Glastonbury Festival 2013


The 2013 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 26–30 June 2013. It followed a fallow year, in which there was no festival.

Ticket sales

On 20 June 2012 it was announced that tickets for the 2013 festival would go on sale at 9am on Sunday 7 October 2012. All 135,000 tickets were sold in a record 1 hour and 40 minutes.

2013 line-up

The Arctic Monkeys headlined on the Pyramid stage on the Friday night.
The Rolling Stones made their Glastonbury debut, headlining on the Saturday.
The band played twenty songs during their two-hour set, with the second hour broadcast by BBC Two. The Rolling Stones performance had a peak audience of 2.6 million on BBC 2.
Mumford and Sons closed the festival with their first ever headline set on the Pyramid stage.
Artist/BandDayStageTime
Arctic MonkeysFridayPyramid Stage22:15-23:45
Dizzee RascalFridayPyramid Stage20:15-21:30
The VaccinesFridayPyramid Stage18:30-19:30
Professor GreenFridayPyramid Stage17:00-18:00
Rita OraFridayPyramid Stage15:30-16:30
Jake BuggFridayPyramid Stage14:00-15:00
HaimFridayPyramid Stage12:30-13:30
Jupiter & Okwess InternationalFridayPyramid Stage11:00-12:00
The Rolling StonesSaturdayPyramid Stage21:30-23:45
Primal ScreamSaturdayPyramid Stage19:00-20:00
Elvis CostelloSaturdayPyramid Stage17:15-18:30
Ben HowardSaturdayPyramid Stage15:30-16:30
Laura MvulaSaturdayPyramid Stage14:00-14:45
Billy BraggSaturdayPyramid Stage12:30-13:30
Rokia TraoréSaturdayPyramid Stage11:00-12:00
Mumford & SonsSundayPyramid Stage21:45-23:15
Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsSundayPyramid Stage19:45-21:00
Vampire WeekendSundayPyramid Stage18:00-19:00
Kenny RogersSundayPyramid Stage15:45-17:00
Rufus WainwrightSundayPyramid Stage14:00-15:00
First Aid KitSundayPyramid Stage12:45-13:30
Bassekou KouyateSundayPyramid Stage11:30-12:15
PortisheadFridayOther Stage22:30-23:45
FoalsFridayOther Stage21:00-22:00
Alt-JFridayOther Stage19:30-20:30
Tame ImpalaFridayOther Stage18:05-19:00
The LumineersFridayOther Stage16:35-17:35
Enter ShikariFridayOther Stage15:15-16:05
Amanda PalmerFridayOther Stage13:50-14:45
The HivesFridayOther Stage12:25-13:20
Beady EyeFridayOther Stage11:00-11:55
Chase & StatusSaturdayOther Stage22:30-23:45
ExampleSaturdayOther Stage21:00-22:00
Two Door Cinema ClubSaturdayOther Stage19:30-20:30
Alabama ShakesSaturdayOther Stage18:00-19:00
Noah and the WhaleSaturdayOther Stage16:30-17:30
Azealia BanksSaturdayOther Stage15:00-16:00
Dry the RiverSaturdayOther Stage13:40-14:30
The 1975SaturdayOther Stage12:30-13:10
The StavesSaturdayOther Stage11:30-12:10
The xxSundayOther Stage22:05-23:15
The Smashing PumpkinsSundayOther Stage20:25-21:35
EditorsSundayOther Stage18:50-19:50
Of Monsters and MenSundayOther Stage17:30-18:20
Public Image Ltd.SundayOther Stage16:10-17:00
I Am KlootSundayOther Stage14:50-15:40
StornowaySundayOther Stage13:30-14:10
The HeavySundayOther Stage12:10-13:00
Zulu WinterSundayOther Stage11:00-11:40
Chic featuring Nile RodgersFridayWest Holts Stage22:15-23:45
Seasick SteveFridayWest Holts Stage20:30-21:30
Tom Tom ClubFridayWest Holts Stage19:00-20:00
Toro y MoiFridayWest Holts Stage17:30-18:30
Alice RussellFridayWest Holts Stage16:00-17:00
GoatFridayWest Holts Stage14:30-15:30
Zun Zun EguiFridayWest Holts Stage13:00-14:00
Classica Orchestra AfrobeatFridayWest Holts Stage11:30-12:30
Public EnemySaturdayWest Holts Stage22:15-23:35
Major LazerSaturdayWest Holts Stage20:45-21:45
Maverick SabreSaturdayWest Holts Stage19:15-20:15
The Orb feat. Kakat Sit SiSaturdayWest Holts Stage17:45-18:45
BadBadNotGoodSaturdayWest Holts Stage16:15-17:15
The Bombay RoyaleSaturdayWest Holts Stage14:45-15:45
Fatoumata DiawaraSaturdayWest Holts Stage13:15-14:15
TrokerSaturdayWest Holts Stage12:00-12:45
Bobby WomackSundayWest Holts Stage21:30-23:15
Lianne La HavasSundayWest Holts Stage19:45-20:45
Sérgio MendesSundayWest Holts Stage18:15-19:15
OndatropicaSundayWest Holts Stage16:45-17:45
The CongosSundayWest Holts Stage15:25-16:15
Dub ColossusSundayWest Holts Stage14:05-14:55
Matthew E. WhiteSundayWest Holts Stage12:35-13:35
Riot JazzSundayWest Holts Stage11:30-12:15

On 17 January 2013 it was announced that on each day, in an act of solidarity, musicians from Mali would open the Pyramid Stage. Islamists have banned music in the North of the North African nation. The first musician announced to open the Pyramid Stage was Rokia Traoré.
Rodriguez, the Detroit pop star at the center of the Oscar-nominated documentary Searching for Sugar Man, will perform at Glastonbury Festival
The London-based indie group The Vaccines announced on their Facebook page that they would be playing the Pyramid Stage on the Friday.
The lineup was announced on 27 March at 7pm on the Glastonbury website and on the Zane Lowe radio show on BBC Radio 1.
Beady Eye opened the festival with a surprise unadvertised performance on Friday at 11am.

Unconfirmed dates

The Park Stage
The John Peel Stage
BBC Introducing
Avalon Stage