The gates to Glastonbury Festival have opened for the 2025 celebration of performing arts and music.
Organiser Emily Eavis and her father, co-founder Sir Michael Eavis, could be seen counting down and cheering as the festival officially opened while a brass band played.
Campers arriving at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, can expect a mixed bag of sunshine and rain throughout the week, 鈥渨ith sunny spells and scattered showers expected throughout the day鈥 on Wednesday, according to forecasters.
This year鈥檚 event will see headline performances from British rock/pop band The 1975, veteran singer Neil Young and his band the Chrome Hearts, and US pop star Olivia Rodrigo.
Eavis, 45, told BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Nick Grimshaw that opening the gates is 鈥渙ne of my favourite moments of the whole weekend鈥.
She added: 鈥淪o much goes into all those areas鈥 all that planning, all that speculation, all the opinions, all the debate, all the outrage, all the love, all the feelings that just are generated every day, all the press, all the noise.
鈥淭o be able to actually look everyone in the eye on those gates and bring everyone in, and just think, actually, it鈥檚 all really just about this. It鈥檚 all about these people having the best time over the next five days.鈥
Performing in the coveted Sunday tea-time legends slot this year is Sir Rod Stewart, who previously said he will be joined by his former Faces band member Ronnie Wood, as well as some other guests.
His performance is to come after the Maggie May singer postponed a string of concerts in the US, due to take place this month, while he recovered from flu.
Speaking to BBC News about the performance, he said: 鈥淚 just wish they wouldn鈥檛 call it the tea-time slot.
鈥淭hat sounds like pipe and slippers, doesn鈥檛 it?鈥
He previously said he had persuaded organisers to give him an hour-and-a-half slot after initially being offered 75 minutes.
鈥淯sually I do well over two hours, so there鈥檚 still a load of songs we won鈥檛 be able to do,鈥 he told the BBC.
鈥淏ut we鈥檝e been working at it. I鈥檓 not gonna make any announcements between songs. I鈥檒l do one number, shout 鈥榥ext鈥, and go straight into the next one.
鈥淚鈥檓 going to get in as many songs as I can.鈥
One of the more controversial acts performing is Irish rap trio Kneecap, who have been in the headlines recently after one of their members was charged with a terror offence.
Liam Og O hAnnaidh was charged for allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a gig in London in November last year.
Last week, the 27-year-old, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was cheered by hundreds of supporters as he arrived with bandmates Naoise O Caireallain and JJ O Dochartaigh at Westminster Magistrates鈥 Court in 鈥淔ree Mo Chara鈥 T-shirts.
He was released on unconditional bail until his next hearing at the same court on August 20.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the group鈥檚 performance at the festival, taking place on the West Holts Stage at 4pm on Saturday, is not 鈥渁ppropriate鈥 and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said she thought the BBC 鈥渟hould not be showing鈥 Kneecap鈥檚 performance.
Earlier in the month, in an appearance on the Sidetracked podcast, Eavis outlined the changes that have been made to this year鈥檚 festival and said music area Shangri-La is 鈥済oing full trees and green space鈥 which is 鈥渃ompletely the opposite to anything they鈥檝e done in the past鈥.
She also said the festival, which has capacity for 210,000 people, has sold 鈥渁 few thousand less tickets鈥 this year in a bid to avoid overcrowding.
Among the acts expected to draw large crowds this year is alternative pop star Charli XCX, who will perform songs from her genre-defining sixth studio album Brat.
She is performing on Saturday night on the Other Stage, 15 minutes before the West Holts stage is graced by US rapper Doechii, another artist who has exploded in popularity in the last year.
Other performers include Irish singer CMAT, Prada singer Raye, US musician Brandi Carlile, Nile Rodgers and Chic, hip-hop star Loyle Carner, US pop star Gracie Abrams, indie outfit Wet Leg, Mercury Prize-winning jazz quintet Ezra Collective, US rapper Denzel Curry, and rising star Lola Young.
The line-up also features a number of acts listed as TBA, as well as a mysterious act called Patchwork, who will take to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday.
This year, the BBC will provide live-streams of the five main stages 鈥 Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Woodsies and The Park.
On Wednesday at 10pm the festival will open with a theatre and circus act set in the Pyramid Arena, which will showcase acrobatic and circus performances, culminating in a fireworks display.