As previously announced, the resale of cancelled/refunded tickets will take place at 6pm (BST) on Thursday, 25th April (coach + ticket packages) and 9am (BST) on Sunday, 28th April (standard tickets). Here are the answers to some of the most Frequently Asked Questions about the resale.

WHAT IS THE TICKET RESALE?

Following our balance payment window, we will be selling a limited number tickets for which the balance was not settled. These will consist of general admission tickets and coach + ticket packages.

WHEN IS THE RESALE?

The resale of returned coach packages will take place at 6pm (BST) on Thursday, 25th April.
The resale of returned general admission tickets will take place at 9am (BST) on Sunday, 28th April.

WHERE CAN I BUY A TICKET?

The resale will only be available at glastonbury.seetickets.com.

DO WE NEED TO BE REGISTERED FOR THE RESALE?

Yes. Everyone for whom you are booking must be registered.

If you are not registered, we advise registering here by Thursday, April 18th to allow for the registration to be processed and resubmitted if needed.

If you are already registered you can use your existing registration number and do not need to re-register. We advise you check your details online prior to registration closing, in case you need to provide any new details.
Registration closes at 6pm BST on Tuesday, April 23rd, and will not reopen until after the resale.

HOW MUCH DO TICKETS COST?

Tickets cost £248 + £5 booking per person. Secure delivery of general admission tickets is charged at £8.95 postage per order. (Coach package e-Ticket delivery is £1.50 per order.) A list of coach prices can be found here (you’ll need to add the price of the Festival ticket too). UK Tickets can now be purchased with a UK debit card or Visa or Mastercard credit cards. International Tickets can only be bought by Visa Credit Card or Mastercard Credit Card.

DO I NEED TO PAY THE FULL BALANCE IN THE RESALE, OR CAN I JUST PAY A DEPOSIT?

The deposit scheme for 2019 is now closed. Tickets bought in the resales must be paid for in full at the time of booking.

HOW MANY TICKETS CAN I BUY IN THE RESALE?

In the general admission resale on 28th April you may purchase up to 4 tickets per transaction – but remember that you can only book one ticket per registration. So if you plan to book for a group, you will need all their registration numbers and registered postcodes, too – get them ready now.

The coach package sale on 25th April will be limited to 2 tickets per transaction, to reflect the limited number of seats available per coach. Again, you will need the registration number for each ticket you are booking.

HOW MANY TICKETS WILL BE IN THE RESALE?

As in previous years, the exact number of tickets in the resale will not be announced. But it is a limited quantity.

WHAT DOES ‘ALL AVAILABLE TICKETS HAVE NOW BEEN ALLOCATED’ MEAN?

There are only very limited numbers of tickets available in the resales, so once orders are being processed for all the tickets that are available, it will no longer be possible to access the booking page, and you will see a message that ‘All available tickets have now been allocated”.

If you see this message, please refresh the page, as any orders which cannot be processed will be released back to sale.

Once all ticket purchases have been processed, the website will display a ‘SOLD OUT’ message and no more tickets will be released back to sale.

WHICH TOWNS AND CITIES ARE COVERED BY THE COACH PACKAGES?

The coach packages, provided by Seetickets, will be from the locations listed here. Please note the prices indicated are for the coach travel only – you will need to add the cost of the Festival ticket to this to create the package price.
NB: Coach travel to the Festival is also available from National Express for all ticket holders.

WHAT IF THE COACH PACKAGE I WANT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE?

As in previous years, the exact number of tickets in the resale will not be announced. But it is a limited quantity.
See is running more than 300 coaches to the Festival, and the coach package tickets are spread across these. As it’s likely that people will be attempting to buy these very limited packages at the same time, it may be that someone else manages to complete the purchase before you do. A purchase is only confirmed when payment has been successfully processed.

If you choose a departure town, and then see a message that says “Tickets not available”, this means all the seats that were available on that coach have already been requested by another booker.

Please select a different departure point, to check for availability on another coach.

We would strongly advise you only book a coach package which it is feasible for you to travel on, as bookings cannot be transferred, and your Festival tickets will be reliant on you travelling on the correct coach.

IF I BOOK A COACH PACKAGE DO I HAVE TO TRAVEL ON THE COACH?

Yes. For coach packages you will only be sent your coach tickets in advance – your Festival entry tickets will be handed out on the coach.

