Glastonbury 2024: Sugababes fans react to overcrowding at West Holts stage
Fans of Sugababes have taken to social media to air their grievances against Glastonbury after overcrowding led to the West Holts stage being closed off to a large number of attendees on Friday.
On Friday (June 28), Sugababes performed at the West Holts stage. However, what was meant to be a joyous affair for fans turned into frustration as a large portion of fans were turned away from entering the stage area to watch the group.
For the second time in a row, stages to Sugababes sets at Glastonbury were blocked off due to overcrowding. It first happened in 2022 at the Avalon Stage. The Avalon Stage has an approximate capacity of 3,000, while the expected capacity of the West Holts stage is 35,000 – per the Daily Mail. The festival’s main stage, the Pyramid, can reportedly hold up to 120,000 people.
The West Holts Stage was packed long before the Sugababes took to the stage, with many X users taking to the platform to share shots of the seemingly never-ending crowd.
They’ve closed the entire area around the West Holts stage because of the amount of people who want to see Sugababes. Same happened for their Avalon stage set in 2022. It really needs to be more widely acknowledged that they’re one of the toppermost adored groups of their era.
— Pete Paphides (@petepaphides) June 28, 2024
Never seen a crowd like Sugababes at West Holts today. Was there in 2022 when they closed Avalon and same thing happened today. Not sure I’ll see a better show this weekend. Pyramid stage surely next…#sugababes #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/QnIthXfe4x
— Ryan Cudlipp (@ryancudlipp) June 28, 2024
Hey @glastonbury
Do take on some constructive feedback.
After shutting down two stages in two years @Sugababes deserve to and MUST be on pyramid next time round.#glastonbury2024
— Loyalty, enjoyment? (Waning) (@notthatone) June 28, 2024
Sugababes at West Holts is closed off because it's overcrowded, and I'm using my Glade dome slope trick for Bombay Bicycle Club at Other Stage because it's also mobbed.
Every year I get closer to understanding the people who just set up camp at Pyramid for the day
pic.twitter.com/GCMfxrvPqJ
— Joe (@JoeyL14) June 28, 2024
When the group got onstage, they put on a show for the ages, making their bid for a legend’s slot showcase in the future. The group ripped through a setlist comprised of banger after banger, beginning with ‘Freak Like Me’, ‘Hole in The Head’ and more. To close out their set, the group welcomed a deafening singalong with the trio of ‘Push The Button’, ‘Round Round’ and ‘About You Now’.
The first day of Glastonbury 2024 has been an action-packed affair: boyband SEVENTEEN made history as the first K-pop group to grace the Pyramid Stage, while Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers played Glastonbury for the second year in a row this afternoon, moving up to the Park Stage from the Crows Nest and Acoustic Stage.
Elsewhere, Paul Heaton and Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) had a mini Housemartins reunion, as they performed the 1986 hit ‘Happy Hour’ during Heaton’s Pyramid Stage set. Bombay Bicycle Club also brought out Blur frontman Damon Albarn as a special guest to perform ‘Heaven’.
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