Glastonbury Festival 2016

Glastonbury Festival 2016
Glastonbury Festival 2016
Date(s)	22 June 2016 – 26 June 2016
Location(s)	Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
Previous event	Glastonbury Festival 2015
Next event	Glastonbury Festival 2017
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]

Festival founder and Worthy Farm owner Michael Eavis later commented "I’ve never seen mud like it in the whole life. This is worse than 1997...In all 46 years, it hasn’t been as bad as this".^[4]

Line-up

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

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Pyramid Stage
Muse 22:15 - 23:45 Foals 20:00 - 21:15 ZZ Top 18:15 - 19:15 Jess Glynne 16:30 - 17:30 Two Door Cinema Club 15:00 - 16:00 Skepta 13:45 - 14:30 Rokia Traoré 12:30 - 13:15 The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians with Damon Albarn 11:00 - 12:00	Adele 22:15 - 23:45 Tame Impala 20:00 - 21:15 The Last Shadow Puppets 18:15 - 19:15 Madness 16:30 - 17:30 Wolf Alice 15:00 - 16:00 Baaba Maal 13:40 - 14:30 Squeeze 12:25 - 13:15 Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir 11:30 - 12:00	Coldplay 21:30 - 23:15 Beck 19:15 - 20:30 Ellie Goulding 17:45 - 18:45 Jeff Lynne's ELO 16:00 - 17:15 Laura Mvula 14:30 - 15:15 Gregory Porter 13:00 - 14:00 Caravan Palace 12:00 - 12:40 Burnham and Highbridge Band 11:00 - 11:30
Other Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Disclosure 22:35 - 23:50 Bastille 20:45 - 21:45 Bring Me the Horizon 19:20 - 20:15 Editors 17:55 - 18:50 The Lumineers 16:30 - 17:25 Frightened Rabbit 15:15 - 16:00 Christine and the Queens 14:10 - 14:55 Blossoms 13:05 - 13:50 James 11:50 - 12:45	New Order 22:30 - 23:45 Chvrches 20:45 - 21:45 The 1975 19:15 - 20:15 Tom Odell 17:45 - 18:45 Band of Skulls 16:15 - 17:15 Hurts 14:45 - 15:45 St. Paul and The Broken Bones 13:15 - 14:15 Shura 12:00 - 12:45 Hælos 11:00 - 11:40	LCD Soundsystem 21:45 - 23:15 PJ Harvey 19:50 - 21:00 Catfish and the Bottlemen 18:20 - 19:20 Years & Years 16:50 - 17:50 Jamie Lawson 15:30 - 16:20 Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott 14:20 - 15:10 Bear's Den 13:20 - 14:00 Newton Faulkner 12:20 - 13:00 Anteros 11:30 - 12:00
West Holts Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Underworld 22:15 - 23:45 Róisín Murphy 20:30 - 21:30 White Denim 19:00 - 20:00 Protoje 17:30 - 18:30 Vince Staples 16:00 - 17:00 DakhaBrakha 14:30 - 15:30 Bixiga 70 13:00 - 14:00 Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band 11:30 - 12:30	James Blake 22:15 - 23:45 Santigold 20:30 - 21:30 The Very Best 19:00 - 20:00 Shibusashirazu Orchestra 17:30 - 18:30 Mbongwana Star 16:00 - 17:00 Little Simz 14:30 - 15:30 Oddisee & Good Cmpny 13:00 - 14:00 Anna Meredith 11:30 - 12:30	Earth, Wind & Fire 21:45 - 23:15 Gary Clark Jr. 20:00 - 21:00 Quantic All Stars 18:30 - 19:30 Anoushka Shankar 17:00 - 18:00 Michael Kiwanuka 15:30 - 16:30 Kamasi Washington 14:00 - 15:00 Eska 12:30 - 13:30 Human Pyramids 11:15 - 12:00
John Peel Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sigur Rós 22:30 - 23:45 AlunaGeorge 21:00 - 22:00 Explosions in the Sky 19:30 - 20:30 Jack Garratt 18:10 - 19:00 Half Moon Run 16:50 - 17:40 Aurora 15:30 - 16:20 Rat Boy 14:10 - 15:00 Elle King 13:00 - 13:40 X Ambassadors 12:00 - 12:40 Dan Stuart With Twin Jones 11:00 - 11:40	M83 22:30 - 22:45 Fatboy Slim 20:30 - 22:00 Example 19:20 - 20:10 John Grant 17:50 - 18:50 MØ 16:40 - 17:30 Låpsley 15:10 - 16:10 Alessia Cara 13:50 - 14:40 Dua Lipa 12:45 - 13:25 Nothing but Thieves 11:50 - 12:20 Palace 11:00 - 11:30	Jake Bugg 22:00 - 23:15 Mac DeMarco 20:30 - 21:30 Of Monsters and Men 19:00 - 20:00 Band of Horses 17:30 - 18:30 Bat for Lashes 16:00 - 17:00 Mystery Jets 14:30 - 15:30 Matt Corby 13:00 - 14:00 Tired Lion 11:50 - 12:30 She Drew the Gun 11:00 - 11:30
The Park Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Richard Hawley 23:00 - 00:15 Savages 21:30 - 22:30 Ronnie Spector 20:00 - 21:00 Daughter 18:30 - 19:30 Ezra Furman 17:00 - 18:00 Unknown Mortal Orchestra 15:30 - 16:30 Nao 14:15 - 15:00 Night Beats 13:00 - 13:45 Declan McKenna 12:00 - 12:45 Gwenno 11:00 - 11:30	Philip Glass' Heroes Symphony 23:45 - 00:30 Mercury Rev 21:30 - 22:30 Floating Points (Live) 20:00 - 21:00 Ernest Ranglin & Friends 18:30 - 19:30 Kurt Vile 17:00 - 18:00 Jagwar Ma 15:30 - 16:30 Lady Leshurr 14:10 - 15:00 Izzy Bizu 13:00 - 13:45 Cat's Eyes 12:00 - 12:40 Car Seat Headrest 11:00 - 11:30	Grimes 21:00 - 22:00 Guy Garvey 19:30 - 20:30 Saint Etienne 18:00 - 19:00 Kwabs 16:30 - 17:30 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats 15:10 - 16:00 Hinds 14:00 - 14:45 C Duncan 13:00 - 13:40 Holly Macve 12:00 - 12:40 Khruangbin 11:00 - 11:30
Acoustic Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
John Lees' Barclay James Harvest 21:30 - 23:00 Hothouse Flowers 20:00 - 21:00 Sharon Shannon 18:30 - 19:30 Ed Harcourt 17:25 - 18:10 The Alarm 16:25 - 17:05 Goitse 15:30 - 16:10 Michele Stodard 14:30 - 15:10 Ward Thomas 13:35 - 14:20 Monty Taft 12:45 - 13:20 Roxanne De Bastion 12:00 - 12:30	The Shires 21:45 - 23:00 Art Garfunkel 20:10 - 21:25 Paul Carrack 18:45 - 19:45 Ralph McTell 17:20 - 18:15 Nine Below Zero 16:20 - 17:05 Glen Matlock 15:25 - 16:05 Sam Lee 14:30 - 15:10 Lewis & Leigh 13:35 - 14:15 Hardwicke Circus 12:40 - 13:20 Monty Taft 12:00 - 12:30	Cyndi Lauper 21:30 - 23:00 Gabrielle Aplin 20:00 - 21:00 The Bootleg Beatles 18:30 - 19:30 Fisherman's Friends 17:25 - 18:15 Patty Griffin 16:20 - 17:05 The High Kings 15:25 - 16:05 Hattie Whitehead 14:30 - 15:10 Applewood Road 13:35 - 14:15 The Cornshed Sisters 12:45 - 13:20 Blair Dunlop 12:00 - 12:30

