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Glastonbury festival kicked off by Liam Gallagher Glastonbury: Arctic Monkeys headline
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Jake Bugg, Rita Ora and Liam Gallagher have kicked off the action at this year's Glastonbury Festival, as the sun dries up the mud-strewn fields. The Arctic Monkeys have taken to the stage as the first full day of the Glastonbury Festival draws to a close.
Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye were the surprise opening act on The Other Stage with a raucous set at 11:00 BST. The Sheffield quartet kicked off their set with a brand new song, Do I Wanna Know, which they released last week.
"It's never too early for a bit of rock'n'roll aggro, is it?" asked Gallagher, as his band launched into Oasis hit Morning Glory. They are headlining the Pyramid Stage, almost 10 years to the day after their first show at Sheffield bar The Grapes.
Other acts playing on Friday include Chic and headliners The Arctic Monkeys. Earlier, they were joined on the bill by Jake Bugg, Rita Ora and Dizzee Rascal, as the weather largely stayed dry after downpours on Thursday.
After a day of rain, the clouds broke around midday, apparently conjured up by the sun-bleached rock of US sibling trio Haim. By the end of their set, raincoats were being traded for suncream. LA trio Haim also played the main stage, but bassist Este Haim was taken ill during their set.
About 180,000 fans have gathered at the 900-acre Worthy farm for the festival, which has been largely peaceful so far, with 107 reported crimes and 61 arrests. The 24-year-old had to sit on a stool after nearly collapsing on stage.
Somerset police say there have also been 32 drug related offences reported, 12 of which were for possession of restricted substances. "I'm not going to let this get the better of me, especially when there are so many beautiful people here," she told the audience.
Liam Gallagher's early morning set was something of a turnaround for the former Oasis frontman, who previously headlined the festival in 1995 and 2004. "If I pass out, will someone give me mouth to mouth."
The latter appearance was not well-received, and Gallagher later claimed the festival was "full of idiots". Later, she told the NME she had "nearly died" and blamed the incident on diabetes.
But after Friday's performance, the singer told the BBC "Glastonbury's back in the good books. I just had a bad experience, but now it's cool again. "I didn't eat before my set like a smart, good diabetic does and I remember not being able to feel my arms," she said.
The Arctic Monkeys made a low-key entrance - with none of the pyrotechnics or showbiz affectations of the festival's last headliner, Beyonce, two years ago.
In keeping with the slow-burning groove of their new single, the band set opened with subdued lighting and darkened video screens, before crashing straight into the heavier, faster Brianstorm, a single from 2007.
More confident as a frontman than the last time the band headlined Glastonbury in 2007, Alex Turner squared up to the mic and adopted an exaggerated Elvis swagger when addressing the crowd.
"We're gonna play all night long," he informed them. "Does that sound good to you?"
Earlier, Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye kicked off the action with an unscheduled appearance on The Other Stage at 11:00 BST.
The early morning set was something of a turnaround for the singer, who previously headlined the event with Oasis in 1995 and 2004.
The latter appearance was particularly flat, and Gallagher claimed the festival was "full of idiots".
But after Friday's show, the singer told the BBC "Glastonbury's back in the good books. I just had a bad experience but now it's cool again.
"It's always been cool, it's just me. I'm full of it.""It's always been cool, it's just me. I'm full of it."
He added that playing such an early starting time on the Friday morning had been something of a surprise. He added that playing before lunchtime had been something of a risk.
"Someone just asked us - do you fancy going on at 11 o'clock, and we thought, why not? We've headlined it, we've done all that. It's time to do something different. "I thought 11 O'clock could be really ropey but I thought we done well, man."
"I absolutely loved it, I mean it. I thought 11 o'clock could be really ropey but I thought we done well, man." Musical legends could be found dotted around the site on Friday, with Sinead O'Connor headlining the acoustic stage and Nile Rodgers of disco pioneers Chic on the West Holts Stage.
The main stage features a mixture of rap and rock for the rest of Friday, with Professor Green and Dizzee Rascal cosying up to The Vaccines and the Arctic Monkeys. The musician, whose hits include Chic's Le Freak, Diana Ross's Upside Down and Madonna's Like A Virgin, was playing his first ever Glastonbury.
Professor Green told the BBC he was amazed to be on the line-up. "I think it's sort of mythical," he told the BBC.
"Some little toe-rag from Hackney who samples INXS. It's mental 'innit?" "I come from America, right, so in our heads it all started with Woodstock and Monterey Pop - and Glastonbury has kept that tradition alive.
The 29-year-old, whose hits include Read All About It and the INXS-based I Need You Tonight added: "There's more to me than that, and I think this is the best opportunity to show that to people. "Now I'm actually here I can come home and either dispel the myth or say 'wow, it's everything I thought'."
"We're going to put some new music in the set as well as the old, because I think a lot of people that are here won't know my music, bar the singles, so this is a good opportunity to show the musicality of what we do when we play live." Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J also drew a large audience to The Other Stage, and surprised them all by ditching their smart, intricate rock songs for a cover of Kylie Minogue's Slow.
Rumours of "secret appearances" are always rife at Glastonbury, and this year's crop range from the likely (Fatboy Slim and Radiohead's Thom Yorke) to the fanciful (Daft Punk and David Bowie). Jake Bugg pulled off an early "Glastonbury moment" with an energetic set that climaxed with his hit Lightning Bolt; while Dizzee Rascal provided a canny mix of crowd-pleasing hits and new material, including his Robbie Williams-featuring single Going Crazy.
With an audience of 180,000 music fans, many artists look forward to Glastonbury as the pinnacle of the festival season - and anticipation was particularly high after the event took a year off in 2012.
"I'm never going to forget this," declared pop star Rita Ora as she left the stage. "You have changed my life."
Rapper Professor Green, who followed her on the Pyramid Stage, said he was similarly amazed to be part of the line-up.
Describing himself as "some little toerag from Hackney who samples INXS", he described his booking as "mental".
The 29-year-old, whose hits include Read All About It and the INXS-based I Need You Tonight was also aware of the opportunity the stage - and the accompanying TV coverage - presented.
"I think a lot of people that are here won't know my music, bar the singles, so this is a good opportunity to show the musicality of what we do when we play live," he said.
With more than 2,000 performers over the weekend, rumours of "secret appearances" are always rife at Glastonbury, and this year's crop range from the likely (Fatboy Slim and Radiohead's Thom Yorke) to the fanciful (Daft Punk and David Bowie).
Definitely confirmed for the weekend are co-headliners Mumford and Sons and The Rolling Stones.Definitely confirmed for the weekend are co-headliners Mumford and Sons and The Rolling Stones.
Speaking to Radio 1's Newsbeat, Stones guitarist Keith Richards said the band had a few reservations about their set.Speaking to Radio 1's Newsbeat, Stones guitarist Keith Richards said the band had a few reservations about their set.
"I think the only pressure we feel is that it is the first time we've done an outdoor show for yonks and English weather," he said."I think the only pressure we feel is that it is the first time we've done an outdoor show for yonks and English weather," he said.
"Throwing in those two equations, yeah there is maybe a little apprehension.""Throwing in those two equations, yeah there is maybe a little apprehension."