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Live from Glastonbury (A BBC Recording) (2025)

Where the lyrics of Live from Glastonbury (A BBC Recording) take you, and where it was really made.

The album captures a single headline set, and the double single with Robert Smith was released to raise money for Doctors Without Borders.

Key places

Sunday night at Glastonbury (2025)

Recording site Worthy Farm — The album was recorded during Olivia Rodrigo's Sunday night headline slot at the Glastonbury Festival on 29 June 2025, at Worthy Farm. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Live from Glastonbury (A BBC Recording) is the first live album by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo
• Recorded during her Sunday night headline slot at Glastonbury Festival on 29 June 2025
• Released on 5 December 2025
• Captures the headline set on the Pyramid Stage during the festival's closing night
• Features a special guest appearance by Robert Smith of the Cure

Background

• Rodrigo was announced as one of the headliners for the 2025 Glastonbury Festival on 6 March 2025
• The 2025 performance marked her second appearance at the festival
• Her debut at the festival came in 2022 on the Other Stage
• The set included renditions of 'Just like Heaven' and 'Friday I'm in Love' with Robert Smith, alongside her own material
• On 8 September 2025, the album was announced under its title, the same day a double promotional single was released

Recording

• The album was recorded live at Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Glastonbury, England
• The source material is the closing-night headline performance on 29 June 2025
• The release came roughly five months after the performance

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

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Artist

Early life

• Born February 20, 2003 in Murrieta, California; raised in neighboring Temecula.
• Half-Filipina, identifies as Filipino American; mother has German and Irish ancestry.
• Began vocal lessons at age five, piano at nine, and was playing guitar by age 12.
• First appeared onscreen in an Old Navy commercial in May 2010 at age seven.

Career

• Acting debut in 2015 in the direct-to-video film An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success.
• Starred in Disney Channel's Bizaardvark (2016–2019) and the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019–2022).
• Signed with Geffen Records in 2020 and negotiated ownership of her masters.
• Debut album Sour (2021) topped the US Billboard 200; lead single "Drivers License" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Second album Guts (2023) and third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (2026) each debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
• Lead singles from her first three albums all debuted atop the Hot 100, a first for any artist.
• Won three Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards and seven Billboard Music Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The Guardian gave the Glastonbury set a five-star review and named it the weekend’s best big set
• Rolling Stone, The Independent and the BBC also praised Rodrigo's stage presence
• The acclaim was for the live show that this album documents from the Sunday night headline slot
• Critics' praise for the performance was described as widespread in the source

Records

• The double promotional single 'Friday I'm in Love' and 'Just Like Heaven' with Robert Smith was released digitally on 8 September 2025, the same day the album was announced
• Proceeds from both tracks were to be donated to Doctors Without Borders
• The single reached number one on the UK Physical Singles Chart
• The album itself was released on 5 December 2025, about five months after the performance on 29 June 2025

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Robert Smith of the Cure appeared as a special guest during the headline set
• Proceeds from the double promotional single were to go to Doctors Without Borders
• Rodrigo's 2022 Glastonbury debut was on the Other Stage, while the 2025 headline set was on the Pyramid Stage
• The album announcement and the double single release both happened on 8 September 2025

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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