^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]

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.^[27]

References

^ "Glastonbury Festivals". Archived from the original on 23 December 2007.
^ "2016 Ticket Prices". Official Site Glastonbury Festivall. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
^ "Glastonbury festival-goers in traffic chaos". BBC News. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
^ "Michael Eavis laments muddiest ever Glastonbury festival". The Guardian. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "2016 Line-up". Official Site Glastonbury Festivall. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
^ "Glastonbury 2016: Sunday night as it happened – Coldplay, a Bee Gee and Michael Eavis does Sinatra". Guardian. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ "Glastonbury 2016: Saturday night, with Adele, Tame Impala and more – as it happened". Guardian. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ "Glastonbury 2016: Friday as it happened – Foals, ZZ Top, Skepta and more". Guardian. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ NME (26 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: The Craziest Things To Happen At The 2016 Festival". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (27 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Kurt Vile talks about his 'sick' new album". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (29 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Will Glastonbury still be Glastonbury if it moves site?". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (27 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: What's been your festival highlight?". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (26 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Band of Horses Play Headliner Wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Bastille Play Headliner Wars With NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (18 February 2016). "NME AWARDS 2016: Michael Eavis On Why Coldplay Will Smash Glastonbury 2016". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (16 February 2016). "Coldplay On Headlining Glastonbury 2016: 'We'll come back until they beg us not to'". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Wolf Alice play headliner wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Shura plays headliner wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Kurt Vile on 'embracing the mud' at his first Glastonbury". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Foals Play Headliner Wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Rat Boy's explosive William's Green secret set". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Festival-goers react to Brexit". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Bastille, Two Door Cinema Club and Blossoms react to Brexit news". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (25 June 2016). "Adele at Glastonbury 2016: These people are seriously psyched about seeing her". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Welcome to The Sisterhood". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Bring Me The Horizon Play Headliner Wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.
^ "Stand As One Glastonbury 2016 Live Album". Official Site Glastonbury Festival. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

External links

Official website

[1] "Glastonbury Festivals". Archived from the original on 23 December 2007.

[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] "Michael Eavis laments muddiest ever Glastonbury festival". The Guardian. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[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] NME (26 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: The Craziest Things To Happen At The 2016 Festival". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[10] NME (27 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Kurt Vile talks about his 'sick' new album". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[11] NME (29 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Will Glastonbury still be Glastonbury if it moves site?". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[12] NME (27 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: What's been your festival highlight?". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[13] NME (26 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Band of Horses Play Headliner Wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[14] NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Bastille Play Headliner Wars With NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[15] NME (18 February 2016). "NME AWARDS 2016: Michael Eavis On Why Coldplay Will Smash Glastonbury 2016". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[16] NME (16 February 2016). "Coldplay On Headlining Glastonbury 2016: 'We'll come back until they beg us not to'". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[17] NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Wolf Alice play headliner wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[18] NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Shura plays headliner wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[19] NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Kurt Vile on 'embracing the mud' at his first Glastonbury". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[20] NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Foals Play Headliner Wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[21] NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Rat Boy's explosive William's Green secret set". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[22] NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Festival-goers react to Brexit". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[23] NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Bastille, Two Door Cinema Club and Blossoms react to Brexit news". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[24] NME (25 June 2016). "Adele at Glastonbury 2016: These people are seriously psyched about seeing her". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[25] NME (25 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Welcome to The Sisterhood". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[26] NME (24 June 2016). "Glastonbury 2016: Bring Me The Horizon Play Headliner Wars with NME". Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via YouTube.

[27] "Stand As One Glastonbury 2016 Live Album". Official Site Glastonbury Festival. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

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