Glastonbury Festival 2015

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Glastonbury Festival 2015
Date(s)24 June 2015 (2015-06-24) 28 June 2015 (2015-06-28)
Location(s) Pilton, England, United Kingdom
Previous event Glastonbury Festival 2014
Next event Glastonbury Festival 2016
Website www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

The 2015 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 24 to 28 June 2015. [1]

Contents

On 17 June 2015, it was announced that the Foo Fighters had cancelled a number of appearances, including the Friday night headline slot at Glastonbury 2015, due to lead singer Dave Grohl falling off stage and fracturing his leg during the band's concert in Gothenburg, Sweden. [2] Florence and the Machine were announced as their replacement on 17 June. [3] As part of their set, Florence and the Machine performed a cover of the Foo Fighters', "Times Like These", which they dedicated to Grohl. [4] [5] [6]

The biggest crowd of the weekend was drawn by Lionel Richie, who drew 100,000-120,000 people for the "Legend" slot on Sunday afternoon. [7]

Tickets

General Admission Tickets for the festival cost £225. [8]

Weather

The weather was mostly sunny, but it rained quite a lot on Friday afternoon and Sunday morning.

Line-up

Stages 1-5

Source: Line up poster [9] [10]

Pyramid Stage
FridaySaturdaySunday

Florence and the Machine
22:15-23:45
The Libertines
20:20-21:30
Motörhead
18:30-19:30
Mary J Blige
16:45-17:45
Alabama Shakes
15:00-16:00
James Bay
13:30-14:30
Chronixx
12:00-12:45
Michael Clark Company
11:00-11:30

Kanye West
22:15-23:45
Pharrell Williams
20:00-21:15
Paloma Faith
18:15-19:15
Burt Bacharach
16:30-17:30
George Ezra
15:00-16:00
The Waterboys
13:30-14:30
Courtney Barnett
12:10-13:00
The Unthanks
11:00-11:45

The Who
21:15-23:15
Paul Weller
19:30-20:45
Alt-J
17:45-18:45
Lionel Richie
16:00-17:15
Patti Smith
14:15-15:15
Hozier
13:00-13:45
Songhoy Blues
12:00-12:40
Burtle Silver Band
11:00-11:40

Other Stage
FridaySaturdaySunday

Rudimental
22:30-23:45
Mark Ronson
21:00-22:00
The Courteeners
19:30-20:30
The Vaccines
18:00-19:00
Jungle
16:30-17:30
Catfish and the Bottlemen
15:00-16:00
Everything Everything
13:50-14:30
The Cribs
12:30-13:20
The Charlatans
11:00-12:00

Deadmau5
22:30-23:45
Ben Howard
20:40-21:55
The Maccabees
19:05-20:05
Clean Bandit
17:35-18:35
Ella Eyre
16:05-17:05
Young Fathers
14:45-15:45
The Strypes
13:25-14:15
Frank Turner
12:00-13:00
Swim Deep
11:00-11:40

The Chemical Brothers
21:45-23:15
Jamie T
20:15-21:15
Belle & Sebastian
18:45-19:45
Future Islands
17:15-18:45
Twin Atlantic
15:45-16:45
Palma Violets
14:15-15:15
Adam Cohen
13:00-13:50
SOAK
12:00-12:40
Rival Sons
11:00-11:40

John Peel Stage
FridaySaturdaySunday

Enter Shikari
22:45-23:45
Modestep
21:15-22:15
SBTRKT
19:45-20:45
Circa Waves
18:25-19:20
Peace
17:00-18:00
Chet Faker
16:00-16:40
The Districts
15:00-15:40
Leon Bridges
14:00-14:40
Rainy Boy Sleep
13:00-13:40
Hinds
12:00-12:40
Weaves
11:00-11:40

Suede
22:35-23:45
La Roux
21:05-22:05
Death from Above 1979
19:35-20:35
Jessie Ware
18:15-19:10
Years & Years
17:00-17:50
The Pop Group
16:00-16:40
Sleaford Mods
15:00-15:40
Slaves
14:00-14:40
Coasts
13:00-13:40
Sunset Sons
12:00-12:40
Isaac Lee-Kronick
11:00-11:40

Franz Ferdinand & Sparks
22:05-23:15
Death Cab for Cutie
20:35-21:35
Lianne La Havas
19:05-20:05
Charli XCX
17:50-18:35
Django Django
16:40-17:30
Alvvays
15:40-16:20
Prides
14:40-15:20
Saint Raymond
13:40-14:20
Mini Mansions
12:40-13:20
' Gengahr
11:40-12:20
Lucy Kitchen
11:00-11:20

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