‘How to pull a sickie’ | Does HR need to give a toss about Glastonbury absenteeism?

Whether you’re more Charli XCX or Kaiser Chiefs, Olivia Rodrigo or Rod Stewart, Glastonbury 2025 has something for everyone as it rolls around once again this weekend.

An estimated 2.5 million of us applied for tickets for the UK’s most popular music festival this year, mostly unsuccessfully. I’m not bitter.

With 210,000 jammy ticketholders set to descend on the iconic Worthy Farm this weekend, it appears some things never change. The non-stop predictions about the weather. The whispered rumours of surprise acts and secret sets (ahem, Robbie Williams, McFly, The Wombats).

And of course… the inevitable talk of sickies.