Travel on your chosen coach is mandatory. Please do not book a coach package unless you are certain you will be able to travel on the coach you have selected.

CAN I BOOK COACH PACKAGES FROM DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS AT THE SAME TIME?

No, you can only book coach packages from one destination in one transaction.

CAN I BOOK A COACH SEAT FOR MY CHILD OR DEAF AND DISABLED PA TO TRAVEL WITH ME IF THEY DON’T HAVE A FESTIVAL TICKET?

All passengers including children aged 12 and under, and Personal Assistants allocated tickets under the Disabled PA scheme, must purchase a valid coach ticket in order to travel. If you are travelling with children aged 12 or under, who do not require an entry ticket for the festival, or a PA allocated tickets by the Disabled Access Coordinator you will need to contact coachtravel@seetickets.com upon completing your booking in order to enquire about additional coach seats (NB: standard fares apply). Please note Coach Seats are now severely limited, and See cannot guarantee there will be any availability on your coach. See Tickets also cannot guarantee all coaches will have wheelchair access and storage facilities. If you require wheelchair access or wheelchair storage you must contact coachtravel@seetickets.com no later than 30 days prior to departure to ensure the appropriate facilities can be provided.

CAN I STILL BOOK A CAMPERVAN, TIPI, WORTHY VIEW OR CAR PARK TICKET?

Car park tickets will be available during the general admission resale on Sunday 28th April.
Any campervan, tipi and Worthy View cancellations will go back on sale immediately after the general admission resale at 11am, via glastonbury.seetickets.com. Naturally you won’t be able to book car parking or campervan place if you’re booking a coach package, though.

CAN I STILL BUY A WATER BOTTLE IN THE RESALE?

Yes. All taps across the Festival site provide safe drinking water, and this year we are once again working together with WaterAid to provide a reusable 500ml stainless steel water bottle featuring an etched design. The bottles will cost £10 each, with £2 going to WaterAid. They are available to pre-order when booking your tickets and can be picked up from the WaterAid kiosks across site.

You can fill any water bottle at WaterAid’s kiosks and at any of the hundreds of water points for free. A reusable water bottle saves money and reduces the amount of litter generated onsite and we urge you to bring one.
As part of Glastonbury’s sustainability goals we continue to look at ways of reducing the waste that is generated on the Festival site, which is why single-use plastic drinks bottles will not be sold at this year’s Festival.
If you forget to buy a water bottle when booking your tickets, a limited number of reusable water bottles will be available to purchase from the Water Aid water points on site at the Festival.

We’re very happy to reveal the amazing 2019 line-up for the Field Of Avalon!

We’re very excited to reveal the first of our 2019 area line-ups, and we’re kicking off with a big one! Silver Hayes is back with six stages offering an incredible bill of the best in dance music, drum ‘n’ bass, garage, Afrobeat, hip hop, bass, grime, electronic, neo soul, jazz and much, much more.

The area’s six stages are Sonic, Gully Blues, Pussy Parlure, Wow, BBC Music Introducing and the all-new (micro venue) No Average Groove.

The 2019 Silver Hayes line-up poster is below. For lots more info, head over to their Area page, or follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

>> READ THE TICKET RESALE FAQ <<

Following the closure of the seven-day ticket balance payment window for those who paid a deposit for tickets in October, we’re pleased to announce that a limited number of tickets for which the balance has not been settled will go into our ticket resale, which will be split over two separate days.

As in October, we will be giving the first opportunity to book tickets to those who choose to travel to the Festival by coach. The resale for Ticket + Coach packages will take place at 6pm BST on Thursday, 25th April.

That will be followed by a resale of General Admission Tickets, at 9am BST on Sunday, 28th April. General Admission Tickets cost £248 + £5 booking fee, with postage by Royal Mail Special Delivery charged at £8.95 per order (coach package e-Ticket delivery is £1.50 per order).

There will then be a resale of Worthy View accommodation, Campervan passes and Tipi field accommodation at 11am BST on Sunday, 28th April.

As before, tickets and accommodation will be sold exclusively at glastonbury.seetickets.com.

Please note that all tickets purchased in the resale must be paid for in full at the point of booking (there is no deposit scheme offered for the resale). These tickets will be refundable up until 3rd May, and cancellation protection is available at the point of purchase (for more information please click here).

