I think when you’re a strange magical person – and I’m a witch – you know what it’s like. You know that you’re not too much for everyone
During one 45-minute period on the Pyramid stage, three of the most handsome Americans who ever lived graced the stage: Kris Kristofferson, playing his country classics; Johnny Depp, guesting on acoustic guitar; and Bradley Cooper, recording scenes for his remake of A Star is Born (which of course starred Kristofferson in the 1976 version). Brad Pitt was also apparently glimpsed at the side of the stage.
The global dance powerhouse, headed up by Diplo, were perfectly programmed against Radiohead’s furrowed-brow angst – all fireworks, epic drops and delirious crowd control.
She’s a relentlessly entertaining performer, pulling out all the stops, spectacle-wise – flanked by four silver air-dancers, who gyrate beside her, before firing off a cannon full of pink paper
The shy showmanship of the xx is the antithesis of rock’n’roll, but as the the sort of heritage hipster act they’ve become – big beats and maximum melancholy – it makes for an apt appetiser for the headliners