Aside from the huge quantity of GLP’s JDC2 IP and impression X5 Bars deployed on the Pyramid stage for Friday night headliners the 1975, it was another headline performance – Charli XCX’s appearance on the Other stage – that became another of the most talked-about sets of Glastonbury Festival 2025. Here the stage was bedecked with 168 JDC Burst 1 strobe/wash hybrids.
Since last November, her lighting has been supplied by Liteup, which has now added 90 of its 100 newly acquired GLP JDC Burst 1s to her touring rig. These accompanied her to Glastonbury, where they complemented a further 78 JDC Bursts on the over-stage rig, the wings and delay tower – part of the generic house rig provided by Siyan. This gave the artist’s creative director, Imogene Strauss, and LD, Jonny Kingsbury (Cour Design), the tools needed to deliver a dynamic and ever-changing set, as the versatile hybrid lights displayed their full range of tricks.
Says Liteup MD Marc Callaghan: “What really impressed us was the fixtures’ brightness, cost effectiveness, IP rating and the iQ.Mesh. These are all really great features.”
With its segmented, controllable white strobe line, the JDC Burst 1 delivers unparalleled punch and impressive strobe effects. Inspired by the innovative technology of the JDC2 IP, the new JDC Burst 1 features an impressive blend of power, color intensity and flexibility.
Over at the Levels – the late-night, open-air dance stage nestled within Glastonbury’s Silver Hayes zone – GLP’s powerful Creos washlights took center stage, delivering a visually arresting experience for thousands of festival goers.
Now in its second year, this 12,000-capacity space, curated by Team Love, focuses on cutting-edge electronic music and immersive visual art. Lighting design for the stage was led by James Newmarch of Refrakt Labs, who first encountered the GLP Creos at the 2023 PLASA Show. Impressed by their intensity, versatility and IP65 rating, Newmarch saw their potential immediately. And so it proved, as with stand-out performance and design flexibility, the fixtures proved themselves an integral part of this year’s visual identity.
Each Creos fixture features 18 × 40W RGBL LEDs, a motorized 1:12 zoom and seamless pixel clustering, ideal for bold, dynamic environments like the Levels. Some 60 units were installed across the stage’s overhead trusses, with 15 fixtures per truss, forming sweeping light bars that transformed the space into a glowing, kinetic landscape.
“The fixtures were incredibly punchy and intuitive to program,” says Newmarch. “We especially loved the Multipix random strobe mode – it added an unpredictable, organic static noise energy to the show.”
So effective was the output that one passing crew member noted, “They were so bright, they lit up the FOH of the Other stage and the Glastonbury sign up on the hill.”
Photo credit (Levels stage pics): @refrakt.labs @jamesnewmarch
