The 2023 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June and followed the 2022 edition of the festival. The three headlining acts were Arctic Monkeys, Guns N' Roses and Elton John, with Yusuf / Cat Stevens performing in the Legends slot.
Over 40 hours of television coverage of the festival was hosted by Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne, Jack Saunders and Clara Amfo and aired on BBC iPlayer and of the BBC Music and several BBC channels. Over 85 hours of live radio coverage was broadcast on BBC Sounds. For the first time, British Sign Language was included for all Pyramid Stage performances. Several documentaries were released in the lead up to the festival and a selection of highlights from previous years was made available to stream.
Background Elton John was announced as the festival's Sunday night headliner on 2 December 2022. It is John's first time headlining Glastonbury and his final ever UK show, acting as the last performance of the UK leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. A statement released by Emily Eavis as part of the announcement read:
The remaining two headliners, Arctic Monkeys, headlining for the third time, and Guns N' Roses, making their Glastonbury debut, were announced on 3 March 2023, alongside an initial slate of artists. Yusuf / Cat Stevens was also revealed as the Legends slot performer, having been personally selected by festival founder Michael Eavis.
On 3 March 2023, it was announced that the John Peel Stage would be renamed to Woodsies after nearly 20 years as part of a push for the stages to be named after the fields they are located in.
Tickets General admission tickets for the festival cost £285 for the full weekend and were sold out.
Line-up The full line-up, with set times, was announced on 30 May 2023.
Pyramid stage
Friday Saturday SundayArctic Monkeys22:1523:45 Royal Blood20:1521:15 Foo Fighters (billed as The Churnups)18:1519:30 Texas16:15–17:15 Stefflon Don14:4515:45 Maisie Peters13:15–14:15 The Master Musicians of Joujouka12:00–12:45Guns N' Roses21:3023:45 Lizzo19:3020:30 Lewis Capaldi17:3518:35 Aitch16:0017:00 Amadou & Mariam14:3015:30Raye13:15–14:00Rick Astley12:00–12:45Elton John21:0023:05 Lil Nas X19:0020:00 Blondie17:0018:15 Yusuf / Cat Stevens15:1516:30 The Chicks13:3014:30 Sophie Ellis-Bextor12:15–13:00 Windrush Reggae Choir11:00–11:45 A. Arctic Monkeys' set featured James Ford. B. Foo Fighters' set featured an appearance from Dave Grohl's daughter Violet. C. Guns N' Roses' set featured an appearance from Dave Grohl. D. Aitch's set featured an appearance from Anne-Marie. E. Elton John's set featured appearances from Jacob Lusk, London Community Gospel Choir, Stephen Sanchez, Brandon Flowers and Rina Sawayama. F. Lil Nas X's set featured an appearance from Jack Harlow.
Pyramid Stage Set Lists Maisie Peters
Body Better I'm Trying (Not Friends) Love Him I Don't You're Just a Boy (and I'm Kinda the Man) Cate's Brother Not Another Rockstar Worst of You Villain Run You Signed Up for This Brooklyn John Hughes Movie Lost the Breakup Blonde
Stefflon Don Senseless Can't Let You Go Move Clockwork Boasty Bun Fi Fun Daily Duppy Bum Bum Tam Tam Dip Best Friend Move It 16 Shots Hurtin' Me
Texas I Don't Want a Lover Halo In Our Lifetime The Conversation Summer Son Let's Work It Out When We Are Together Black Eyed Boy Inner Smile Say What You Want Suspicious Minds
Foo Fighters All My Life No Son of Mine Learn to Fly Rescued The Pretender My Hero Show Me How Best of You Everlong
Royal Blood Out of the Black Come On Over Boilermaker Lights Out Mountains at Midnight Trouble's Coming Typhoons Loose Change Little Monster How Did We Get So Dark? Ten Tonne Skeleton Figure It Out
Arctic Monkeys Sculptures of Anything Goes Brianstorm Snap Out of It Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair Crying Lightning Teddy Picker Cornerstone Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? Arabella Four Out of Five Pretty Visitors Fluorescent Adolescent Perfect Sense Do I Wanna Know? Mardy Bum There'd Better Be a Mirrorball 505 Body Paint I Wanna Be Yours I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor R U Mine?
