Glastonbury Left Field

One month ago today 💥 Our final day of @Glastonbury #LeftField 2025 🙌 From backstage through to crowds spilling out into the fields, here's a look into of how it all went down...

See the full roundup: www.instagram.com/p/DMnmiz1CPuk

📍 Sunday 29 June 2025 #glastonbury

One month ago today 💥 Day two, the height of #Glastonbury. So many powerful and inspiring moments at #LeftField to look back on ✊👏🙌

View the full Saturday 28 June preview: www.instagram.com/p/DMlUmlwiIj2

One month ago today 💥 Were you with us?

Six artists and ten panelists brought the energy, activism, all round good times to #LeftField for our first day at Glastonbury 2025.

Dive into the full recap: www.instagram.com/p/DMib8X1CPCv

📍 Friday 27 June 2025

Throwing it back to LA superstar grandson - dripping in attitude, closing the Left Field show for 2025 👏🙌

📸 Sam McMahon
📍 Sunday 29 June at Glastonbury

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Inspiring and infectious energy from The Halfway Kid, both out front for his set, and backstage [pictured with Left Field music programmer Juliet Wills].

With sharp storytelling, and a unique folk-style being carved in real-time, Saeed's music is on the rise!

📷 Theo Michael 🎥 Herbie Elton

Capturing the moment Du Blonde made their debut at Left Field 🐅🔥 Powerful storytelling, powerful lyrics, powerful presence and an even more powerful performance. A pleasure having you with us!

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A taster of the Red Rum Club 🎺 bringing their new album BUCK and a whole load of energy to Left Field last month. Take us back!

📸 Theo Michael at Glastonbury

Looking back on another incredible year of engaging, inspiring and powerful debate panels 👏 A huge thank you to all of the panelists, speakers and attendees. Activism, RECHARGED 🙌

Spotlight 🎪 "I saw the news today. And being human is a losing game." - LA superstar grandson closes the show for Left Field 2025, and joins Jamie Webster and Billy Bragg for our final Radical Roundup.

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⏰ Sun 29 June 3pm & 9pm at Glastonbury.

Spotlight 🎪 A timely sun-drenched slice of northern soul coming your way from Jon ‘Rev’ McClure; Reverend And The Makers.

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⏰ This Sun 29 June 7:50pm at Glastonbury Festivals.

Spotlight 🎪 People's poet and Left Field veteran Jamie Webster joins us this Sunday, alongside grandson and @billybragg.bsky.social as part of our final Radical Roundup of 2025, following on from two crucial debates. Welcome back, Jamie!

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When ⏰ Sun 29 June 3pm at Glastonbury

Spotlight 🎪 Liverpool Sextet 'Mariachi Merseybeat' @RedRumClub return with their fifth studio album BUCK - a rebellious, high-energy evolution that shatters expectations.

🎵 youtu.be/WTjJvh5b0BQ

⏰ This Sun 29 June 6:40pm at @Glastonbury.

Spotlight 🎪 @dublonde.bsky.social's swaggering, heart-on-sleeve rock pairs the heavy sounds of punk, blues, garage rock, and soul with brutally confessional songwriting of heartbreak and mental illness.

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When ⏰ Sun 29 June 5:35pm at Glastonbury

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Spotlight 🎪 Known for his sharp storytelling and honest takes on diaspora life, race, and belonging — Sudanese-British The Halfway Kid is comedy that hits hard and stays with you.

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⏰ This Sun 29 June 4:30pm at Glastonbury Festival.

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Spotlight 🎪 Brit award-winner, actor and activist Kate Nash strives to find beauty in a rotten world; with bright-on-the-surface but deeply layered songs, Nash's latest album emerged out of creative scenarios completely changed by the pandemic.

🎵 youtu.be/ryH5cga0yUI

⏰ Sat 28 June 9pm at Glasto.

