Glastonbury Unveils First Names For 2022 Edition | The Quietus

Glastonbury Unveils First Names For 2022 Edition

Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar join the previously announced Billie Eilish as headliners at this year's event

Glastonbury has unveiled the first full set of acts playing its return edition this year.

The festival will take place this year for the first time since 2019, and Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar will headline the Pyramid Stage, alongside the previously announced Billie Eilish. All three are first-time headliners of the event, and both McCartney and Lamar were due to headline the festival in 2020 before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also newly announced today are Pet Shop Boys, Primal Scream, Sleaford Mods, Foals, black midi, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Caribou, Four Tet, Yves Tumor, Róisín Murphy, TLC, Warmduscher, Jarv Is…, Charli XCX, The Avalanches, Dry Cleaning, Wet Leg, Turnstile, Squid, St. Vincent, and Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, among others.

The previously confirmed Little Simz and Diana Ross also appear on the bill, with the latter set to take the Sunday afternoon ‘Legends’ slot on the Pyramid Stage. The full lineup for the festival will be announced in the coming months.

Glastonbury will take place from June 22 to 26, 2022. Find more information here.

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