Glastonbury music festival in photos

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Glastonbury music festival in photos

2025-06-30 09:47 Last Updated At：10:01

PILTON, England (AP) — Music lovers have flocked to a farm in the southwest of England for the legendary Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts.

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Ellie Rowsell of the rock band Wolf Alice performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Olivia Rodrigo performs on the Pyramid Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Olivia Rodrigo performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Shaboozey performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A festivalgoer dressed in Rod Stewart wig waits for Rod Stewart to perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Rod Stewart, left, is joined on stage by Ronnie Wood during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Charli xcx performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Raye performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Charli xcx performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A festivalgoer dressed as an explorer makes his way through the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Jarvis Cocker of the rock band Pulp performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A mosh pit forms during the hip hop trio Kneecap's performance during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Naoise O Caireallain, left, and Liam Og of the hip hop trio Kneecap perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers wait for hip hop trio Kneecap to perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

J. J. O Dochartaigh from the hip hop trio Kneecap performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Elijah Hewson of the the rock band Inhaler performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Myles Smith performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Lewis Capaldi performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Matty Healy of The 1975 performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Busta Rhymes during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

PinkPantheress performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Matty Healy of The 1975 performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival on Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Myles Smith performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Lewis Capaldi performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Circus staff performer during the Glastonbury Festival on Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers watch Myles Smith perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Gracie Abrams performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A circus performer during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Elijah Hewson of the the rock band Inhaler performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Circus performers during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers watch Myles Smith perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers sit outside a bar during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Members of the crowd watch Burning Spear perform on the Pyramid stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England, on Friday June 27, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Festival goers arrive at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Rhian Teasdale of the rock band Wet Leg performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Stilt walkers make their way through the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Woody Cook arrives at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Lorde performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Revellers queue for entry, on the first day of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset. England, Wednesday June 25, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Festival goers arrive at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A general view of the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festival goers arrive at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Emily Eavis, center right, and Michael Eavis, center, react with others as the gates open, on the first day of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset. England, Wednesday June 25, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

A stilt walker during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Ellie Rowsell of the rock band Wolf Alice performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Olivia Rodrigo performs on the Pyramid Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Olivia Rodrigo performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Shaboozey performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A festivalgoer dressed in Rod Stewart wig waits for Rod Stewart to perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Rod Stewart, left, is joined on stage by Ronnie Wood during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Charli xcx performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Raye performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Charli xcx performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A festivalgoer dressed as an explorer makes his way through the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Jarvis Cocker of the rock band Pulp performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A mosh pit forms during the hip hop trio Kneecap's performance during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Naoise O Caireallain, left, and Liam Og of the hip hop trio Kneecap perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers wait for hip hop trio Kneecap to perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

J. J. O Dochartaigh from the hip hop trio Kneecap performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Elijah Hewson of the the rock band Inhaler performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Myles Smith performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Lewis Capaldi performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Matty Healy of The 1975 performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Busta Rhymes during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

PinkPantheress performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Matty Healy of The 1975 performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival on Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Myles Smith performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Lewis Capaldi performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Circus staff performer during the Glastonbury Festival on Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers watch Myles Smith perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Gracie Abrams performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A circus performer during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Elijah Hewson of the the rock band Inhaler performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Circus performers during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers watch Myles Smith perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers sit outside a bar during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Members of the crowd watch Burning Spear perform on the Pyramid stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England, on Friday June 27, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Festival goers arrive at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Rhian Teasdale of the rock band Wet Leg performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Stilt walkers make their way through the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Woody Cook arrives at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festivalgoers during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Lorde performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Revellers queue for entry, on the first day of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset. England, Wednesday June 25, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Festival goers arrive at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A general view of the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Festival goers arrive at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Emily Eavis, center right, and Michael Eavis, center, react with others as the gates open, on the first day of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset. England, Wednesday June 25, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

A stilt walker during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Canadian ice master makes Olympic history with the Games' 1st indoor temporary speedskating rink

RHO, Italy (AP) — No ice is colder and harder than speedskating ice. The precision it takes has meant that Olympic speedskaters have never competed for gold on a temporary indoor rink – until the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games.