You will need to be registered in order to book tickets in the resale. If  you are not already registered, please register here. Registration will close at 6pm BST on Tuesday, 23rd April. If you are not already registered, we strongly recommend that you register online by Thursday, 18th April to allow sufficient time to resubmit your registration if your photo is rejected. Please be aware that if you submit a registration after 18th April and the photo is subsequently rejected, you may not have time to resubmit the photo.

If you are already registered you do not need to re-register for the resale, but we would advise you to check your existing registration and edit any details which need updating by clicking here (again, this should ideally be done by 18th April to allow time for the changes to go through before 6pm BST on Tuesday, 23rd April, after which time you will not be able to re-register).

For full details of the packages available and for terms and conditions of purchase please refer to the Ticket Information Page.

As in previous years, the exact number of tickets in the resales will not be announced, however, it is likely to be a limited quantity – split between general admission tickets and coach packages.

Michael Eavis was at Castle Cary train station this morning to unveil the new dedication “Castle Cary, Station of the Glastonbury Festival”, with refreshments provided by the WI!

Michael is also to have a new GWR Intercity Express Train named after him after being nominated in a poll of 100 Great Westerners. The train will carry Michael’s name and the Glastonbury Festival logo.

Great Western provides over 50 extra trains to/from Castle Cary to help Glastonbury travellers attend the Festival, carrying as many as 15,000 Festival goers. Click here for more info on coming to the Festival by train. 

After whittling down thousands of entries, we’re very pleased to announce the finalists for our EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION 2019, which is supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation.

The acts are: Che Lingo, iiola, LIINES, Marie White, Roma Palace, Shunaji, Swimming Girls and YAMAYA. You can hear their entries on the playlist above.

The winners of the free-to-enter competition will also be awarded a £5,000 Talent Development prize from PRS Foundation to help take their songwriting and performing to the next level. Two runners-up will also each be awarded a £2,500 PRS Foundation Talent Development prize.

The eight acts were selected by Glastonbury judges from the longlist of 90 artists which was compiled by 30 of the UK’s best online music writers, who chose their selections from thousands of entries.

This year’s invite-only final will take place on Saturday 27 April, 2019.

A reminder that if you have paid a deposit for either a general admission ticket or a coach package for the 2019 Festival, your balance payment of £198 + £5 booking fee per ticket is due between 9am BST on Monday 1st April and 11.59pm BST on Sunday 7th April 2019. You will also be able to add car park tickets and cancellation protection to your booking while paying your balance (see here for more information on cancellation protection).

After the balance payments window, there will be a resale of any returned coach packages on Thursday 25th April, followed by a general admission resale on Sunday 28th April.

If you are planning to pay a balance between 1st – 7th April, please take a moment to read these FAQs.

CAN I PAY MORE THAN ONE BALANCE IN THE SAME TRANSACTION?

Yes – you can pay the balance for up to 6 tickets in one transaction, providing you have all paid a deposit and they are all the same ticket type. By grouping your balance payments together you will only pay one postage and packing fee (£8.95 per order for general admission tickets, £1.50 for coach e-Tickets). You will need to provide each ticket holder’s registration number and postcode in order to pay their balances.

You can only pay the balances together if they are for the same type of ticket. So you can pay the balance on up to 6 coach packages together, or up to 6 general admission tickets together, but you can’t pay the balance on a mix of general admission and coach packages in the same transaction.

I PAID FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE’S DEPOSITS IN OCTOBER, CAN WE ALL PAY OUR BALANCES INDIVIDUALLY?

Yes you can. Each person will just need to provide their registration number and postcode in order to pay their own balance.

WHAT IS THE ‘LOVE THE FARM, LEAVE NO TRACE’ PLEDGE?

As well as accepting the Festival’s terms and conditions of entry when paying your balance, you will be required to sign our ‘Love the Farm, Leave no Trace’ pledge, agreeing that:

• I will only use the toilets provided and not pee on the land or in waterways.
• I will use the recycling bins correctly and not drop litter on the ground.
• I will take all my belongings home with me again, including my tent and all camping equipment.
• I will bag up my rubbish in the bin bags provided by the campsite stewards and use the recycling pens provided in each campsite.
• I will avoid single-use packaging and use a reusable water bottle wherever possible.

