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

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Colorful music festival crowd celebration

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.

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