Glastonbury Festival 2016

Glastonbury Festival 2016
Date(s) 22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)-
26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)
Location(s) Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
Website
www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

The 2016 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 22 and 26 June.[1]

Tickets

General Admission Tickets for the festival cost £228.[2]

Weather

The weather was very wet on Wednesday 22 June with major traffic delays getting to the festival. Organisers said that rain and ground conditions had caused delays and urged people "not to set off".[3][4]

Line-up

Headlining the festival were Muse, Adele and Coldplay on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively.[5][6][7][8]

Pyramid Stage
Friday Saturday Sunday

Muse
22:15
Foals
20:00
ZZ Top
18:15
Jess Glynne
16:30
Two Door Cinema Club
15:00
Skepta
13:45
The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians with Damon Albarn
11:00

Adele
22:15
Tame Impala
20:00
The Last Shadow Puppets
18:15
Madness
16:30
Wolf Alice
15:00
Baaba Maal
13:40
Squeeze
12:25

Coldplay
21:30
Beck
19:15
Ellie Goulding
17:45
Jeff Lynne's ELO
16:00
Laura Mvula
14:30
Gregory Porter
13:00

Live album

A live album of numerous performances at the festival entitled Stand As One was released in aid of Oxfam and their Refugee Crisis Appeal. It is also dedicated to the memory of Jo Cox. It was released as a digital download on 29 July 2016 and as a CD on 12 August 2016. Artists including Coldplay, Foals, Muse, The Last Shadow Puppets, Fatboy Slim, Wolf Alice, CHVRCHES, Jamie Lawson, Sigur Rós, Laura Mvula, Jack Garratt, The 1975, Years & Years, Editors, Two Door Cinema Club and John Grant feature on the album.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Glastonbury Festivals".
  2. ↑ "2016 Ticket Prices". Official Site Glastonbury Festivall. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Glastonbury festival-goers in traffic chaos". BBC News. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "'Twenty-one hours and we're STILL queuing': Glastonbury festival goers vent their fury after heavy rain causes traffic chaos with organisers begging people NOT to travel to the site today". Daily Mail. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "2016 Line-up". Official Site Glastonbury Festivall. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Glastonbury 2016: Sunday night as it happened – Coldplay, a Bee Gee and Michael Eavis does Sinatra". Guardian. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Glastonbury 2016: Saturday night, with Adele, Tame Impala and more – as it happened". Guardian. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Glastonbury 2016: Friday as it happened – Foals, ZZ Top, Skepta and more". Guardian. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Stand As One Glastonbury 2016 Live Album". Official Site Glastonbury Festival. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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