Please commit to this pledge and ask others to stick to it too, to help ensure a sustainable Festival. We would also encourage you to read the Festival’s full environmental policies.

CAN I CHANGE MY DELIVERY OR EMAIL ADDRESS?

If you wish to change your delivery address you can provide a new delivery address on the balance payment page. If your address changes after paying your balance, you can update your address details online at seetickets.com/customerservice. Please note changes to your delivery address will not update the address associated with your registration.

If you wish to change your registered email address please contact See Tickets customer services on 0115 896 0073. When paying your balance you are given the option to provide a different email address to the one you registered with, but this won’t update your registered details.

CAN I ORDER A WATER BOTTLE WHEN I PAY MY BALANCE?

Yes. All taps across the Festival site provide safe drinking water, and this year we are once again working together with WaterAid to provide a reusable 500ml stainless steel water bottle featuring an etched design. The bottles will cost £10 each, with £2 going to WaterAid. They are available to pre-order when paying your ticket balance and can be picked up from the WaterAid kiosks across site.

You can fill any water bottle at WaterAid’s kiosks and at any of the hundreds of water points for free. A reusable water bottles saves money and reduces the amount of litter generated onsite and we urge you to bring one.

As part of Glastonbury’s sustainability goals we continue to look at ways of reducing the waste that is generated on the Festival site, which is why single-use plastic drinks bottles will not be sold at this year’s Festival.

I’VE BOOKED A COACH PACKAGE, CAN I SWAP TO A GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET?

No – coach packages are non-transferable. If you have booked a deposit for a coach package, then you need to pay the balance for a coach package. It isn’t possible to transfer to a general admission ticket (or vice versa). If you are unable to travel on the coach package you have booked, you will need to cancel your coach package (including the Festival ticket).

ARE THERE ANY MORE TIPIS OR CAMPERVAN TICKETS AVAILABLE?

All campervan tickets and tipis are currently fully booked. Any cancelled bookings will be made available in an accommodation resale after the main resale on Sunday 28th April via glastonbury.seetickets.com. Further details will be released nearer the time.

IS THERE ANY MORE ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE AT WORTHY VIEW?

Worthy View is also currently fully booked. As above, any cancelled bookings will be made available in an accommodation resale after the main resale on Sunday 28th April, via glastonbury.seetickets.com . Further details will be released nearer the time.

I’VE BOOKED A COACH PACKAGE, CAN I STILL BUY A CAR PARK / CAMPERVAN TICKET?

No – car park and campervan tickets are only available to general admission ticket holders. It is not possible to purchase a car park or campervan ticket when booking or paying the balance for a coach package.

WE’RE COMING IN A GROUP WITH A CAMPERVAN/CARAVAN, DOES EACH OF US NEED A CAMPERVAN TICKET?

No. You only need to book one campervan ticket per campervan/caravan, but everyone aged 13 or over in your group will of course need a Festival ticket. Please note large vehicles, which require a pitch in excess of 8m x 7m, require a large campervan ticket, for the White route site. For more information about campervan and caravans please check out the campervan information page.

SINCE I BOOKED MY DEPOSIT I’VE FOUND I CAN’T COME TO THE FESTIVAL, CAN I GET MY DEPOSIT BACK?

Yes. Any tickets for which the balance has not been paid will be refunded £30 (a £20 admin fee will be retained) automatically onto the card on which they were booked within 7 working days of the balance payment period ending. If you already know that you won’t be able to come to the Festival, and would like to get your £30 back before the automatic refund, then please call See Tickets on 0115 896 0073. Please note if your card details have changed since you placed your deposit you will need to contact See Tickets to arrange your refund; and if a friend or family placed the deposit for you, the deposit will be returned to their card.

If you are cancelling a coach package a total admin fee of £30 will be retained. You will be refunded your coach fare less a £10 cancellation fee, and your ticket deposit less the £20 cancellation fee.

MY FRIEND CAN NO LONGER COME TO THE FESTIVAL, CAN I TRANSFER THEIR TICKET TO SOMEONE ELSE?

No. Tickets (including deposits) are fully non-transferable. If one of your party is no longer able to attend the Festival they can obtain a refund of £30 for their deposit (see above); however you cannot reserve that deposit for someone else. Cancelled tickets will be put back on general release in the ticket resale.

