Sunshine, secret sets and Elton’s sendoff: Glastonbury 2023 prepares to open gates | Glastonbury 2023
As Glastonbury-goers flock toward Worthy Farm, the UK’s biggest festival is yet to give up a number of secrets about the weekend – from surprise performers to the outcome of the mercurial south-western weather.Most pressing is the question of whether Friday night headliners Arctic Monkeys will be able to fulfil their booking. On Monday (19 June) the group cancelled a performance in Dublin on 20 June owing to singer Alex Turner’s “acute laryngitis”. The 37-year-old had received medical advice to rest – presumably to ensure…