Glastonbury Festival 2010 Glastonbury Festival 2010 The 2010 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place in Pilton, Somerset, England in June 2010. The festival was headlined by Gorillaz, Muse, and Stevie Wonder. U2 were initially announced as headliners, but withdrew on 25 May 2010 citing Bono's recent back surgery. Gorillaz were announced as the replacement. The festival was totally rain-free for the first time since 2002, and experienced the hottest average temperatures since the early 1990s. The total attendance of the event was 177,500. Similar to previous years, ticket buyers were required to pre-register to buy tickets with photographic identification, a measure
Glastonbury Festival 2013 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. 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. 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