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9 hours agoDuran Duran Won't Play Glastonbury Unless They Headline
Duran Duran will not play Glastonbury unless billed as headliners on the Pyramid Stage, rejecting an offered early disco-tent slot.
Glastonbury Festival has reported a rise in profits after a strong year that featured performances from global stars including Dua Lipa and Shania Twain, enabling millions of pounds to be channelled into charitable causes. Accounts filed at Companies House show that Glastonbury Festival Events Limited, the operating company behind Glastonbury Festival, increased revenues to £75.2 million in the year to March 31, 2025, up from £68.4 million the previous year. Pre-tax profits climbed to £7.7 million, compared with £5.9 million in 2024.
One stage in the southeast corner of the festival went one step further this year in a bid to create a vision for an alternative future: one that prioritises nature, community and practical solutions to some of the crises we are facing as a planet.
The tech bros want to go to Mars, so we're sending them there. There's room on the rocket for a few more souls so they're being joined by Trump, Netanyahu, Vance, Farage and Rowling - just some of the people who in recent years made life on Earth more difficult for us.
Mo Chara expressed solidarity with Palestine Action, highlighting the challenges faced by those who speak out about Palestine in the music industry, noting, "Young people around the world know what's going on in Palestine, I'm so proud of you."