LONDON — English rock band The 1975 and American pop star Olivia Rodrigo will join singer-songwriter Neil Young as headliners of Britain’s Glastonbury music festival, organisers said on Thursday.
As announced last November, rocker Rod Stewart will take the Sunday afternoon “legend” slot, the 80-year-old singer’s first appearance at Worthy Farm in southwest England since he performed at the festival’s main Pyramid stage in 2002.
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The Glastonbury festival was started by dairy farmer Michael Eavis in 1970 and over the decades has become a sprawling and often muddy five-day event in June, with some of the biggest names in music performing for tens of thousands of revellers.
This year’s edition will take place from June 25-29.
Rodrigo, whose hits include ‘drivers license’ and ‘good 4 u’, will make her Pyramid stage debut, closing the festival on Sunday evening. The 1975 will perform on Friday and Neil Young on Saturday.
Born in Canada and now also a U.S. citizen, Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995, and as part of Buffalo Springfield in 1997. He was also a member of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Other acts on the lineup include Charli XCX, whose album “Brat” inspired a cultural phenomenon last summer, hip hop artist Loyle Carner, electronic band The Prodigy and singer-songwriter Raye.
—Reporting by Catarina Demony; Editing by Sarah Young