In the pursuit of maximum glide and minimum friction, Olympic officials brought on ice master Mark Messer, a veteran of six previous Olympic speedskating tracks and the ice technician in charge of the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Canada — one of the fastest tracks in the world with over 300 records.

Messer has been putting that experience to work one thin layer of ice at a time since the end of October at the new Speed Skating Stadium, built inside adjacent trade fair halls in the city of Rho just north of Milan.

“It’s one of the biggest challenges I’ve had in icemaking,’’ Messer said during an interview less than two weeks into the process.

If Goldilocks were a speedskater, hockey ice would be medium hard, for fast puck movement and sharp turns. Figure skating ice would be softer, allowing push off for jumps and so the ice doesn’t shatter on landing. Curling ice is the softest and warmest of all, for controlled sliding.

For speedskating ice to be just right, it must be hard, cold and clean. And very, very smooth.

“The blades are so sharp, that if there is some dirt, the blade will lose the edge,’’ Messer said, and the skater will lose speed.

Speedskater Enrico Fabris, who won two Olympic golds in Turin in 2006, has traded in his skates to be deputy sports manager at the speedskating venue in Rho. For him, perfect ice means the conditions are the same for all skaters — and then if it's fast ice, so much the better.

"It's more of a pleasure to skate on this ice,'' he said.

Messer’s first Olympics were in Calgary in 1988 — the first time speedskating was held indoors. “That gave us some advantages because we didn’t have to worry about the weather, wind blowing or rain,’’ he said. Now he is upping the challenge by becoming the first ice master to build a temporary rink for the Olympics.

Before Messer arrived in Italy, workers spent weeks setting up insulation to level the floor and then a network of pipes and rubber tubes that carry glycol — an antifreeze — that is brought down to minus 7 or minus 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 to 19.4 degrees Fahrenheit) to make the ice.

Water is run through a purification system — but it can’t be too pure, or the ice that forms will be too brittle. Just the right amount of impurities “holds the ice together,’’ Messer said.

The first layers of water are applied slowly, with a spray nozzle; after the ice reaches a few centimeters it is painted white — a full day’s work — and the stripes are added to make lanes.

“The first one takes about 45 minutes. And then as soon as it freezes, we go back and do it again, and again and again. So we do it hundreds of times,’’ Messer said.

As the ice gets thicker, and is more stable, workers apply subsequent layers of water with hoses. Messer attaches his hose to hockey sticks for easier spreading.

What must absolutely be avoided is dirt, dust or frost — all of which can cause friction for the skaters, slowing them down. The goal is that when the skaters push “they can go as far as possible with the least amount of effort,’’ Messer said.

The Zamboni ice resurfacing machine plays a key role in keeping the track clean, cutting off a layer and spraying water to make a new surface.

One challenge is gauging how quickly the water from the resurfacing machine freezes in the temporary rink.

Another is getting the ice to the right thickness so that the Zamboni, weighing in at six tons, doesn’t shift the insulation, rubber tubing or ice itself.

“When you drive that out, if there’s anything moving it will move. We don’t want that,’’ Messer said.

The rink got its first big test on Nov. 29-30 during a Junior World Cup event. In a permanent rink, test events are usually held a year before the Olympics, leaving more time for adjustments. “We have a very small window to learn,’’ Messer acknowledged.

Dutch speedskater Kayo Vos, who won the men’s neo-senior 1,000 meters, said the ice was a little soft — but Messer didn’t seem too concerned.

“We went very modest to start, now we can start to change the temperatures and try to make it faster and still maintain it as a safe ice,’’ he said.

Fine-tuning the air temperature and humidity and ice temperature must be done methodically — taking into account that there will be 6,000 spectators in the venue for each event. The next real test will be on Jan. 31, when the Olympians take to the ice for their first training session.

“Eighty percent of the work is done but the hardest part is the last 20 percent, where we have to try to find the values and the way of running the equipment so all the skaters get the same conditions and all the skaters get the best conditions,’’ Messer said.

AP Winter Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics