The primary full day of music at Glastonbury 2025 has come to an finish – from a secret set by Lorde to Lewis Capaldi’s triumphant return and The 1975’s headlining set, listed here are the most important headlines from Friday (June 27).
Lorde at Glastonbury 2025. CREDIT: Derek Bremner for NME
On Friday, Lorde launched her fourth album ‘Virgin’ – and celebrated by enjoying the file in full in a secret 11am set at Woodsies that was packed to bursting.
“This file took me loads – I didn’t know if I’d make one other file, to be trustworthy, however I’m again right here utterly free,” she informed the gang at one level. Learn NME’s 5-star overview of the set and see our pictures right here.
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Lewis Capaldi makes return to Pyramid Stage after untimely exit in 2023
Lewis Capaldi performs at Glastonbury 2025. Credit score: Andy Ford for NME
In 2023, Lewis Capaldi was unable to complete his Glastonbury set, leaving the Pyramid Stage early as a result of Tourette’s tics. On Friday, he made a redemptive return with a 35-minute set, getting choked up as he addressed the huge, vocal crowd. “Second time’s a attraction on this one,” he mentioned.
CMAT stay at Glastonbury 2025. Credit score: Andy Ford for NME
It’s the summer season of CMAT – the Irish alt-folk-pop artist performed an enormous set on the Pyramid Stage on Friday. “From her full-band line-dancing, bum slappin’ strikes and easy crowd management, she’s the everywoman folks’s champion that Glasto wants,” NME wrote in our five-star overview. “There’s nothing cooler than actually not giving a fuck, and [CMAT’s] an actual one, oozing with confidence and abandon like she’s on a unending evening out.”
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Loyle Carner was joined by Sampha for ‘Desoleil (Good Corners)’ and by Jorja Smith for ‘Free Ends’ at his largest Glastonbury efficiency but on the Different Stage.
The 1975 acting at Glastonbury 2025. Credit score: Andy Ford for NME
The 1975 performed their first and solely gig of the yr at Glastonbury because the Friday headliner. Matty Healy walked onstage with a pint of Guinness in a single hand and a lit cigarette within the different, and the band launched right into a set that included a nod to the Backstreet Boys and a cryptic reference to ‘Canines’ that followers are speculating is linked to new music.
Throughout the set Healy had wisecracks for the gang about being “the very best songwriter of my era”, and urged followers to see Deftones and Charli XCX carry out. He additionally mentioned: “Use your platform. The folks watching this may need an issue with the dearth of politics at this or future exhibits. We don’t need our legacy to be that of politics, we wish it to be that of affection and friendship. There are a great deal of politics in every single place, we want extra love and politics.”
See the total setlist and extra particulars of The 1975’s headline set right here.