Glastonbury organisers have today revealed the dedicated line-up poster for the West Holts stage, adding some further artists to the thousands already announced. The poster also shows the day splits and headliners for the stage, which are yet to be revealed for almost all other areas of the festival.
Little Simz previously appeared on the West Holts stage back in 2016 and returns this year to headline the Friday night. Roisin Murphy will headline on the Saturday before Bicep close the stage with their Sunday night headline slot. Organisers said Bicep are: “bringing the most spectacular production they’ve ever hosted”.
Organisers added: “Alongside the headliners, highlights will include the mesmeric Arooj Aftab and the wild showmanship of Yves Tumor. Not only did TLC help invent contemporary R&B and become the best-selling girl group in US history but their lyrics also tackled HIV and sexual harassment. Another incredibly influential act is Nightmares On Wax who make their WH debut with a massed collective of 16 musicians. Finally, they’ll be welcoming the queen of African music, Angelique Kidjo who’s collaborated with everyone from Burna Boy to Yo-Yo Ma in a history of musical diversity that reflects the soul of West Holts.”
The West Holts Stage is the 15th area of Glastonbury 2022 to have a dedicated line-up poster revealed, following the main headliner announcement back in March. Previously, we’ve had announcements from The Unfairground, The Park, Kidzfield, The Glade, The Acoustic Stage and solar-powered Croissant Neuf. We’ve also had the Left Field line-up, Shangri-La and The Common.
Glasto fans were delighted to discover the iconic Arcadia spider will be returning following planning issues with the giant crane, which had replaced the spider in 2019. The news came on alongside the Arcadia line-up poster, which followed line-up posters for the Theatre & Circus fields, Glasto Latino, former dance village Silver Hayes and Field of Avalon.
Also recently, we had confirmation of Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition results. Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis McLaughlin won the live finals, though all seven artists who competed achieved slots on the upcoming Glasto line-up.
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.
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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