles miss the mark with their Glastonbury protests?
They might sing ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ while they’re out in the fields partying, writes Ryan Coogan, but are any of these festivalgoers actually bringing those progressive values home with them?
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