Glastonbury festival have announced their star-studded line-up for the 2023 edition of the event. The line-up is a first look at headliners and acts who will appear at the festival, however fans can expect more acts to be announced. Guns N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys will join previously announced Elton John in June as headliners to perform on the Pyramid Stage. Arctic Monkeys are set to headline the Friday event, Guns N’ Roses will headline the Saturday event and Elton John will be headlining on the Sunday. The festival is scheduled to take place between the 21st and 25th of June, at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.
Among the list of announced acts are; Lewis Capaldi, Lana Del Ray, Chvrches, Lizzo, Kelis, Aitch, Christine and the Queens, Raye, Rudimental, Stefflon Don, Alison Goldfrapp, Mahalia, Rina Sawayama, FLO, Royal Blood and many more. Lil Nas X will return to the Glastonbury stage to perform before Elton Johns performance. Lana Del Ray will perform on the other stage. She performed in 2014 at Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage. Lizzo will perform before american rock band, Guns N’ Roses, take to the stage.
The announcement is expected to produce a controversial reaction from fans, due to the all-male headliners. 52% of the 54 artists announced so far are male. Co-organiser of the Glastonbury Festival, Emily Eavis, confirmed that Guns N’Roses were booked as headliners after a female artist, whose name has not been revealed, “changed her touring plans.” Eavis explained that she hopes the artist will headline within the next five years. Many fans had hopes for Taylor Swift to headline in 2023, however her ‘The Era’s Tour’ will be taking place in the US during this years festival. The singer was announced as a headliner for the 2020 Glastonbury Festival but the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Eavis confirmed her hopes for next years Glastonbury, explaining we could expect two female first-time headliners for the 2024 festival. One act has reportedly been confirmed, whereas another is still in the process of being confirmed. Madonna and Rihanna are among the most highly anticipated acts to headline the festival, as both have never performed at Glastonbury.
The festival made the news headlines last year, as it was announced ticket prices were increasing significantly. Emily Eavis commented on the situation, “We put it up the minimum we could. In order to do the exact same show as last time, we would have had to put £100 on the ticket. That’s the amount that costs have gone up.” The tickets for the 2023 Glastonbury festival went on sale in November and are currently sold out. There will be a resale of any returned or cancelled tickets in April, with a set date yet to be announced.
The full line-up, announced so far, for the 2023 Glastonbury Festival:
Arctic Monkeys
Guns N’ Roses
Elton John
Lizzo
Aitch
Alison Goldfrapp
Alt-J
Amadou and Mariam
Becky Hill
Blondie
Candi Staton
Carly Rae Jepsen
Cat Burns
Central Cee
Christine And The Queens
Chvrches
Ezra Collective
Fatboy Slim
Fever Ray
Flo
Fred Again
Hot Chip
Joey Bada$$
Kelis
Lana Del Rey
Leftfield
Lewis Capaldi
Lil Nas X
Loyle Carner
Maggie Rogers
Mahalia
Måneskin
Manic Street Preachers
Nova Twins
Phoenix
Raye
Rina Sawayama
Royal Blood
Rudimental
Shygirl
Slowthai
Sparks
Stefflon Don
Sudan Archives
Texas
The Chicks
The War on Drugs
Thundercat
Tinariwen
Warpaint
Weyes Blood
Wizkid
Young Fathers
Yusuf/Cat Stevens
