After an earlier version of the line-up poster was inadvertently posted online earlier this week, Glastonbury and Arcadia organisers have now revealed the area’s official line-up – along with confirming the much-loved Arcadia Spider will return to Worthy Farm this summer.
The Arcadia Spider last appeared at Glastonbury 2018 and was replaced with a massive crane for Glastonbury 2019 as part of Arcadia’s Pangea project. However, planning permission issues have since placed the crane’s future in doubt, and Arcadia have said “this year felt like a reunion anyway” in regards to the spider’s return.
The line-up has changed slightly since an earlier version was accidentally leaked, with Amelie Lens no longer featured. The confirmed acts include Calvin Harris, Carl Cox B2B Chase & Status, Nina Kraviz, Jon Hopkins and Four Tet.
Arcadia is the fifth area of Glastonbury to have its line-up officially confirmed after the Theatre & Circus and Glasto Latino posters were revealed earlier this week. With the prior announcements of Silver Hayes and Field of Avalon, the main Glastonbury line-up poster revealed in March has already been bolstered with hundreds more artists including McFly, Sugababes and Gorgon City.
Also this month, the finalists of Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition were revealed along with an official Soundcloud playlist. The eight up-and-coming artists will go head-to-head in live finals on Saturday 30th April, with the winner claiming a slot on one of Glasto’s main stages.
Recently, Glastonbury organisers revealed a limited edition poster print, from which all proceeds will go to War Child‘s Ukraine Emergency Fund. It features the festival’s 2022 artwork by Stanley Donwood reworked with the colours of the Ukrainian flag and will be produced on-site using the festival’s Heidelberg Cylinder printing press.
They’re now available to purchase from the online Glastonbury store for £25 with the sale limited to 2,022 prints, each of which will be numbered. They’re expected to be dispatched by the end of April, and last week, organisers shared the video below showing the printing process.
All tickets for Glastonbury 2022 have now been sold. Resales of returned tickets were held towards the end of March which both sold out in a matter of minutes. Your last chance at getting in might be to win tickets, so check out our frequently updated list of Glastonbury competitions.
Long-rumoured headliners Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar have had their slots confirmed. Also included in around 90 artists revealed on the main poster were Supergrass and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, who were both strongly rumoured, while Lorde and Sigrid are among the recent Glasto acts returning for 2022.
Paul McCartney will be 80 by the time Glastonbury comes around, which would make him the oldest ever Pyramid Stage headliner. He’s expected to perform the day after Billie Eilish headlines. Aged 20 at the time, she’ll be the youngest ever Pyramid headliner.
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis previously confirmed on Twitter that the initial line-up poster will be published in March, with area line-ups to follow – before the complete line-up with timings is released in June, just before the festival.
Glastonbury 2022 will take place from Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 26th June at Worthy Farm near Pilton, Somerset.
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