Rick Astley Together Forever Keep Singing As It Was/Take On Me Cry for Help Dipppin' My Feet God Says / Dance Whenever You Need Somebody/Good Times Highway to Hell Never Gonna Give You Up
Raye Oscar Winning Tears The Thrill Is Gone Ice Cream Man Mary Jane Five Star Hotels Worth It Black Mascara You Don't Know Me Escapism
Amadou & Mariam Ta Promesse Batoma C'est Chaud Wily Kataso Masiteladi Yiki Yassa Enaramina Bofou Safou Sabali La Réalité Beaux Dimanches
Aitch Safe to Say Learning Curve Taste (Make It Shake) Strike a Pose Wait Louis Vuitton Take Me Back to London Keisha & Becky UFO Raw Bamba War 1989 In Disguise Wonderwall Close to Home My G Fuego Psycho with Anne-Marie Rain Baby
Lewis Capaldi Forget Me Forever Pointless Heavenly Kind of State of Mind Before You Go/Dancing Queen Bruises Wish You the Best Hold Me While You Wait Someone You Loved
Lizzo Cuz I Love You Juice 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) Soulmate Phone/Grrrls Boys Tempo Rumors Jerome Special I'm Every Woman/Everybody's Gay Coldplay Truth Hurts I Love You Bitch Good as Hell About Damn Time
Guns N' Roses It's So Easy Bad Obsession Chinese Democracy Slither Welcome to the Jungle Mr. Brownstone Pretty Tied Up Double Talkin' Jive Estranged Live and Let Die Reckless Life T.V. Eye Down on the Farm Rocket Queen Absurd Civil War You Could Be Mine Sweet Child o' Mine November Rain Patience Hard Skool Knockin' on Heaven's Door Nightrain Paradise City with Dave Grohl
Sophie Ellis-Bextor Take Me Home Hypnotized Young Blood Get Over You Lady (Hear Me Tonight)/Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)/Sing It Back Crying at the Discoteque Like a Prayer Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer) Murder on the Dancefloor
The Chicks Sin Wagon Gaslighter Ready to Run Landslide Wide Open Spaces Cowboy Take Me Away Tights on My Boat White Trash Wedding Daddy Lessons/Long Time Gone Rainbowland March March Not Ready to Make Nice Goodbye Earl
Yusuf/Cat Stevens The Wind Moonshadow I Love My Dog/Here Comes My Baby The First Cut Is the Deepest Matthew and Son Where Do the Children Play? Oh Very Young Hard Headed Woman Sitting Tea for the Tillerman (Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out Morning Has Broken Take the World Apart Here Comes the Sun Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Highness Peace Train Pagan Run Wild World Father and Son
Blondie One Way or Another Hanging on the Telephone Call Me Will Anything Happen? Atomic Rapture The Tide Is High Long Time Maria Detroit 442 Doom or Destiny Heart of Glass Fun/Denis Dreaming
Lil Nas X Montero (Call Me by Your Name) Scoop Dead Right Now Don't Want It Old Town Road/Pony/Rodeo Sun Goes Down Panini Down Souf Hoes Thats What I Want Lost in the Citadel Industry Baby with Jack Harlow
Elton John Pinball Wizard The Bitch Is Back Bennie and the Jets Daniel Goodbye Yellow Brick Road I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Philadelphia Freedom Are You Ready for Love with Jacob Lusk and London Community Gospel Choir Sad Songs (Say So Much) with London Community Gospel Choir Someone Saved My Life Tonight Until I Found You with Stephen Sanchez Can You Feel The Love Tonight Sacrifice Your Song Candle in the Wind Tiny Dancer with Brandon Flowers Don't Go Breaking My Heart with Rina Sawayama Crocodile Rock Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting I'm Still Standing Cold Heart Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Rocket Man
Other stage
Friday Saturday SundayWizkid22:3023:45 Fred Again20:3021:30 Chvrches18:4519:45 Krept and Konan17:1518:15 Carly Rae Jepsen15:4516:45 The Lightning Seeds14:1515:15 The Hives13:0013:45 Ben Howard11:3012:30Lana Del Rey22:3023:30 Central Cee20:3021:30 Manic Street Preachers18:4519:45 Maggie Rogers17:1518:15 Generation Sex15:4516:45 Tom Grennan14:1515:15 The Lathums13:0013:45 The Unthanks11:4512:30Queens of the Stone Age21:4523:15 The War on Drugs19:4520:45 Becky Hill18:0019:00 Dermot Kennedy16:3017:30 The Teskey Brothers15:0016:00 Nova Twins13:3014:30 Japanese Breakfast12:1513:00 The Joy11:0011:45 A. Central Cee's set featured an appearance from Dave. B. Becky Hill's set featured the Heritage Orchestra.
