The 2017 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June. The three headlining acts were

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and

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with

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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

on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively. Labour Party leader

Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist ...

also made an appearance on the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday.

Pyramid Stage

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's set featured guest appearances from

Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Award ...

and

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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

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, Louise Marshall and

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' set featured a guest appearance from

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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

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, co-producer, director, and star of the 2018 film '' A Star Is Born'', filmed a four-minute segment of his film with

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on the Pyramid Stage, using part of

'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

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, with Kylie Minogue performing in the "legends" slot. This was the last regular edi ...

. The previous "fallow year" was in 2012.

References

External links

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