Jordan Bassett

I think Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis should get a Knighthood. So I started a Change.org petition

Are you feeling normal yet? I’m not sure I’m feeling normal yet. It’s now days since Worthy Farm scooped us up from our tents...

Got the post-Glastonbury blues? From playlists to positive thinking, here’s how to deal

The dust has settled, your brain’s usual chemical balance is almost – almost! – restored and you’re readjusting to life on the outside. Like: oh,...

“Glastonbury is really queer!”: behind the scenes at NYC Downlow, the festival’s resident gay club

“Before I came to Glastonbury, I thought it was a very straight environment that I wasn’t welcome at.” So says drag superstar Jonny Woo,...

“I never thought we’d make it to Glastonbury”: Squid interviewed at Worthy Farm about ‘Houseplants’ and their love of Keane

Brighton post-punks Squid always wanted to go to Glastonbury, but couldn’t afford a ticket (and there are five of them in the band!) Well,...

“Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!” This year Glasto had its own pier, the uncanny Glastonbury-On-Sea

Think of Glastonbury and chances are you’ll think of mud, camping, wellies, flags and arms-aloft, singalong choruses. You might not think of candyfloss, creepy...

Bring Me The Horizon’s Glastonbury set was a confused but ambitious affair that flexed their formidable imaginations

Well, no-one can accuse Bring Me The Horizon of standing still. The Sheffield metallers have been through a few incarnations now – from their...

The devil rides in – Glastonbury 2019’s metal line-up is more diverse than that of most metal festivals

It’s 2am at SCUM, the tiny alternative metal stage tucked behind a rusted shipping container in the midst of Shangri-La, Glastonbury’s dance music mecca...

Fontaines DC’s seething Glastonbury set was a healing balm for a fractured society (and fucking good fun)

“If I didn’t know any better I’d assume this was the Sauna Tent,” a woman near NME says ahead of Dublin punks Fontaines DC’s...

Amyl and the Sniffers’ ferocious Glastonbury set showed off their eclectic, surprising influences

“It’s rough, raw and anything can happen.” So Amyl and the Sniffers frontwoman Amy Taylor told NME during the Aussie punk band’s NME Big...

Welcome to the Swapper Market, the Shangri-La enclave that takes your unwanted stuff in return for treasure

You can find anything you want at Glastonbury. That sounds like a banal thing to say, but in the case of the Swapper Market,...
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