The 2017

Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contempo ...

took place between 21 and 25 June. The three headlining acts were

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and Ed Sheeran with Barry Gibb performing in the iconic Legend's Slot.

Tickets

General Admission Tickets for the festival cost £238 for the full weekend.

Weather

The weather was around 30 °C on 21 June with temperatures potentially reaching 10 °C higher than usual for the festival.

Line-up

Headlining the festival were

and Ed Sheeran on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn also made an appearance on the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday.

Pyramid Stage

A. Kris Kristofferson's set featured guest appearances from

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and Margo Price.
B.

Jools Holland Julian Miles Holland, (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter. He was an original member of the band Squeeze and has worked with many artists including Jayne County, Sting, Eric C ...

's set featured guest appearances from Chris Difford, Louise Marshall and Ruby Turner.
C.

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' set featured a guest appearance from DJ Shadow.
The set by Foo Fighters was notable for the televised appearance in the crowd of a naked man, to whom Dave Grohl dedicated the song " My Hero". Actor Bradley Cooper, co-producer, director, and star of the 2018 film '' A Star Is Born'', filmed a four-minute segment of his film with Lady Gaga on the Pyramid Stage, using part of Kris Kristofferson's set.

Other Stage

West Holts Stage

John Peel Stage

Glastonbury Festival 2018

Festival founder Michael Eavis announced on 26 June 2017 that there would be no Glastonbury 2018 in order to give "the farm, the village and the festival team the traditional year off" until

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. The previous "fallow year" was in 2012.

References

External links

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