Glastonbury 2025 is due to get underway in just three weeks and some shocking changes have just been announced by organiser Emily Eavis. This year’s event has sold out but will not use its full 210,000 capacity as normal it has been disclosed today.
Eavis has revealed that the number of festival goers allowed onto the site has been cut as an experiment after a surge in crowds for big name acts in recent years. “It’ll be interesting just to see how that affects the dynamics on site,” Emily Eavis told the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast, adding that she wants to see if the reduction “can make an impact on some of the busier times”.
She revealed that this year her team have created more room for the audience at the Other Stage, the festival’s second-biggest arena, where Charli XCX is expected to attract a huge crowd when she headlines on the Saturday night.
The current licence allows up to 210,000 people on site including fans, staff and performers.
This year, festival-goers will be urged to use different routes and make use of the whole site to ease congestion.
Eavis added: “Interestingly, people have moved slightly differently since Covid. So they tend to move more in a herd.
”So my main thing really this year is just to communicate that there are like 10 routes to anywhere.”
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Organisers will use the festival app’s schedule planner to help predict where people will go and where congestion may happen.
“The app was really accurate last year. People plan what they’re going to see. We can see what they’re going to see, which is really useful for us from a crowd perspective,” she said.
In the podcast interview, Eavis was also asked about a slot on the Pyramid Stage line-up for a mystery band called Patchwork, but wouldn’t be drawn on their identity.
She teased: “I’ve been working on Patchwork for a long time,”, adding that planning for their appearance had taken about a year for “logistical” reasons.
It has been rumoured that ‘Pathwork’ is the code name for Britpop icons Pulp, who were missing from the original line-up.
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The full scheduling for this year was announced earlier in the week and includes sets from Irish rap trio Kneecap as well as headline performances from British pop band The 1975, Neil Young and his band the Chrome Hearts, and US pop singer Olivia Rodrigo.
Rod Stewart is set to play the legends slot on the Sunday afternoon, but has sparked concern over the last week after cancelling a string of concerts due to ill health.
He took to Instagram to announce that he was “devastated” to have to cancel or reschedule the six US shows, due to take place in the next eight days.
“I have to cancel and reschedule my next six concerts in June as I continue to recover from the flu,” he wrote. “So sorry my friends.
“I’m devastated and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience to my fans. I’ll be back on stage and will see you soon.”
He signed off “Sir Rod” along with the heartbreak emoji.
He also listed the four shows he was cancelling – in Las Vegas and Stateline, Nevada – as well as two he plans to reschedule – in California.
The 80-year-old musician recently announced he will reunite with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood for his much-anticipated set at Glastonbury.
Source: Mirror
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