The 10 most iconic Glastonbury outfits of all time

Glastonbury Festival, a number of artists have seen an uplift on the UK’s Official Albums Chart this week.According to new Official Charts Company data, artists including Billie Eilish, Sam Fender, Diana Ross and Wet Leg have seen a boost in their sales and streams after their Glastonbury sets.Billie Eilish, who became the festival’s youngest-ever headliner on Friday (June 24), has enjoyed a jump in this week’s Official Albums Chart Top 40. Her last album ‘Happier Than Ever’ had an 84 per cent week-on-week boost to its combined weekly sales and streams in total, placing it on Number 10.Previous album, 2019’s ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, is also up by 36 spots to Number 25, while Eilish’s debut ‘Don’t Smile At Me’ makes it to Number 39.Elsewhere, Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’ doubles its weekly sales and streams tally, surging 110 per cent week on week while enjoying a jump of 44 chart places back into the Official Albums Chart Top 20 (19). The album’s title tack has also risen 40 places to Number 20.Wet Leg’s sales and streams of their eponymous debut album are up 71 per cent over the past seven days, while Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘SOUR’ enjoys a 30 per cent weekly boost and Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Mr.

Pete Doherty has shared some of his strongest Glastonbury memories – featuring Kate Moss, an “undercover agent” sent by Vivienne Westwood and a £16,000 cardigan once owned by T Rex legend Marc Bolan. Watch part two of our interview with Doherty above.This week’s Big Read cover story sees the likes of HAIM, Sigrid, Yungblud, Baebadoobee, Fontaines DC and more tell us about Glastonbury and what it means to them. Speaking to NME just after The Libertines stepped off stage from their opening performance on The Other Stage at Glastonbury 2022 last weekend, Doherty told us how Glasto had always had a special place in the band’s hearts.“Carl [Barat] was brought up like a babe in arms at Greenham Common with a real hippie background,” he said.

BBC has revealed which of the sets at this year’s Glastonbury were the most-viewed on UK TV – see the results below.After two years away, the festival made its return to Worthy Farm last week, with Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar headlining the Pyramid Stage across the course of the weekend.McCartney’s almost three-hour Saturday night (June 25) set, which NME called “history-making” in a five star review, averaged 2.7million viewers on BBC One and peaked at 3.9million, according to Broadcast.While the 80-year-old Beatle’s figures were impressive, the artist with the biggest viewership average was Diana Ross, who performed in the revered legends slot on Sunday (June 26). The Motown icon and disco queen’s 75-minute set garnered an average audience of 3.1million, peaking at 3.8million.In a four-star review of Ross’ performance, NME said she had the “crowd in her hands” throughout the set.

Glastonbury Festival returned to Worthy Farm this weekend – scroll down to see what the festival looked like in three minutes.The festival ran from June 22-26 and was the first to be held since 2019 after Glastonbury’s 2020 and 2021 editions were both cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.After the festival, organiser Emily Eavis shared a statement in which she called Glastonbury 2022 “surely the best one yet” and hailed “a remarkable feat by all artists and crew.”Glastonbury 2022 was headlined by Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, with a legends’ slot from Diana Ross and notable performances by Sam Fender, Olivia Rodrigo and more.See all the highlights inside three minutes below.Reviewing Glastonbury 2022, NME wrote: “The festival is all about unity, and sometimes you find it in unexpected places. Sleaford Mods’ scabrous, sweary take on post-punk might initially sound solo antagonistic, but frontman Jason Williamson regularly punctuates the set by sweetly checking the audience are still enjoying themselves.“The band stand atop a wave of post-punk coursing through the bill: Yard Act stake their claim for Glasto greatness at William’s Green and IDLES make a surprise appearance at the BBC Introducing Stage, tearing through their near-seminal debut album ‘Brutalism’ in full.”Many artists at the festival also took the opportunity to address the US Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade.