Spotlight 🎪 Brighton's @lambrinigirls.bsky.social play a whirlwind of punk angst with barbed lyrics taking on sexual harassment, gender inequality, societal troubles, and more... must watch!!

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When ⏰ Sat 28 June 7:50pm at Glastonbury Festival.

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Spotlight 🎪 One of the hottest bands on the UK indie scene; Manchester's The Guest List will be gracing our stage, five days from now!

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⏰ Sat 28 June 6:40pm at Glastonbury Festival.

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Spotlight 🎪 Manchester-based indie artist Chloe Slater fills her addictive songs with observations of the issues affecting Gen Z, from influencer culture to the state of UK politics.

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⏰ Sat 28 June 5:35pm at Glastonbury.

Spotlight 🎪 Blending punk, rock and indie with pop sensibility - Girlband create a world of their own, a joyous, all-inclusive zone of empowerment.

🎵 youtu.be/KiLJ_Yoo8Kk

When ⏰ Sat 28 June 4:30pm at Glastonbury Festival.

Lineup & Playlists 🔗 linktr.ee/glastoleftfi...

Spotlight 🎪 With near four decades of music and poetry under his belt, Irish songwriter Andy White brings song, spoken word and political protest to join Rianne Downey and @billybragg.bsky.social, for our second Radical Roundup at the height of Glastonbury.

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⏰ Sat 28 June 3pm

Spotlight 🎪 Welcoming the return of Scottish Country-Folk Fairy Rianne Downey to Left Field, joining Andy White and @billybragg.bsky.social for our second Radical Roundup, at the height of the Glastonbury weekend.

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When ⏰ Sat 28 June 3:00pm

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"Feeling anxious and challenged by a world that seems to be spinning out of control? Come join us at Left Field and recharge your activism with some inspiring music, powerful debate, collective passion and shared solidarity in navigating the way forward. La Lucha Continua!" @billybragg.bsky.social

Spotlight 🎪 Closing the show for our first day at Glastonbury; stage headliner @billybragg.bsky.social.

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When ⏰ Fri 27 June 9:00pm as well as hosting three Radical Roundups, 3:00pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday following on from crucial debates.

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Spotlight 🎪 “Armed with spoken word songs that celebrate the beauty in the everyday, Manchester poet Antony Szmierek is ticking off career milestones seemingly by the minute” - DIY Mag says it all!

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⏰ Fri 27 June 7:50pm at Glastonbury

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Spotlight 🎪 Drawing deeply from the well of folk tradition, Holly Carter harnesses music as a powerful tool for education and the preservation of legacy, and will be joining jasmine.4.t and @billybragg.bsky.social for the first of our Radical Roundups.

🎵 youtu.be/Gs7nTHjLFXE

⏰ Fri 27 Jun 3pm

Spotlight 🎪 Our planet teeters from one crisis to the next - rather than sit back, @gurriers.bsky.social have launched a searing counterattack on the malaise of the modern age with an album of raucous reflection.

🎵 youtu.be/xHUL_658PXU

⏰ Fri 27 June 5:30pm at Glasto

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Spotlight 🎪 Opening our Glasto 25 weekend of music - @jasmine4t.bsky.social with songs of "tangled joy, heartache, camaraderie and isolation of transfeminine life". Joining Holly Carter and @billybragg.bsky.social for our first Radical Roundup.

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⏰ Fri 27 Jun 3pm

Spotlight 🎪 The countdown begins! Taking you on a walk-through of our stellar 2025 lineup, beginning with @themeffs.bsky.social; Frantic Britpunk - louder than a four-piece!

Broken Britain, Broken Brains 🎵 youtu.be/H5vFZuYlkD8

⏰ Fri 27 June - 4:30pm

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Feeling anxious and challenged by a world that seems to be spinning out of control? Come join us at Glastonbury Left Field and recharge your activism with some inspiring music, powerful debate, collective passion and shared solidarity in navigating the way forward. La Lucha Continua! - @BillyBragg