Glastonbury Festival 2023

The 2023 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June and followed the 2022 edition of the festival. The three headlining acts were Arctic Monkeys, Guns N' Roses and Elton John, with Yusuf / Cat Stevens performing in the Legends slot.
Over 40 hours of television coverage of the festival was hosted by Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne, Jack Saunders and Clara Amfo and aired on BBC iPlayer and of the BBC Music and several BBC channels. Over 85 hours of live radio coverage was broadcast on BBC Sounds. For the first time, British Sign Language was included for all Pyramid Stage performances. Several documentaries were released in the lead up to the festival and a selection of highlights from previous years was made available to stream.

Background

Elton John was announced as the festival's Sunday night headliner on 2 December 2022. It is John's first time headlining Glastonbury and his final ever UK show, acting as the last performance of the UK leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. A statement released by Emily Eavis as part of the announcement read: "It gives me enormous pleasure to let you know that the one and only Elton John will be making his first ever Glastonbury appearance, headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Sunday night next year. This will be the final UK show of Elton's last ever tour, so we will be closing the Festival and marking this huge moment in both of our histories with the mother of all send offs. We are so very happy to finally bring the Rocket Man to Worthy Farm!"
The remaining two headliners, Arctic Monkeys, headlining for the third time, and Guns N' Roses, making their Glastonbury debut, were announced on 3 March 2023, alongside an initial slate of artists. Yusuf / Cat Stevens was also revealed as the Legends slot performer, having been personally selected by festival founder Michael Eavis.
On 3 March 2023, it was announced that the John Peel Stage would be renamed to Woodsies after nearly 20 years as part of a push for the stages to be named after the fields they are located in.

Tickets

General admission tickets for the festival cost £285 for the full weekend and were sold out.

Line-up

The full line-up, with set times, was announced on 30 May 2023.

Pyramid stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Arctic Monkeys 22:15 – 23:45 Royal Blood 20:15 – 21:15 Foo Fighters 18:15 – 19:30 Texas 16:15–17:15 Stefflon Don 14:45 – 15:45 Maisie Peters 13:15–14:15 The Master Musicians of Joujouka 12:00–12:45	Guns N' Roses 21:30 – 23:45 Lizzo 19:30 – 20:30 Lewis Capaldi 17:35 – 18:35 Aitch 16:00 – 17:00 Amadou & Mariam 14:30 – 15:30 Raye 13:15–14:00 Rick Astley 12:00–12:45	Elton John 21:00 – 23:05 Lil Nas X 19:00 – 20:00 Blondie 17:00 – 18:15 Yusuf / Cat Stevens 15:15 – 16:30 The Chicks 13:30 – 14:30 Sophie Ellis-Bextor 12:15–13:00 Windrush Reggae Choir 11:00–11:45

A. Arctic Monkeys' set featured James Ford.
B. Foo Fighters' set featured an appearance from Dave Grohl's daughter Violet.
C. Guns N' Roses' set featured an appearance from Dave Grohl.
D. Aitch's set featured an appearance from Anne-Marie.
E. Elton John's set featured appearances from Jacob Lusk, London Community Gospel Choir, Stephen Sanchez, Brandon Flowers and Rina Sawayama.
F. Lil Nas X's set featured an appearance from Jack Harlow.

Pyramid Stage Set Lists

;Maisie Peters

;Stefflon Don

;Texas

;Foo Fighters

;Royal Blood

;Arctic Monkeys

;Rick Astley

;Raye

;Amadou & Mariam

Ta Promesse
Batoma
C'est Chaud
Wily Kataso
Masiteladi
Yiki Yassa
Enaramina
Bofou Safou
Sabali
La Réalité
Beaux Dimanches

;Aitch

;Lewis Capaldi

;Lizzo

;Guns N' Roses

;Sophie Ellis-Bextor

;The Chicks

;Yusuf/Cat Stevens

;Blondie

;Lil Nas X

;Elton John

Other stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Wizkid 22:30 – 23:45 Fred Again 20:30 – 21:30 Chvrches 18:45 – 19:45 Krept and Konan 17:15 – 18:15 Carly Rae Jepsen 15:45 – 16:45 The Lightning Seeds 14:15 – 15:15 The Hives 13:00 – 13:45 Ben Howard 11:30 – 12:30	Lana Del Rey 22:30 – 23:30 Central Cee 20:30 – 21:30 Manic Street Preachers 18:45 – 19:45 Maggie Rogers 17:15 – 18:15 Generation Sex 15:45 – 16:45 Tom Grennan 14:15 – 15:15 The Lathums 13:00 – 13:45 The Unthanks 11:45 – 12:30	Queens of the Stone Age 21:45 – 23:15 The War on Drugs 19:45 – 20:45 Becky Hill 18:00 – 19:00 Dermot Kennedy 16:30 – 17:30 The Teskey Brothers 15:00 – 16:00 Nova Twins 13:30 – 14:30 Japanese Breakfast 12:15 – 13:00 The Joy 11:00 – 11:45

