Pyramid stage

Dua Lipa and Charli XCX’s small, must-see set proved Glastonbury misjudged our big pop girls

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The hottest ticket at Glastonbury this year is a sweaty bacchanal led by pop’s foremost scientist. Charli XCX, who has spent the last dozen years making scuzzy, confessional bangers about sex, cars, cheating and all things messy, arrives on the Tron-esque Levels stage in a puff of toxic green smoke – the colour of the … Read more

What it really costs to headline Glastonbury

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It is not the first time that Taylor Swift has caused her fans to go into an uproar. It was last June and the world’s biggest pop star had just announced the European dates of her blockbuster Eras tour, leaving an obvious Glastonbury-sized hole in the schedule. Feverish speculation arose that Swift — who had … Read more