Glastonbury Festival 2011

2011 performing arts festival in England

Glastonbury Festival 2011

A view over the Glastonbury festival from the Park Stage, Saturday 25 June 2011

Date(s)| 22 June 2011 (2011-06-22) – 26 June 2011 (2011-06-26)
Location(s)| Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, England
Previous event| Glastonbury Festival 2010
Next event| Glastonbury Festival 2013

The 2011 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 22 to 26 June 2011. Tickets for the festival went on sale from 9 am on Sunday 3 October 2010, over 37 weeks before the festival was set to begin, with a deposit of £50 being paid, while the whole cost of a ticket is £195 (+£5 booking fee and postage and packaging).[1]

It was the last regular edition of Glastonbury until 2013, to make way for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics.

## Ticket sales

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Half the tickets were sold within the first 2 hours[2] and a quarter of the tickets still available by 12pm [3] despite issues with people purchasing tickets.[4] Tickets sold out in 4 hours.

On 15 February, Coldplay were announced the Saturday night headliner on the Pyramid Stage.[5] Later on the same day, Emily Eavis confirmed that Beyoncé would headline on the Sunday evening.[6] U2 were announced on 24 February as the Friday evening headliners.[7]

## Line-up

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Headline acts on the Pyramid Stage were U2, Coldplay and Beyoncé, performing on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively; with Beyoncé as Glastonbury's premier finale for 2011.[8][9][10]

Pyramid Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

22:00-23:45
Morrissey
20:00-21:15
Biffy Clyro
18:15-19:15
B.B. King
16:30-17:45
Wu-Tang Clan
15:00-16:00
Two Door Cinema Club
13:30-14:30
Metronomy
12:05-13:00
Master Musicians of Joujouka
11:00-11:40

Coldplay
22:15-23:45
Elbow
20:15-21:30
Paolo Nutini
18:30-19:30
Tinie Tempah
17:00-18:00
Rumer
15:30-16:20
The Gaslight Anthem
13:45-14:45
Tame Impala
12:15-13:15
Stornoway
11:00-11:45

Beyoncé
21:45-23:15
Pendulum
19:45-21:00
Plan B
18:15-19:15
Paul Simon
16:30-17:45
Laura Marling
15:00-16:00
Don McLean
13:30-14:30
The Low Anthem
12:10-13:00
Fisherman's Friends
11:00-11:45

Other Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Primal Scream
22:30-23:45
Mumford and Sons
20:45-22:00
Fleet Foxes
19:10-20:15
Bright Eyes
17:35-18:40
The Wombats
16:10-17:05
The Vaccines
14:50-15:40
The Naked and Famous
13:30-14:20
Brother
12:15-13:05
Chipmunk
11:00-11:50

The Chemical Brothers
22:30-23:45
White Lies
21:00-22:00
Friendly Fires
19:30-20:30
Jimmy Eat World
18:00-19:00
The Kills
16:30-17:30
Jessie J
15:00-16:00
The Twilight Singers
13:30-14:30
Treetop Flyers
12:20-13:00
Alice Gold
11:00-11:50

Queens of the Stone Age
22:00-23:15
Kaiser Chiefs
20:30-21:30
Eels
19:00-20:00
TV on the Radio
17:30-18:30
Bombay Bicycle Club
16:00-17:00
The Noisettes
14:30-15:30
Cold War Kids
13:05-14:00
Clare Maguire
12:00-12:40
Dan Mangan
11:00-11:35

John Peel Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

DJ Shadow
22:30-23:45
Example
21:00-22:00
The Coral
19:30-20:30
I Am Kloot
18:10-19:00
Darwin Deez
16:50-17:40
Cage the Elephant
15:30-16:20
Miles Kane
14:15-15:00
Mona
13:05-13:50
Stonefield
12:00-12:40
Cocoon
11:00-11:40

Glasvegas
22:30-23:45
Battles
21:00-22:00
Noah and the Whale
19:30-20:30
The Horrors
18:10-19:00
Warpaint
16:50-17:40
Anna Calvi
15:30-16:20
Dry the River
14:15-15:00
Yuck
13:05-13:50
Brave Yesterday
11:00-11:40

The Streets
22:05-23:15
Robyn
20:35-21:35
Hurts
19:05-20:05
The Vaccines
17:45-18:35
Everything Everything
16:30-17:15
OK Go
15:10-16:00
The Joy Formidable
14:00-14:45
Foster the People
13:00-13:45
The Raghu Dixit Project
12:00-12:40
My Tiger My Timing
11:00-11:40

The Park Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Crystal Castles
23:15-00:15
Caribou
21:45-22:45
Radiohead (special guests)
20:00-21:15
Big Audio Dynamite
18:15-19:15
Warpaint
16:45-17:45
Jenny and Johnny
15:30-16:25
Caitlin Rose
14:15-15:00
Dylan LeBlanc
13:00-13:45
Grouplove
12:00-12:35
Narisarato
11:00-11:30

Wild Beasts
23:00-00:15
James Blake
21:30-22:30
Pulp (special guests)
19:45-21:00
Tame Impala
18:15-19:15
The Walkmen
16:45-17:45
Graham Coxon
15:30-16:15
Those Dancing Days
14:15-15:00
About Group
13:00-13:45
Balearic Folk Orchestra
12:00-12:30
Ellen and the Escapades
11:00-11:30

Gruff Rhys
21:30-22:45
Lykke Li
20:00-21:00
John Grant
18:30-19:30
The Bees
17:00-18:00
James Vincent McMorrow
15:45-16:30
Jonny
14:30-15:15
Sea of Bees
13:30-14:00
The Pierces
12:30-13:00
Troy Ellis & Hail Jamaica
11:30-12:00