A. Central Cee's set featured an appearance from Dave.
B. Becky Hill's set featured the Heritage Orchestra.

West Holts stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Kelis 22:15 – 23:45 Young Fathers 20:30 – 21:30 Joey Badass 19:00 – 20:00 Gabriels 17:30 – 18:30 Louis Cole 16:00 – 17:00 ADG7 14:30 – 15:30 Yaya Bey 13:00 – 14:00 Star Feminine Band 11:30 – 12:30	Loyle Carner 22:15 – 23:45 Mahalia 20:30 – 21:30 Ezra Collective 19:00 – 20:00 Jacob Collier 17:30 – 18:30 Third World 16:00 – 17:00 Sudan Archives 14:30 – 15:30 Kanda Bongo Man 13:00 – 14:00 Say She She 11:30 – 12:30	Rudimental 21:45 – 23:15 Candi Staton 20:00 – 21:00 Barrington Levy 18:30 – 19:30 The Hu 17:00 – 18:00 Speakers Corner Quartet 15:30 – 16:30 Black Country, New Road 14:00 – 15:00 Beth Orton 12:30 – 13:30 Skinny Pelembe 11:00 – 12:00

A. Gabriels' set featured an appearance from Celeste.
B. Loyle Carner's set featured an appearance from Olivia Dean.
C. Rudimental's set featured an appearance from Charlotte Plank and Venbee.
D. Speakers Corner Quartet featured Coby Sey, Tirzah, Confucius MC, Joe Armon-Jones, Lea Sen, Kae Tempest, Leilah, James Massiah, Tawiah and Shabaka Hutchings.

Woodsies stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Hot Chip 22:30 – 23:45 Warpaint 21:00 – 22:00 Hozier 19:35 – 20:35 Courteeners 18:00 – 19:00 Pale Waves 16:30 – 17:30 Digga D 15:15 – 16:00 Flo 14:00 – 14:45 Bru-C 12:45 – 13:30 The Sixsters 11:30 – 12:15	Christine and the Queens 22:30 – 23:45 Rina Sawayama 21:00 – 22:00 Måneskin 19:30 – 20:30 Blossoms & Rick Astley perform The Smiths 18:00 – 19:00 Shame 16:30 – 17:30 The Murder Capital 15:15 – 16:00 Working Men's Club 14:00 – 14:45 Wunderhorse 12:45 – 13:30 The Last Dinner Party 11:30 – 12:15	Phoenix 21:30 – 22:45 Caroline Polachek 20:00 – 21:00 Editors 18:30 – 19:30 Slowdive 17:00 – 18:00 Cat Burns 15:30 – 16:30 The Big Moon 14:00 – 15:00 CMAT 12:30 – 13:30 The Love Buzz 11:15 – 12:00

A. Caroline Polachek's set featured appearances from Brìghde Chaimbeul and Weyes Blood.

Park stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Fever Ray 23:00 – 00:15 Sparks 21:15 – 22:15 Shygirl 19:45 – 20:45 The Comet Is Coming 18:15 – 19:15 Unknown Mortal Orchestra 16:45 – 17:45 Billy Nomates 15:15 – 16:15 Los Bitchos 14:00 – 14:45 Alabaster DePlume 12:45 – 13:30 Adwaith 11:30 – 12:10	Fatboy Slim 23:00 – 00:15 Leftfield 21:15 – 22:15 The Pretenders 19:45 – 20:45 Tinariwen 18:15 – 19:15 Obongjayar 16:45 – 17:45 Jockstrap 15:15 – 16:15 Flohio 14:00 – 14:45 James Ellis Ford 12:45 – 13:30 Max Richter 11:30 – 12:10	Alt-J 21:15 – 22:30 Thundercat 19:45 – 20:45 Alison Goldfrapp 18:15 – 19:15 Viagra Boys 16:30 – 17:30 Weyes Blood 15:15 – 16:00 Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul 14:00 – 14:45 Gwenno Saunders 12:45 – 13:30 John Francis Flynn 11:30 – 12:15

A. Sparks' set featured appearances from Cate Blanchett and Edgar Wright.
B. Fatboy Slim's set featured an appearance from Rita Ora.
C. The Pretenders' set featured appearances from Johnny Marr and Dave Grohl.