West Holts stage
Friday Saturday SundayKelis 22:1523:45 Young Fathers 20:3021:30 Joey Badass 19:0020:00 Gabriels 17:3018:30 Louis Cole 16:0017:00 ADG7 14:3015:30 Yaya Bey 13:0014:00 Star Feminine Band 11:3012:30Loyle Carner 22:1523:45 Mahalia 20:3021:30 Ezra Collective 19:0020:00 Jacob Collier 17:3018:30 Third World 16:0017:00 Sudan Archives 14:3015:30 Kanda Bongo Man 13:0014:00 Say She She 11:3012:30Rudimental 21:4523:15 Candi Staton 20:0021:00 Barrington Levy 18:3019:30 The Hu 17:0018:00 Speakers Corner Quartet 15:3016:30 Black Country, New Road 14:0015:00 Beth Orton 12:3013:30 Skinny Pelembe 11:0012:00 A. Gabriels' set featured an appearance from Celeste. B. Loyle Carner's set featured an appearance from Olivia Dean. C. Rudimental's set featured an appearance from Charlotte Plank and Venbee. D. Speakers Corner Quartet featured Coby Sey, Tirzah, Confucius MC, Joe Armon-Jones, Lea Sen, Kae Tempest, Leilah, James Massiah, Tawiah and Shabaka Hutchings.
Woodsies stage
Friday Saturday SundayHot Chip 22:3023:45 Warpaint 21:0022:00 Hozier 19:3520:35 Courteeners 18:0019:00 Pale Waves 16:3017:30 Digga D 15:1516:00 Flo 14:0014:45 Bru-C 12:4513:30 The Sixsters 11:3012:15Christine and the Queens 22:3023:45 Rina Sawayama 21:0022:00 Måneskin 19:3020:30 Blossoms & Rick Astley perform The Smiths 18:0019:00 Shame 16:3017:30 The Murder Capital 15:1516:00 Working Men's Club 14:0014:45 Wunderhorse 12:4513:30 The Last Dinner Party 11:3012:15Phoenix 21:3022:45 Caroline Polachek 20:0021:00 Editors 18:3019:30 Slowdive 17:0018:00 Cat Burns 15:3016:30 The Big Moon 14:0015:00 CMAT 12:3013:30 The Love Buzz 11:1512:00 A. Caroline Polachek's set featured appearances from Brìghde Chaimbeul and Weyes Blood.
Park stage
Friday Saturday SundayFever Ray 23:0000:15 Sparks 21:1522:15 Shygirl 19:4520:45 The Comet Is Coming 18:1519:15 Unknown Mortal Orchestra 16:4517:45 Billy Nomates 15:1516:15 Los Bitchos 14:0014:45 Alabaster DePlume 12:4513:30 Adwaith 11:3012:10Fatboy Slim 23:0000:15 Leftfield 21:1522:15 The Pretenders 19:4520:45 Tinariwen 18:1519:15 Obongjayar 16:4517:45 Jockstrap 15:1516:15 Flohio 14:0014:45 James Ellis Ford 12:4513:30 Max Richter 11:3012:10Alt-J 21:1522:30 Thundercat 19:4520:45 Alison Goldfrapp 18:1519:15 Viagra Boys 16:3017:30 Weyes Blood 15:1516:00 Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul 14:0014:45 Gwenno Saunders 12:4513:30 John Francis Flynn 11:3012:15
A. Sparks' set featured appearances from Cate Blanchett and Edgar Wright. B. Fatboy Slim's set featured an appearance from Rita Ora. C. The Pretenders' set featured appearances from Johnny Marr and Dave Grohl.
Acoustic stage Friday Saturday SundayThe Saw Doctors 21:3022:45 Steve Earle 20:0021:00 Gavin James 18:3019:30 Newton Faulkner 17:2518:10 Seth Lakeman 16:2517:05 The Mary Wallopers 15:3016:10 Martin Stephenson and the Daintees 14:3015:10 Sniff 'n' the Tears 13:4014:20 Allison Russell 12:4513:25 Al Lewis 12:0012:30Paul Carrack 21:3022:45 Glen Hansard 20:0021:00 Glenn Tilbrook 18:3019:30 Richard Thompson 17:3018:15 Badly Drawn Boy 16:3017:15 The Sharon Shannon Trio 15:3016:00 The Magic Numbers 14:3015:10 Roo Panes 13:4014:20 Katya 12:4513:25 Clare Sands 12:0012:30Rickie Lee Jones 21:3022:45 Gilbert O'Sullivan 20:0021:00 The Bootleg Beatles 18:3019:30 Laura Cantrell 17:3018:15 Toyah Willcox & Robert Fripp 16:3017:15 The Songs of Leonard Cohen 15:3016:15 Rumer 14:3015:10 Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman 13:4014:20 Naomi Kimpenu 12:4513:25 Angeline Morrison 12:0012:30
Avalon stage