All the biggest performances from Friday at Glastonbury 2019
It's Friday morning at Worthy Farm and what's this? For once, campers weren't woken up by the sound of torrential rain lashing down on their tent tops; instead, they experienced the rare feeling of being baked alive by... blistering sunshine. Sleeping bags were peeled off sweaty bodies, factor 50 generously administered, and then it was time to see some music on the first day proper of the world's greatest festival.
Here are some of Friday's biggest moments...
Glastonbury is taken by Stormzy
Stormzy - Crown
Stormzy performs Crown at Glastonbury 2019
Let's start at the end of the day, because this was SPECIAL. "We're going to church," said Stormy before playing Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2 as the second to last song in his epic set, but the entire performance was like a religious experience. In 2016, grime broke through at Glastonbury in a big way. Three years later, grime was at the top of the bill. Furthermore, Stormzy was the first black British solo artist to headline the festival and he knew the significance. During the set he shouted out those who paved the way for his success - Wiley, Dizzee Rascal, Skepta, Lethal Bizzle and many others - but this was his night. His performance, which included surprise cameos from Coldplay's Chris Martin, Dave and Fredo, and even a flash of Shape of You by his bestie Ed Sheeran, will go down in Glastonbury history as one of the best ever.
Stormzy - Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2
Stormzy performs Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2 at Glastonbury 2019
Tom Odell eases Worthy Farm in gently
Tom Odell - Another Love
Tom Odell performs Another Love at Glastonbury 2019
Looking dapper in a white linen suit and black shades, singer-songwriter Tom played second on the Pyramid Stage, after ABBA tribute group Björn Again had kicked off the day in glorious style. "This is the best place on earth!" said Tom at the end of performing his 2012 Top 10 hit Another Love, and no one could possibly disagree.
All Sheryl Crow wanted to do was have some fun
Sheryl Crow - Still The Good Old Days
Sheryl Crow performs Still The Good Old Days at Glastonbury 2019
Legend alert! It's an astonishing 26 years since Sheryl Crow had a worldwide smash hit with All I Wanna Do and she's never sounded better. "I wrote this with Joe Walsh about still having fun however old you are," she said before launching into new track Still The Good Old Days. This was a classic Glastonbury moment - a golden rock song played by a superb band in the afternoon sun. And just look at the size of the crowd who turned up to watch...
Pure joy with Bastille and surprise guest Lewis Capaldi
Bastille - Joy
Bastille perform Joy with Lewis Capaldi at Glastonbury 2019
Surprise guests have long been a tradition at Glastonbury and here's the first one we spotted - Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi being invited on-stage by Bastille not long after he'd performed an entire secret set on the 大象传媒 Introducing Stage. "We did a tour earlier this year and Lewis came out with us, and we had the best time with him - he's as funny in real life as he is on Instagram," Bastille frontman Dan Smith told the crowd. Appropriately, they performed Joy together.
No one could take their eyes off Ms. Lauryn Hill
That's Ms. Lauryn Hill to you, me and everyone else, and this was truly one of the stand-out bookings of Glastonbury 2019. The former Fugees star was making her debut at the festival and she didn't disappoint. Hill's classic first solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill turned 21 this year and her 6pm set on the Pyramid Stage was rich with hits from it, alongside some gems from her time in the Fugees.
Aute Cuture with Rosal铆a
ROSAL脥A - Aute Cuture
ROSAL脥A performs Aute Cuture at Glastonbury 2019
New flamenco artist Rosalía is a superstar in her home country of Spain, where her 2018 second album, El mal querer (The Bad Loving), went to No. 1. Then it spread globally, securing a 5/5 review in the Guardian as well the coveted accolade of 'Best New Music' on American taste-maker site Pitchfork. Want to know what all the fuss is about? Get out of your chair and have a dance to satirical new track Aute Cuture.
Glastonbury found a new star in Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith - Teenage Fantasy
Jorja Smith performs Teenage Fantasy at Glastonbury 2019.
Thursday night on the West Holts Stage was all about watching on a giant screen the Lionesses' stunning 3-0 victory against Norway in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup. Come Friday, Walsall's own rising star Jorja Smith performed a pitch-perfect set on the same stage. Last year, Smith won the Brit Critics' Choice Award and also released her debut studio album, Lost & Found, which shot up the charts to No. 3. Stand-out track of the album and this performance: the deliciously vintage soul of Teenage Fantasy.
A far-from-idle performance by IDLES
IDLES - Danny Nedelko
IDLES perform Danny Nedelko at Glastonbury 2019
It's the joy of Glastonbury that it's such a multi-genre festival, but it still knows how to rock. Bristol's IDLES are one of the best bands in Britain and they absolutely tore up the Park Stage in the early evening. Strap yourself in for this one - Danny Nedelko from the group's highly acclaimed second album, Joy as an Act of Resistance - and keep watching to the end to see what this moment meant for the band. We were in tears, too!
George Ezra caused a mass singalong, of course
George Ezra - Shotgun
George Ezra performs Shotgun at Glastonbury 2019
George Ezra's Shotgun is the gift that keeps on giving. Released last year, it's become impregnated in the history of British pop. It's an anthem that of course caused a mass singalong at Glastonbury 2019 when George played it as the closer of a brilliant feel-good set that began with Don't Matter Now and also included the Top 3 singles Budapest and Paradise.
Tame Impala went wild headlining the Other Stage
Tame Impala - Borderline
Tame Impala perform Borderline at Glastonbury 2019
Stormzy on the Pyramid Stage, Tame Impala on the Other Stage and Interpol on the Park Stage is the very definition of being spoilt for choice for Friday night headliners. Those who banked on Tame Impala weren't disappointed. The Aussie psych-rockers began by before supremely easing into songs from across their three albums, as well as new track Borderline. "The greatest festival in the world," frontman Kevin Parker told the massive number of people who turned up to see his band, adding: "To call it a festival is underselling it."