Whereas most festivalgoers are completely happy to take in the music and the mud at Glastonbury, it seems the A-listers who descend on Worthy Farm annually typically convey a bit extra drama with them. Whether or not it is on-stage rants, backstage bust-ups, or VIPs being turned away on the gates, Glasto has an extended historical past of unforgettable celeb scandals.

The world’s most iconic music competition isn’t only a celebration of sound – it’s additionally change into the backdrop for a few of the most talked-about moments in showbiz historical past. From pop stars storming off stage to bitter rivalries performed out in entrance of hundreds, nobody is protected when competition fever kicks in. As as much as 210,000 followers head to the fields for this 12 months’s occasion, we have a look again at a few of the greatest Glastonbury bust-ups to ever hit the headlines.

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher’s rocky relationship with Glastonbury spans a long time — and dramas. In 2004, Oasis headlined Worthy Farm, however what ought to have been a triumphant return shortly soured.

“I hated that gig, man,” Liam later admitted, blaming in-ear displays for severing his connection to the group.

His vocals have been off, the band lacked power, and followers later branded the present “lifeless” and “the start of the top” for Oasis.

Quick-forward to 2019, and Liam was again — this time solo — with a swagger-filled set that reignited outdated tensions.

Between belting out Oasis classics, he aimed barbs at estranged brother Noel, calling him “the bald one” and, as soon as once more, a “potato.”

The gang roared, however organisers have been reportedly much less amused.

Kanye West

When Kanye West was introduced as a 2015 Glastonbury headliner, it sparked on the spot outrage.

Over 130,000 folks signed a petition to have him faraway from the line-up, calling him “an insult to music followers”.

However Kanye didn’t simply carry out – he doubled down. Mid-set, he declared himself “the best dwelling rock star on the planet,” paused the present to restart a music, and delivered a clumsy, off-key cowl of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ that was broadly mocked on-line.

Regardless of the dramatic visuals and massive manufacturing, critics known as the set self-indulgent and erratic, with some followers even strolling out.

Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams’ wild weekend at Glastonbury 1995 didn’t simply gas tabloid headlines – it ended his profession with Take That.

On the time, tensions have been already brewing between Robbie and his bandmates, and his resolution to social gathering with Oasis solely added gas to the hearth.

Regardless of Noel Gallagher as soon as branding him “that fats dancer from Take That,” Robbie joined forces with Noel’s brother Liam for a booze- and smoke-fuelled rampage across the competition.

Images from the weekend confirmed Robbie with a blacked-out tooth and chain-smoking his manner by means of Worthy Farm.

The chaos didn’t finish there – upon coming back from Glasto, Robbie reportedly had a serious bust-up with the remainder of Take That, who have been involved about his more and more erratic behaviour.

Days later, he agreed to stop the band, marking one of the vital infamous Glastonbury fallouts in pop historical past.

Adele

Adele’s 2016 Pyramid Stage headline slot was an enormous Glastonbury second — but additionally a sweary one.

The London-born celebrity, identified for her no-filter appeal, was reportedly warned by BBC bosses forward of the printed to maintain her language in test.

However that didn’t fairly go to plan. Throughout her 90-minute set, Adele managed to swear a whopping 33 instances, thrilling followers however sending dwell editors right into a panic.

At one level, she even pulled a younger fan on stage for a selfie — and by chance burped in her face, later blaming a pre-show “soiled burger”.

Afterwards, Adele admitted: “The BBC needed to give me a warning about my potty mouth. Guess Muse didn’t get that!”

Wayne and Coleen Rooney

Even VIPs get knocked again at Glastonbury — simply ask Wayne and Coleen Rooney. The couple, regulars on the competition, are identified for arriving in model, typically by helicopter and flanked by a gang of buddies.

However again in 2013, their celeb standing wasn’t sufficient to get them previous safety. Regardless of flashing their VIP wristbands, Wayne and Coleen have been caught on digital camera making an attempt — and failing — to speak their manner backstage at Dizzee Rascal’s set.

Sporting matching Hunter wellies, the pair have been seen in a heated trade with workers on the artist entrance, however have been in the end turned away after being informed they weren’t on the checklist.

With no Entry All Areas cross in sight, the Rooney’s have been reportedly despatched packing to look at the set from the group like everybody else.

Jay-Z

When Glastonbury introduced Jay-Z as a headliner in 2008, it brought about uproar — and none louder than from Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher.

“I’m not having hip hop at Glastonbury. It’s incorrect,” he famously declared, slamming the competition’s style shift.

Jay-Z didn’t reply — not less than not instantly. However when he took to the Pyramid Stage that summer time, he walked out with a guitar strapped over his shoulder and launched right into a tongue-in-cheek cowl of Oasis’s Wonderwall.

The gang went wild. It was a legendary mic-drop second — slick, savage, and unforgettable. Jay-Z then transitioned into his personal hit 99 Issues, sealing his headline standing and placing Noel firmly in his place.

The stunt went down in Glasto historical past, not simply as a musical second, however as one of many competition’s biggest ever clapbacks.