CAN I STILL BOOK A TICKET?

Quite possibly, yes – don’t give up hope! There will be a resale of any returned coach packages on the evening of Thursday 25th April followed by a general admission resale on the morning of Sunday 28th April.

I’VE PAID MY BALANCE BUT HAVEN’T HAD A CONFIRMATION EMAIL – HOW CAN I CHECK EVERYTHING IS OKAY?

If you have not yet received confirmation of your balance payment you can retrieve your booking details at seetickets.com/customerservice.

I’VE SEEN TICKETS ADVERTISED ONLINE, CAN I BOOK THROUGH ANOTHER COMPANY?

No! Please don’t be tempted to buy tickets from anywhere other than See Tickets.  Glastonbury tickets are only available through one agency – Seetickets.com – who support our unique Glastonbury registration system, which means we can make sure that all our tickets are sold at face value, to genuine Festival goers. (Some of the campsites local to the Festival are authorised to offer hospitality tickets as part of their accommodation packages. If you are in any doubt as to the legitimacy of a company, please contact the Festival.)

In the first of our regular reports on our Green initiatives, we look at recycling and waste processing at Glastonbury Festival

Across five days at the end of June, the land around Worthy Farm hosts over 200,000 people and can produce a city-sized 2,000 tonnes of potential waste. And this is processed at the Festival’s on-site recycling centre, just a short walk from the Pyramid Stage.

Dealing with this much rubbish is a mammoth task. And for a quarter of a century, it’s one that’s fallen at the feet of Waste and Farm Infrastructure Manager Robert Kearle. We asked Robert how it all works…

Processing waste at Glastonbury Festival is a huge undertaking. What was it like when you started?
When I started in the mid eighties there was almost no recycling, except for a few individuals collecting cans off their own bats and selling them for scrap. Back then you could easily make £100 in a few hours collecting cans at the Pyramid arena – that was a week’s wages in the eighties! But otherwise the whole waste management system was based on a post-show clear-up operation which lasted months. And even that could be quite lucrative – it wasn’t too unusual to find the odd bundle of cash amidst the Festival detritus. Today you’d be lucky to find a tenner!

How does it work these days?
To put it in the simplest terms, collections are made from each of our three types of bins – food and compostables, bottles and cans and general waste – and returned to our on-site recycling centre. There, we hand-separate all the bottles and cans which are sent to be recycled appropriately and uncontaminated food and biodegradables are sent off to be made into lovely compost.

Waste and Farm Infrastructure Manager Robert Kearle

Why was the recycling centre built?
We wanted to expand our recycling effort to improve our recycling rates. It is absolutely vital to our operation because recycling facilities in the real world just aren’t capable of taking what the Festival produces. We produce a large amount of heavily mixed – and at times heavily mud-contaminated! – material in a very short and limited time frame. Without our own processing facility we would not be able to recycle as much of the waste produced as we do.

So what’s the centre like?
It’s vast and inspiring and runs like a well-oiled, perfectly-balanced Victorian machine. But although we have this fabulous hulking beast of a plant, the most significant part – the real dedicated heart – of our entire operation are the 1,300 volunteers and staff that hand-sort the hundreds of tonnes of waste on the Festival site and at the plant and send it off to be recycled.

What would you say is your biggest challenge now?
The biggest challenge continues to be getting the public to engage. Stopping the availability of certain things on-site – like non-compostable plates and cutlery and as of this year, single-use plastic bottles – really helps to reduce the amount of waste that we collect. And at the last Festival, we managed to recycle or reuse 50 percent of all our waste and turned 132 tonnes of food waste into compost. But we could do even better if our bins were always used properly.

What would you like to see improve?
I’d like us all to have a greater awareness of what we use and how much we throw away. The best thing we can do is not use something in the first place. Recycling – both at Glastonbury Festival and in society generally – should really be seen as a last resort. Our ban on the sale of single-use plastic bottles this year will hopefully have a great impact on the amount of waste we produce. But hopefully it will also get people thinking about what we use and why. In environmental terms, for us to live sustainably, less is definitely more!

We’re very pleased to announce the 90 acts on the longlist for our EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION 2019, which is supported by PRS for Music and the PRS for Music Foundation. These acts were picked by our judging panel, made up of 30 of the UK’s best online music writers.