Kendrick Lamar has closed Glastonbury 2022 with a powerful headline set which saw him chant “Godspeed for women’s rights” before dramatically exiting the Pyramid Stage.The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, 35, ensured his debut at the festival would be memorable with an array of hit songs from his back catalogue accompanied by finely choreographed dancers.The performance reached its theatrical pinnacle at the end as the lights came up during his rendition of new song Saviour to reveal fake blood was pouring down his face from a crown of thorns. Before playing the song, Lamar, who has previously been open about his Christian faith, said the crown of thorns represented Christ.

Lorde gave an impassioned speech about Roe v. Wade being overturned during her Pyramid Stage set at Glastonbury 2022 tonight (June 26).The New Zealand pop star was performing as the final act before Kendrick Lamar headlines the final day of this year’s festival.At the end of ‘Secrets From A Girl (Who’s Seen It All)’, Robyn’s pre-recorded closing monologue did not play over the PA. Instead, Lorde spoke to the crowd, referencing the US Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the landmark abortion ruling Roe v.

Kendrick Lamar has closed his Glastonbury set with an emotional speech thanking fans, followed by a performance of ‘Savior’.At the end of the ‘Mr. Morale And The Big Steppers’ track, he repeated the chant: “They judge you, they judged Christ. Godspeed for women’s rights”, before promptly leaving the stage as fake blood poured down from his crown of thorns.The chant is significant because of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v.

Musical legend Sir Paul McCartney delighted fans as he headlined at Glastonbury’s pyramid stage on Saturday, but wowed them even further when he halted his performance to help an audience member. During Paul’s tribute to Jimi Hendrix, he stopped on stage and pointed to an area in the crowd, saying: “What's going on over there? Is there something happening there? If so let's tend to it.

Sir Paul McCartney courted controversy on Saturday night as he used a clip of Johnny Depp from an old music video during his headline Glastonbury performance.The Beatles star, who turned 80 last week, took to the famous Pyramid stage this weekend to perform a selection of some of his most beloved tracks as he broke the record for being the oldest solo performer to ever grace the music festival’s stage. It was during a performance of his track My Valentine, that a video was played on the screen behind Sir Paul, featuring the Pirates of the Caribbean actor using sign language in accompaniment to the song.

With Glastonbury in full swing, audiences gathered in their masses for former Oasis star Noel Gallagher to take to the stage on Saturday night, and they got more than they bargained for. Noel, 55, took the penultimate set at the popular festival on Saturday and performed ahead of Beatles legend Paul McCartney – but a member of his band left fans surprised but an unusual choice of instrument.The instrument of choice for Noel’s High Flying Birds band member was a pair of scissors.The musician opened and closed the scissors in time to the music and this was no joke by her serious expression as she played.

Lily Allen was the special guest during Olivia Rodrigo's set at Glastonbury – performing her hit song F**k You in response to the US Supreme Court's decision upend abortion rights. Olivia, 19, surprised the crowd of the Other Stage on Saturday to bring out Lily – describing it as "the biggest dream come true" to perform alongside her.

Billie Eilish called Friday - the day she headlined Glastonbury Festival - a "really dark day for women in the US" after the Supreme Court ended the country’s constitutional right to abortion.The 20-year-old singer’s comments come after it was announced that the US court decided to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade case that legalised abortion nationwide. During her set on the Pyramid Stage on Friday night, she spoke out against the ruling as she introduced her song Your Power, which explores people abusing their power.

Billie Eilish has spoken out against the overturning of Roe v. Wade during her Glastonbury headline set.Tonight (June 24), Billie Eilish has made history and become the youngest ever solo headliner of Glastonbury Festival, joining Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar at the top of the bill.Opening with ‘Bury A Friend’, her set included tracks like ‘NDA’, ‘Oxytocin’ and ‘You Should See Me in a Crown’.

As thousands of fans flock to Somerset to enjoy a slate of award winning music acts at this year’s Glastonbury Festival 2022, the annual music festival has once again won the Royal seal of approval after Princess Beatrice was spotted in attendance. The 33 year old daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson was spotted soaking up the sun and festival atmosphere as she attended the popular event with her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.