Culture | Music Coldplay are set to become the first act to headline Glastonbury Festival five times. The Saturday performance marks the British band’s first Pyramid Stage appearance since 2016, and it will see them overtake The Cure, who have headlined the slot four times. Frontman Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman will follow pop superstar Dua Lipa , who headlined the festival on Friday with a string of hits, impressive choreography and several outfit changes.
Festival-goers on Saturday can look forward to some sunny weather as they explore Worthy Farm and its many attractions. A spokesperson for the Met Office told the PA news agency that Saturday will be “a dry day with sunny spells throughout the morning, some cloud building as we head into the afternoon”. There will be highs of 20-21C in the afternoon and the “possibility of overnight rain”.
On Sunday there will be highs of 18-19C in the afternoon. A total of 71 alleged offences inside and outside the perimeter at Glastonbury have been reported since Wednesday, according to Avon and Somerset Police. This includes one sexual offence, 22 cases of theft and 11 drug offences.
A police spokesperson told PA that 13 arrests have been made between Wednesday and Saturday morning, some of which have included people being arrested for multiple offences. Eight of the arrests have been on suspicion of at least one drug-related offence and four of those eight have also be.