We’d like to say a huge thanks to the many thousands of acts who entered the free contest, and the judges for helping to narrow them down to just 90 acts.

Each of the bloggers has chosen their favourite three acts. They’re listed below, and check out the SoundCloud playlist of all the acts above (apart from the acts who chose to enter a “private” track).

These acts will now be whittled down to a shortlist of just 8 acts who will compete at April’s live finals for a slot on one of the main stages at this year’s Festival. The winners of the competition will also be awarded a £5,000 PRS for Music Foundation Talent Development prize, to help take their songwriting and performing to the next level. Two runners-up will also each be awarded a £2,500 PRS for Music Foundation Talent Development prize.

Amazing Radio 
1. …And The Hangnails
“I defy anyone not to lose control of their body to this band”
2.  Alan Finan
“Beautifully crafted melodies”
3.  [ K S R ]
“KSR’s brand of soul is sparse in musicality yet big in feeling”

Black Plastic
1. JacobNeverhill
“Emotionally vulnerable R&B with beautiful, sophisticated production”
2. Kudu Blue
“Blends melancholic vocals with sophisticated and soulful house music”
3. Jen Simmonds
“Captures a blissful dreamlike state”

Breaking More Waves
1. Amahla
“Amahla has an effortlessly beautiful tone to her voice”
2. Amy Vix
“With elements of country, Americana and rock incorporated in her music, Amy Vix also possesses a wonderful pop sensibility”
3. Anoushka Lucas
“Warm, elegant vocals and jazzy atmospherics… superb stuff”

Bristol in Stereo
1. Lazy Day
“The richness of Tilly Scantlebury’s vocals and the effervescence of the whole band make them a joyous unit”
2. Lilith Ai
“Catchy, empowering and includes the phrase “resting bitch face”. This. Screams. Summer.”
3. Kid Kapichi
“This is ‘stop what you’re doing and listen’ music.”

Crack Magazine
1. Nasari
“The eccentric, oddball energy of Connan Mockasin with the rich velocity of My Bloody Valentine”
2. Monks
“Clear technical skill along with an ability to perform in a relaxed, carefree manner”
3. YAMAYA
“Sun-kissed Afrobeat party-starters”

Devil has the Best Tuna
1. Beija Flo
“”A stunning, breathtaking burst of raw edged beauty”
2. Black Mamba Fever
“A huge slice of deliciously demonic raucous post punk”
3. Bienvenue
“Takes 70s funk and gives it a fresh, millennial twist”

Dots and Dashes
1. Bryde
“An exemplary performance all round – the vocal, musical components, and atmosphere are spot on.”
2. Blanketman
“Grinding, angular post-punk. Great stuff!”
3. Callum Spencer
“Straight as a die, but – Springsteenian to its core – it’s dead good all the same.

Drowned In Sound
1. Seatbelts
“Interesting song, diverse range of influences and confident live. Definite potential here!”
2. Millie Manders and The Shut Up
“Definitely ready for the big stage”
3. LIINES
“About to go on a UK tour with Sleaford Mods and it’s easy to see why. Stands out above everything else”

Dummy Magazine
1. M.I.C
“M.I.C is ripping up the rulebook when it comes to the mic”
2. Marika
“Marika’s hyper-HD, almost ASMR vocal sits beautifully over this super soulful, low-slung production”
3. Louis VI
“The combination of smoky, expertly crafted jazz and rhythm-led vocal is a killer.

Fifty3 Musings on Music
1. Sophie Morgan
“A really captivating song, skilfully arranged to underline the quality of Sophie’s voice; a delicacy and rarity of tone that marks her distinctiveness.”
2. The Harriets
“A kind of marriage of the best of Belle & Sebastian and Squeeze”
3. Truly Ford
“Truly is a brilliant interpreter of song and her live work is equally exceptional”

Gigwise
1. Charismatic Megafauna
“Scrappy, bratty electronic punk music with an anti-misogyny sting”
2. Che Lingo
“Self-confident lyrics set against minimalist production are a hot proposition live”
3. Cassels
“Frontman Jim Beck has a near spoken word way of delivering lyrics and the guitar trickery blending with his brother’s frenetic drums is invigorating live”

Gold Flake Paint
1. Porridge Radio
“There’s a dense, almost hypnotic atmosphere throughout which is really captivating”
2. OK Button
“Quiet and haunting throughout”
3. Jessie Reid
“The little percussive nuances are super interesting but it’s Jessie’s plaintive voice that steals the show. “

