Dua Lipa to headline Glastonbury as fans fret over Euro screening – live updates

Sir Michael Eavis has given an interview to Glastonbury’s local paper, The Glastonbury Free Press, where he recalled being knighted by Princess Anne and also gave his views on immigration, the weather, and the ongoing Euro 2024 games.

“It was very well run,” he said of the ceremony at Windsor Castle in April, which he attended with his wife Liz and his grandsons George and Noah.

“Princess Anne actually did the business and she was very nice. She had a big sword though. Long and heavy. And she definitely did her duties as though she meant it!”

Addressing the new additions for Glastonbury 2024, Eavis was particularly excited about the Terminal 1 venue in Williams Green: “It’s dealing with the issue of immigration,” he said.

“They’re taking the approach that we can solve it. We can be friendly to those unfortunate people in the boats. It’s demonstrating – the whole festival is demonstrating – that you can get on with your neighbour. And they’re putting all of that into a show. Isn’t that amazing?”

As for his personal recommendations, Eavis suggested going for a stroll around Worthy Farm “in the middle of the night”.

“That’s the best way to catch all the exciting things that are really going on,” he said. “You need to stay up until five in the morning. Then you’ll see all sorts of incredible stuff!”

Loving these ones sent over by James Hall, starring mac’n’cheese truck “Mac Not Crack”, loaded hummus bowls “Hummusapiens”, and grilled wrap stall “Wrappers Delight”. Badabadaba…

He also meets the 88-year-old founder of the festival, Sir Michael Eavis.

John told Eavis, “I think it is serendipity that I’m here because (it’s) the last show I’ll ever do probably in Britain, and it couldn’t be better, and you’ve been amazing. All my guys said this is so great.”

Eavis replied: “We’ve waited for years for this.”

Our critic James Hall took some photos of around 450 joggers, who call themselves Ravers 2 Runners, as they made their way around the Glastonbury festival site.

“Each to their own, they’re having an absolute ball,” he says. “Personally, I’m keeping it old-school… I’m off to have a wood-fired sauna in an ancient caravan in the old travellers’ field.”

Great Western Railway (GWR) said earlier that all lines were blocked at West Ealing, in the west of the capital, due to “the emergency services dealing with an incident near the railway”.

That was affecting services to and from London Paddington, which is on the route serving Castle Cary in Somerset, the nearest station to Glastonbury Festival.

A spokesperson for the train operator confirmed to The Independent that lines have now reopened.

”Trains are now moving into and out of Paddington, including those serving Glastonbury festival, but there will be some residual delays due to misplaced trains and crew,” they added.

My brilliant colleague Ben Parker reports:

Our intrepid team of reporters and critics are on site at Glastonbury Festival, with writer Adam White sending over a picture of some ominous-looking clouds looming over Worthy Farm.

“The rain has started!” he tells me, but is reassured as I point out the Met Office says it should* brighten up this afternoon.

Glastonbury organisers have unveiled the full set times across each of its stages for this year’s festival, revealing that rapper Little Simz will perform before Coldplay on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday, while LCD Soundsystem will play ahead of Dua Lipa’s Friday slot.

Hundreds of other artists will perform across the week, with the set times allowing fans to work out whether they’ll have time to dash from one stage to another in order to see their favourites.

There are also a few spots reserved for surprise acts, including the “TBA” marked at 6pm on Saturday at the Woodsies stage. Previous surprise artists at Glastonbury have included The Killers, Radiohead and the Foo Fighters.

Here are the set times for the main stages across Friday, Saturday and Sunday.