It's Neil Young versus Charli XCX at Glastonbury – but I know who'll win
Glastonbury 2025 has unveiled a bill that promises a packed and thrilling festival, with something for everyone, from gnarly old rockers (well, Neil Young and Rod Stewart) to the vital new blood of young pop fans flocking to see Olivia Rodrigo and Charli XCX. The 1975 have earned their spot as Friday night's headliners with a brand of spirited commercial art pop that is reliably entertaining live.
And if chart stars aren't for you, there's a bill chock full of interesting alternatives from Brit award winning jazz ensemble Ezra Collective to intense rap rock duo Bob Vylan, from blazing RnB singer-songwriter Raye to dazzling American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlisle, from the feisty feminist pop rock anthems of Alannis Morrisette to the rambunctious assault of rave veterans The Prodigy. Last year was widely deemed underpowered, but this year I think Glastonbury have got the range and balance about right.
Indeed, my first reaction to the Glastonbury 2025 poster was that there's a lot of artists I'd actually like to see this year. My second thought was, oh, I wonder how old legend Neil Young on Saturday Night's Pyramid Stage will fare against hot woman of the moment Charli XCX on The Other Stage?
Young is an all time great, but he's notoriously messy, curmudgeonly and unpredictable live, whilst Charli XCX can play three banging up to the minute zeitgeist hits in the time it takes him to unleash one wonky guitar solo – and do it dancing in her underwear.
There were a lot of scheduling problems last year, with whole areas being temporarily shut down as crowds voted with their feat. RnB star SZA performed to possibly the smallest ever headliner audience at the Pyramid, whilst shabby alt rockers The National packed them out on the Other Stage. I suspect there will be more of those kind of clashes this year.
I'm personally excited by sets from Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Nova Twins, Self Esteem and, indeed, The 1975, since it suggests that these exciting artists all have new music ready for release. Some of my favourite young bands are on the bill, including Wunderhorse, Sprints, Inhaler, CMAT and the intriguing Djo (Joe Keery from Stranger Things). You know what you are getting with artists of the quality of St Vincent, John Fogerty, Father John M Misty and Burning Spear. And it is an opportunity to sample the delights of new stars such as Noah Kahan, Gracie Abrams and Shaboozey.
But I think it's a safe bet that Rod Stewart will draw the biggest crowd of the festival for his Sunday afternoon legend slot. Whatever your taste in music, who will be able to resist the 80-year old Caledonian crooner giving it a bit of Maggie Mae, Sailing and Young Hearts? I look forward to the hills of Somerset resounding to the roar of hundreds of thousands of voices bellowing out D'ya Think I'm Sexy? I'm not sure that many people do, anymore, Sir Rod, but Glastonbury is a place to suspend belief and let the music do the rest.
The 2025 Glastonbury line-up so far
Friday June 27
The 1975
Loyle Carner
Biffy Clyro
Alanis Morissette
Busta Rhymes
Maribou State
Gracie Abrams
Four Tet
Wet Leg
Anohni & The Johnsons
Badbadnotgood
Blossoms
Burning Spear
Cmat
Denzel Curry
En Vogue
English Teacher
Fatboy Slim
Faye Webster
Floating Points
Franz Ferdinand
Glass Beams
Inhaler
Lola Young
Myles Smith
Osees
Pinkpantheress
Self Esteem
Supergrass
Vieux Farka Touré
Wunderhorse
Saturday June 28
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
Charli XCX
Raye
Doechii
Deftones
Ezra Collective
John Fogerty
Amyl & The Sniffers
Amaarae
Beabadoobee
Beth Gibbons
Bob Vylan
Brandi Carlile
Caribou
Father John Misty
Gary Numan
Greentea Peng
Jade
Japanese Breakfast
Kaiser Chiefs
Kneecap
Leftfield
Lucy Dacus
Nick Lowe
Nova Twins
Pa Salieu
Scissor Sisters
Tom Odell
The Script
TV On The Radio
Weezer
Yussef Dayes
Sunday June 29
Olivia Rodrigo
Rod Stewart
The Prodigy
Noah Kahan
Nile Rodgers & Chic
Wolf Alice
Jorja Smith
Overmono
The Libertines
AJ Tracey
Black Uhuru
Celeste
Cymande
Future Islands
Girl In Red
Goat
Joy Crookes
Kae Tempest
Katy J Pearson
Parcels
Pawsa
Royel Otis
Shaboozey
Snow Patrol
Sprints
St Vincent
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Maccabees
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