East Dance

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Fatboy Slim
23:15-00:30
Fatboy vs. Carl Cox
22:15-23:15
Carl Cox
21:00-22:15
Ke$ha
20:00-21:00
The Midnight Beast
18:30-19:30
Katy B
17:00-18:00
Fenech-Soler
15:50-16:35
Mike Posner
14:50-15:30
Beardyman
13:30-14:30
Terror Danjah presents Hardrive
12:30-13:30
DJ Baby Malc - DJ and Compère
11:30-12:30

Professor Green
23:30-00:30
Devlin
22:10-23:00
Labrinth
21:10-21:50
Wretch 32
20:20-20:50
Skepta
19:20-20:00
MistaJam (DJ set)
18:20-19:20
Giggs
17:30-18:00
Jodie Connor
16:40-17:10
Yasmin
15:50-16:20
Mz Bratt
15:00-15:30
P-Money
14:10-14:40
Griminal
13:20-13:50
RoxXXan
12:30-13:00
Comperes MistaJam and DJ Cameo

Pete Tong (DJ Set)
22:30-00:00
The Japanese Popstars
21:15-22:00
Steve Lawler (DJ Set)
20:00-21:15
Claude VonStroke (DJ Set)
18:45-20:00
Azari and 111
17:45-18:45
DJ Shepdog (DJ Set)
17:15-17:45
NZ Shapeshifter
16:00-17:15
DJ Shepdog (DJ Set)
15:30-16:00
Funkagenda and Chris Lake B2B
14:00-15:30
Mark Knight (DJ Set)
13:00-14:00
Matt Hardwick
11:45-13:00

West Holts

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Cee Lo Green
Chase & Status
Heliocentrics with Mulatu
Jimmy Cliff
Little Dragon
Gonjasufi
Dengue Fever
Ziriguidum

Big Boi
Janelle Monáe
Aloe Blacc
Fool's Gold
Omar Souleyman
Brandt Brauer Frick
Nicolas Jaar
Narasirato
London Afrobeat Collective

Kool & the Gang
Hercules and Love Affair
The Go! Team
Duane Eddy
Bellowhead
Jah Wobble and the Nippon dub Ensemble
Jamie Woon
Hidden Orchestra

## BBC Introducing stage

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The BBC curate a stage at Glastonbury each year showcasing new talent. This year saw performances from Ed Sheeran, F-Block, The Good Natured, Jake Bugg, Sharks Took the Rest, Vessels and George Ezra, amongst others.

## Spirit of '71 stage (Anniversary Pyramid Stage)

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Andrew Kerr, who with Arabella Churchill, put on the 1971 Glastonbury Fayre, curated a "Sprit of '71" Anniversary Pyramid Stage in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1971 festival. The Edgar Broughton Band, Mike Oldfield, Steve Hillage, Arthur Brown, Nick Lowe, Noel Harrison, Nik Turner,Nigel Mazlyn Jones and Mick Farren all appeared.[11]

## Secret gigs

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Secret gigs on the Park Stage saw Radiohead (Friday) and Pulp (Saturday) perform to large crowds.[12][13]

## Weather

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The gates opened on Wednesday to rain and heavy showers persisted making the car parks and the festival site a muddy terrain. Dry conditions on the Friday soon made way for yet more rain early afternoon and didn't stop until the Saturday lunchtime. Sunday was non stop sunshine which dried out the site.[14][15][16]

## Records

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The 2011 festival also broke two television viewing records. Firstly, 18.6 million viewers tuned in from their own homes throughout the festival. A new record for the BBC. Ratings declined by over 1 million from the 2009 to 2010 festival due to the Fifa World Cup and hot weather. The 2011 Festival saw "plenty of rain and a very muddy Glastonbury", causing ratings to climb over 3 million views from the 2010 to 2011 festival.

Also, headliner Beyoncé's performance, which acted as the finale act to the festival, generated over 2.6 million views individually, breaking the record for most television views for a single performance according to the BBC.[17]

## References

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1. ^ "Information - 2011 Ticket Info". Glastonbury Festivals. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
2. ^ "Glastonbury Festivals". Twitter.com. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
3. ^ "Glastonbury Festivals". Twitter.com. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
4. ^ "BBC". BBC. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
5. ^ "Michael Eavis confirms 'triumphant' Coldplay for Glastonbury | News". Nme.Com. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
6. ^ "Beyonce Headlining Glastonbury Festival". Billboard. 10 February 2011.
7. ^ "U2 Will Headline Friday Night Glasto". U2. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
8. ^ "Glastonbury 2011 Line-Up". BBC Music. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
9. ^ "Rough conditions and protest fail to rain on U2's debut Glastonbury parade". Irish Times. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
10. ^ "Coldplay at Glastonbury 2011 – review". Guardian. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
11. ^ "First acts revealed for 71 Fair Stage at Glastonbury Festival?" EFestivals, 31 March 2011
12. ^ "Moss not allowed into secret Pulp gig". RTÉ News. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
13. ^ "Glastonbury: Beyonce, Radiohead, U2 and Pulp - review". London Evening Standard. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
14. ^ "The Glastonbury festival showed it's a place where anything can happen". Guardian. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
15. ^ "Glastonbury festival 2011, review". Daily Telegraph. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
16. ^ "Glastonbury 2011: Best and worst". Daily Telegraph. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
17. ^ "Glastonbury Festival 2011 watched by 18.6m viewers on BBC". 30 June 2011.

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