It’s All Indie
1. Swimming Girls
“Vibrant with some quite breezy synths and guitars with gorgeous vocals draped on top”
2. Tallsaint
” Great melodies mixed with a driving electronic subframe”
3. The Assist
” Charming Brummy vocals mixed with some delightful guitar tones with a vibrant chorus”

Josh Hall
1. Patawawa
“Like Toxic-era Britney meets Quincy Jones meets UKG…”
2. Megan Vice
“Sick throwback French touch-esque bubblegum pop, I un-ironically love it”
3. Sugarcane
“Absolutely lovely – expert mid-summer Sunday morning vibes”

Laura Snoad
1. VŌS
“It’s the soundtrack to pulling a sickie because you stayed up all night with your new crush”
2. TrueMendous
“Lyrical dexterity, impressive flow and impeccable delivery”
3. One Little Atlas
“One Little Atlas’s soaring vocals pull you into a tapestry of emotionally charged, interwoven landscapes”

Mark Higgins
1. Cousin Kula
“A lovely, woozy bit of psych pop. Washes over you like a gentle wave on a Mexican beach”
2. Darcie
“Delicious production on this, sounding taut but keeping a lovely vibe going throughout”
3. Crosslight
“A hugely endearing right old racket, with big, stadium-filling dynamics”

Mark Muldoon
1. DROOL
“A classic example of lean, confident British indie-rock”
2. Dede
“Stirring, superior piano ballad with a knockout voice”
3. DeeWain
“Great pop-rap production from this versitile hip hop act”

Michael Cragg
1. PHOEBE ΔXΔ
“A whiff of Lorde, sure, but very much part of its own idiosyncratic world. Makes you want to hit repeat”
2. Phidizz
“I love that Feel Alive channels a lot of US hip-hop styles, but is delivered in a clear regional accent”
3. Why-Axis
“Properly experimental, but never alienating. The flow is spot on too”

Music Liberation
1. EKKAH
“Breathy vocals with funky basslines”
2. Elle Exxe
“Powerful and emotive pop from Scottish songwriter Elle Exxe”
3. Ed Whicher
“Soothing reflective tracks over his plush acoustic guitar playing.”

Music Like Dirt
1. Eyesore & the Jinx
“Two and a half years of Brexit distilled into two and half minutes of punk-ish rage and exasperation”
2. Ex-Isles
“Ex-Isles’s Pete Devlin has a gloriously deep, rich voice, that immediately brings to mind John Grant and Rufus Wainwright”
3. Fake Turins
“Post-punk disco funk that wears its David Byrne influence with pride”

Neon Filler
1. Laura Goldthorp
“Has the ability to create ready made pop classics and her engaging vocals are superb too”
2. Roma Palace
“Brighton based Roma Palace offer a fresh take on indie pop and rock, with a slice of blues thrown into the mix”
3. Saachi
“Blending indie pop with jazz to dazzling effect thanks to some fine radio friendly tunes and the fantastic vocal range of singer guitarist Saachi Sen”

Nialler9
1. Marie White
“There is a huge amount of passion in this girl, in her lyric writing and that wonderful voice. A Joy”
2. Paige Bea
“Dreamy, dark and sometimes triumphant production and Paige Beas gorgeous tremolo are a perfect marriage here”
3. Rebel Phoenix
“Deep and thoughtful writing from this Dubliner. Beats and production that could stand alone with expert, effortless flow makes this one for the headphones in the city after dark”

Resonance FM
1. Freya
“Expertly-crafted with a strong soulful vocal”
2. George Moir
“Blame is a solid well-constructed and mournful pop and soul track”
3. GAZEL
“GAZEL are an exciting electronic grouping with an unusual and highly original atmospheric sound”

Rhys Buchanan
1. Haze
“I love the energy bubbling away under the surface here, it’s skulking, sinister and a perfect release for these turbulent times”
2. Heavy Heart
“This track is bright and colourful yet there’s something dark and enigmatic under the surface”
3. HEZEN
“Hezen has delivered an immensely strong pop track with a powerful statement behind it”

