Glastonbury Festival 2011 | |
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Date(s) | 22–26 June 2011 |
Location(s) | Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, UK |
The 2011 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 22–26 June 2011. Tickets for the festival went on sale from 9 am on Sunday 3 October 2010, over 37 weeks before the festival was set to begin, with a deposit of £50 being paid, while the whole cost of a ticket is £195 (+£5 booking fee and postage and packaging).[1]
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Half the tickets were sold within the first 2 hours[2] and a quarter of the tickets still available by 12pm [3] despite issues with people purchasing tickets.[4] Tickets sold out in 4 hours.
On 15 February, Coldplay were announced the Saturday night headliner on the Pyramid Stage.[5] Later on the same day, Emily Eavis confirmed that Beyoncé would headline on the Sunday evening.[6] U2 were announced on 24 February as the Friday evening headliners.[7]
Headline acts on the Pyramid Stage were U2, Coldplay and Beyoncé, performing on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively; with Beyoncé as Glastonbury's premier finale for 2011.[8] [9][10][11]
Pyramid Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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U2 |
Coldplay |
Beyoncé |
Other Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Primal Scream |
The Chemical Brothers |
Queens of the Stone Age |
John Peel Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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DJ Shadow |
Glasvegas |
The Streets |
The Park Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Crystal Castles |
Wild Beasts |
Gruff Rhys |
East Dance | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Fatboy Slim |
Professor Green |
Pete Tong (DJ Set) |
West Holts | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Cee Lo Green |
Big Boi |
Kool & the Gang |
The BBC curate a stage at Glastonbury each year showcasing new talent. This year saw performances from Ed Sheeran, F-Block, The Good Natured, Sharks Took the Rest, Vessels and Shammi Pithia, amongst others.
Secret gigs on the Park Stage saw Radiohead (Friday) and Pulp (Saturday) perform to large crowds.[12][13]
The gates opened on Wednesday to rain and heavy showers persisted making the car parks and the festival site a muddy terrain. Dry conditions on the Friday soon made way for yet more rain early afternoon and didn't stop until the Saturday lunchtime. Sunday was non stop sunshine which dried out the site.[14][15][16]
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