If you were anywhere near the Other Stage on Sunday night, chances are you felt it before you even saw it.
The Prodigy rolled into Glastonbury 2025 like a freight train. Raw, feral, and very much still a force to be reckoned with. But this one hit differently. This one was for Keith.
“This is his night,” Maxim told the crowd after opener ‘Voodoo People’, standing tall alongside Liam Howlett. “There are supposed to be five of us, but six years ago we lost our brother.” And just like that, Worthy Farm became a temple for the late, great Keith Flint — the firestarter who turned stages into infernos long before it became fashionable to scream into a mic and call it punk.
Backed by guitarist Rob Holliday and drummer Leo Crabtree, The Prodigy didn’t just honour Flint — they detonated the field in his name. From the brutal stomp of ‘Light Up The Sky’ to the metallic gut-punch of ‘Get Your Fight On’, it was a set built on memory, grief, rage, and absolute devotion.
And of course, the classics hit hardest: ‘Breathe’, ‘No Good (Start The Dance)’, ‘Firestarter’ — the last of which felt like a collective scream from a crowd that’s missed him too much, for too long. Even the festival’s Carhenge area featured an artistic tribute to Keith, turning every inch of Glasto into a reminder that some spirits never fade — they just get louder.
This was The Prodigy’s first Glasto appearance without Flint, and their fourth in total. But on this evidence they haven’t lost an ounce of venom. Next year, they hit the road again with Carl Cox in tow — but this one will be hard to top.
Keith Flint might not have been on that stage physically, but his presence? Loud as hell. Just how he would’ve wanted it.
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