Sim Rollison
1. PRIMA
“Smooth vocals set against sparse production and a great, laid back hook you could easily hear on your favourite zeitgeist-led R&B playlist”
2. The Manatees
“As soon as the chorus kicks in on ‘What If’, you know you’re on to a winner. The Manatees show great energy throughout this track and its not difficult to imagine this closing a raucous live show.”
3. Sugar
“Impresses more and more as it draws to its close, the electro production adding layers to the vocal refrain”

The House of Coxhead
1. Ten Tonne Ska
“A positive vibe all round… lyrically and musically”
2. Róise
“An amazing voice and clearly a very talented songwriter”
3. Selin
“Really love the tone of Selin’s voice”

The Line of Best Fit (Lauren Down)
1. IMOGEN
“To have command of such a voice, one that soars and flutters as effortlessly as it delves and broods, is a rare thing. To hear it deployed as perfectly as Newcastle born singer and pianist IMOGEN does is an even rarer thing”
2. iiola
“Pop as it’s supposed to be: sweet and catchy with a little sullen undercurrent, a bruised delicacy akin fresh heartbreak”
3. Iyamah
“Iyamah cuts old school jazz sounds with that modern soulful voice to produce something that has all the hallmarks of a raw talent set to take things to the next level”

The Line of Best Fit (Paul Bridgwater)
1. Shunaji
“Absolutely loving the way Shunaji fuses inventive jazz loops with a Missy Elliot delivery full of attitude, intelligence and humour”
2. Yassassin
“They’re doing something really interesting with what began as quite a raw sound – finding dark melodies and a real swagger of their own”
3. Stanza Divan
“Such an exciting and direct flow with some really solid lyrics delivered with supreme confidence and conviction”

The Quietus
1. Tirikilatops
“A bizarre and quite brilliant UK/Korean fusion  of weird pop, buzzing electro synths and dada-esque cut-up/collage sensibilities”
2. Tidelines
“Subtle, sweet, intricate but spacious songs from a Senegalese, now UK-based kora player and singer”
3. Laurent John
“Cool, atmospheric, electronics-fried neo soul from London. Lovely production, too”

Too Many Blogs
1. Jafro
“Skillful Leicester MC”
2. Latir
“Continuing to drop a myriad of dreamy tracks that combine the best elements of indie and R&B”
3. Kinkajous
“Kinkajous use unusual instruments, electronics and synths that enable them to create astonishingly vast and unique soundscapes”

Here is our first Glastonbury Festival 2019 line-up poster (by Stanley Donwood). Following the previously announced Friday night headliner Stormzy, and the Sunday teatime legend Kylie, we can confirm this year’s final two Pyramid Stage headliners, alongside a first list of acts playing the Pyramid, Other, West Holts, John Peel and Park stages.

The Killers headline Saturday night, with their first return to the Pyramid Stage since topping the bill in 2007, and following on from their rapturously-received surprise set in the John Peel tent in 2017. For Sunday night, The Cure return to headline the Pyramid for the first time since 1995, in what marks a record-equalling fourth Glastonbury headline set (Coldplay being the only other act to have occupied the closing slot four times). The Cure previously also headlined in 1986 and 1990.

Many more acts and attractions still to be announced! Full list in text under the poster…

The Killers
The Cure
Stormzy
Kylie
Janet Jackson
George Ezra
Liam Gallagher
Miley Cyrus
Tame Impala
The Chemical Brothers
Vampire Weekend
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Janelle Monae
Christine And The Queens
Two Door Cinema Club
Jorja Smith
Bastille
Hozier
Sigrid
Snow Patrol
Cat Power
Wu-Tang Clan
Anne-Marie
Years & Years
Billie Eilish
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Hot Chip
Stefflon Don
Jon Hopkins
Santigold
The Streets
Lizzo
Kamasi Washington
IDLES
Rosalía
Johnny Marr
Diplo
Mavis Staples
Rex Orange County
Little Simz
Michael Kiwanuka
Kate Tempest
Loyle Carner
King Princess
Jungle
Neneh Cherry
Kurt Vile & The Violators
The Comet Is Coming
Interpol
Pale Waves
Friendly Fires
Sharon Van Etten
Pond
Sons Of Kemet
Aurora
Fat White Family
Sheryl Crow
Maribou State
Fatoumata Diawara
Bugzy Malone
Low
Sam Fender
This Is The Kit
BCUC
Shura
Slowthai