Glastonbury Festival 2019

The 2019 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 26 and 30 June. The three headlining acts were Stormzy, the Killers and The Cure.

This was the last regular edition until 2022 when the subsequent two editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, known as enforced "fallow" years.

Kylie Minogue's much anticipated performance in the Legends time slot became the most viewed Glastonbury performance in the festival’s history with 3.9 million viewers, marking the Australian's return to the festival after being forced to pull out in 2005 after being diagnosed with breast cancer.^[1] Partway through the Killers' set the stage was swept by Jimmy Carr.^[2]

New areas

New areas developed for the 2019 festival included "Glastonbury-on-Sea" which included a metal seaside with amusements and animatronics.^[3]^[4]^[5] Block9 in the South East corner of the site was expanded with the inclusion of a new venue and installation, IICON, described as "a pseudo-religious monument to the terrifying new realities emerging in our digital, data-driven, post-truth age".^[6]

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup screening

Glastonbury Festival confirmed via their Twitter account that they would show the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final match between England and Norway on big screens at the West Holt's Stage, after a request from England Women's player Georgia Stanway whose brother would be at the festival and would have no other way of watching the match.^[7] Kick-off was at 8 pm BST on 27 June and England won the game 3–0.

Tickets

General Admission tickets for the festival cost £248 for the full weekend and sold out.^[8]

Capacity was 203,000, with all 135,000 weekend sold in under 36 minutes.^[9]

Weather

The weather was consistently dry and warm throughout the weekend, with temperatures rising throughout the week and peaking on the Saturday afternoon, before cooler conditions made their way in for Sunday. The festival was totally rain free for the first time since 2010 and also experienced the highest average temperatures for almost a decade.^[10]

Line-up

The line-up was:^[11]^[12]

Pyramid Stage

Pyramid Stage headliners Stormzy, The Killers and The Cure.

^ A. Bastille's set featured appearances by Rationale and Lewis Capaldi.^[13]
^ B. Stormzy's set featured appearances by Chris Martin, Dave and Fredo.
^ C. The Killers' set featured appearances by Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr.
^ D. Kylie Minogue's set featured appearances by Nick Cave and Chris Martin.
^ E. Miley Cyrus' set featured appearances by Mark Ronson, Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X.

Pyramid Stage Set Lists

Tom Odell

1. I Know
2. Sparrow
3. Still Getting Used to Being on My Own
4. Grow Old with Me
5. Can't Pretend
6. Hold Me
7. Son of an Only Child
8. Piano Man (Billy Joel cover)
9. Another Love

Sheryl Crow

Bastille

Lauryn Hill

1. Lost Ones
2. Everything Is Everything
3. Superstar
4. Final Hour
5. Forgive Them Father
6. Ex-Factor
7. Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli cover)
8. To Zion
9. Doo Wop (That Thing)
10. Killing Me Softly with His Song

George Ezra

Stormzy

1. Know Me From
2. Cold
3. First Things First
4. One Take
5. Mr Skeng
6. Don't Cry For Me
7. Cigarettes & Cush
8. Sweet like Chocolate (Shanks & Bigfoot cover)
9. Ultralight Beam (Kanye West cover)
10. Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 1 with Chris Martin
11. Crown
12. Return of the Rucksack
13. Bad Boys
14. Shape of You (Ed Sheeran cover)
15. Funky Friday (Dave cover) with Dave and Fredo
16. Vossi Bop
17. Shut Up
18. Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2
19. Big for Your Boots

Carrie Underwood

1. Church Bells
2. Cowboy Casanova
3. Last Name
4. Wasted
5. Jesus, Take the Wheel
6. Flat on the Floor
7. Southbound
8. Just a Dream/Dream On (Aerosmith cover)
9. Love Wins
10. Two Black Cadillacs
11. Blown Away
12. Cry Pretty
13. Undo It
14. Smoke Break
15. Before He Cheats

Anne-Marie

1. Ciao Adios
2. Heavy
3. Perfect
4. Trigger
5. Can I Get Your Number
6. Don't Leave Me Alone
7. Alarm
8. Then
9. Rockabye
10. 2002
11. Friends

Hozier

1. Would That I
2. Dinner & Diatribes
3. Nina Cried Power
4. Someone New
5. Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene
6. Almost (Sweet Music)
7. From Eden
8. Work Song
9. To Be Alone
10. Jackie and Wilson
11. Moment's Silence (Common Tongue)
12. Movement
13. Take Me to Church

Janet Jackson

Liam Gallagher

The Killers

1. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
2. Somebody Told Me
3. Spaceman
4. The Way It Was
5. Shot at the Night
6. The Man
7. Smile Like You Mean It
8. For Reasons Unknown
9. Bling (Confession of a King)
10. Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
11. A Dustland Fairytale
12. Runaways
13. Read My Mind
14. All These Things That I've Done
15. When You Were Young
16. Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson cover) with Pet Shop Boys
17. Human with Pet Shop Boys
18. This Charming Man (The Smiths cover) with Johnny Marr
19. Mr Brightside with Johnny Marr

Mavis Staples

1. Stronger
2. Take Us Back
3. Can You Get to That (Funkadelic cover)
4. Build a Bridge
5. Change
6. Who Told You That
7. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
8. We Get By
9. Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
10. No Time for Crying

Years & Years

Kylie Minogue

1. Love at First Sight
2. I Should Be So Lucky
3. On a Night Like This
4. Je ne sais pas pourquoi
5. Hand on Your Heart
6. Where the Wild Roses Grow with Nick Cave
7. Slow
8. Confide in Me
9. Kids
10. Can't Get You Out of My Head with Chris Martin
11. Especially for You
12. Shocked
13. Step Back in Time
14. Better the Devil You Know
15. Locomotion
16. All the Lovers
17. Dancing
18. Spinning Around

Miley Cyrus

1. Nothing Breaks Like a Heart with Mark Ronson
2. Back to Black (Amy Winehouse cover) with Mark Ronson
3. Mother's Daughter
4. Unholy
5. D.R.E.A.M.
6. Cattitude
7. We Can't Stop
8. The Most
9. Party Up the Street
10. Malibu
11. Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
12. Party in the U.S.A.
13. Old Town Road with Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus
14. Panini with Lil Nas X
15. On a Roll
16. Head Like a Hole (Nine Inch Nails cover)
17. Wrecking Ball

Vampire Weekend

The Cure

Other Stage

West Holts Stage

John Peel Stage

Park Stage

Bimble Inn

WOW

References

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^ Bennett, Steve. "Jimmy Carr's sweeping statement : Punching Up 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ "New area for 2019 Glastonbury-on-Sea". Glastonbury Festival. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^ "Glastonbury-on-Sea unveiled as 'the most amazing' Glastonbury creation ever". Somerset Live. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^ "Glastonbury Festival: 'Victorian' pier built". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^ "'Drop Instagram and engage': Block9's next Glastonbury stage takes shape". The Guardian. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "World Cup 2019: Glastonbury festival responds to Lionesses' plea". 25 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ "Glastonbury Lineup 2019". Galastonburyfestivals.co.uk. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^ "2019 History". Galastonburyfestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ "Glastonbury weather to be sunny and rain-free, forecast shows". Guardian. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
^ "Check out the full Glastonbury 2019 line-up and stage times here". NME.com. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
^ Digital, Pretty Good. "Glastonbury Festival - 2019". Glastonbury Festival - 21st-25th June, 2017.
^ "Bastille transform Glastonbury 2019 into a 'Doom Days' daytime rave on their ambitious Pyramid Stage debut". 28 June 2019.

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