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| Mumford and Sons take Glastonbury festival stage | |
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| Mumford and Sons are closing the Glastonbury festival, with their first ever headline set on the Pyramid stage. | |
| They began in the dark, playing the slow-burning Lovers' Eyes, which opens with a lone vocal over feedback. | |
| The lights came up for second song I Will Wait - their only UK top 20 hit - and the crowd erupted. "We came for a party," frontman Marcus Mumford said. | |
| The set is the band's first since bass player Ted Dwane had surgery for a blood clot on his brain this month. | |
| Speaking to the BBC before the show, keyboard player Ben Lovett said the Londoners were "match fit" for the show. | |
| "We wouldn't perform if we didn't think we could do a great job," he said. | |
| This year's festival has seen 180,000 people descend on Michael Eavis's Somerset farmstead. | This year's festival has seen 180,000 people descend on Michael Eavis's Somerset farmstead. |
| The music has catered to a wide range of tastes with sets from artists such as Laura Mvula, Chase and Status, Rita Ora and Elvis Costello. | The music has catered to a wide range of tastes with sets from artists such as Laura Mvula, Chase and Status, Rita Ora and Elvis Costello. |
| Sunday's line-up included Vampire Weekend, Smashing Pumpkins, Jessie Ware, Bobby Womack and Sir Bruce Forsyth. | |
| Avon and Somerset Police said crime at this year's festival has dropped dramatically since the last event in 2011. | |
| Crime levels were 33% lower than in 2011, with 220 reported crimes, including drug offences and thefts from tents, since gates to the campsites opened on Wednesday. | Crime levels were 33% lower than in 2011, with 220 reported crimes, including drug offences and thefts from tents, since gates to the campsites opened on Wednesday. |
| Police added that there were no major incidents on site and a total of 154 arrests have been made. | Police added that there were no major incidents on site and a total of 154 arrests have been made. |
| Mumford and Sons' had said they would have pulled out of the headline slot if their 28-year-old bass player had not made a full recovery. | |
| "Was the show ever in doubt? I think it's fair to say it was," Lovett told the BBC. | "Was the show ever in doubt? I think it's fair to say it was," Lovett told the BBC. |
| The band were hit by the news of Dwane's condition while they were on tour in the US earlier in June. He had been taken to hospital after being described as "feeling unwell" for several days. | |
| His illness forced the band to cancel the remainder of their North American Summer Stampede tour and threw their first headliner slot at Worthy Farm into doubt. | His illness forced the band to cancel the remainder of their North American Summer Stampede tour and threw their first headliner slot at Worthy Farm into doubt. |
| "Nothing was more important than Ted's health," said Lovett. | "Nothing was more important than Ted's health," said Lovett. |
| After leaving hospital, Dwane posted a picture of himself bearing surgery scars on the band's website, accompanied by the caption: "Bear with a sore head!" | After leaving hospital, Dwane posted a picture of himself bearing surgery scars on the band's website, accompanied by the caption: "Bear with a sore head!" |
| The band took to a stage still vibrating from the barnstorming set from Saturday night's closing act - The Rolling Stones. | |
| The veteran rockers received five-star reviews in most of the Sunday papers. | The veteran rockers received five-star reviews in most of the Sunday papers. |
| "The astonishing thing was that just short of 70, Mick Jagger and his band put so much of what had gone before at Glastonbury in the shade," said Gavin Martin in the Mirror. | |
| "It's taken years for Michael Eavis to persuade the cash-conscious Rolling Stones to leave the stadium circuit for a field in Somerset," wrote Dorian Lynskey in the Observer. "They proved themselves well worth the wait." | |
| Some fans in the audience, however, felt the sound was too quiet and there were scattered chants of "turn it up" during the band's performance. | Some fans in the audience, however, felt the sound was too quiet and there were scattered chants of "turn it up" during the band's performance. |
| Mumford and Sons were among those watching the gig, as they had with Friday night headliners the Arctic Monkeys. | |
| Lovett said the shows had made him worry that his banjo-brandishing band did not have quite enough hits to fill their show. | |
| "We've only got two albums, so we've got to write more," he laughed. | "We've only got two albums, so we've got to write more," he laughed. |
| "But we're match fit. We wouldn't perform if we didn't think we could do a great job. | "But we're match fit. We wouldn't perform if we didn't think we could do a great job. |
| "We're confident and we're looking forward to it." | "We're confident and we're looking forward to it." |
| The Grammy and Brit-winning band are the biggest stars of the nu-folk scene which emerged from West London five years ago. | The Grammy and Brit-winning band are the biggest stars of the nu-folk scene which emerged from West London five years ago. |
| Their contemporaries Noah And The Whale, who played on The Other Stage on Saturday, said the headline slot was a coming-of-age moment. | Their contemporaries Noah And The Whale, who played on The Other Stage on Saturday, said the headline slot was a coming-of-age moment. |
| "It's funny," said frontman Charlie Fink. "Every time things get a bit bigger, you think 'I can't believe it's got to this stage' and then something else happens. | "It's funny," said frontman Charlie Fink. "Every time things get a bit bigger, you think 'I can't believe it's got to this stage' and then something else happens. |
| "But I think it's amazing. It's crazy everything that's happened to people we know and that genre of music." | "But I think it's amazing. It's crazy everything that's happened to people we know and that genre of music." |
| Another oldie making his debut was 85-year-old Sir Bruce Forsyth, who emerged on the Avalon Stage to the Strictly Come Dancing theme and introduced himself as "The Rolling Stones 2", before playing a set of music hall standards, including Gershwin's Funny Face. | |
| The turn-out for Sir Bruce was so large that security officers shut down the Avalon field for 20 minutes, as hundreds of fans spilled out of the tent into the field beyond. | The turn-out for Sir Bruce was so large that security officers shut down the Avalon field for 20 minutes, as hundreds of fans spilled out of the tent into the field beyond. |
| "He's a legend," said Victoria, from New Zealand. "I thought I'd be able to get front row but I'm stuck out in the back and can't see him." | "He's a legend," said Victoria, from New Zealand. "I thought I'd be able to get front row but I'm stuck out in the back and can't see him." |
| "You're seeing one man who's got multiple skills all coalesced into one perfect presenter," said Taylor, a young, tattooed fan from Middlesbrough. "Everyone wants to be like this guy. To be that energetic when you're about 107 is just inspirational." | "You're seeing one man who's got multiple skills all coalesced into one perfect presenter," said Taylor, a young, tattooed fan from Middlesbrough. "Everyone wants to be like this guy. To be that energetic when you're about 107 is just inspirational." |
| The notorious Sunday afternoon "Glastonbury legend" slot - which has played host to the likes of Shirley Bassey and Johnny Cash - was filled by country star Kenny Rogers. | |
| "I was told it was a special slot but I don't always believe everything my manager says when he's trying to get me to do something," admitted the singer. | "I was told it was a special slot but I don't always believe everything my manager says when he's trying to get me to do something," admitted the singer. |
| He added he was unsure whether the Glastonbury audience would be familiar with hits such as The Gambler, Coward Of The County and Islands In The Stream. | He added he was unsure whether the Glastonbury audience would be familiar with hits such as The Gambler, Coward Of The County and Islands In The Stream. |
| "But I think any time you get that number of people together, percentage-wise I should have enough people who know my music to carry the rest of them. | "But I think any time you get that number of people together, percentage-wise I should have enough people who know my music to carry the rest of them. |
| "I'm convinced now that my audience falls into two categories: Either born since 1980 and their parents played my music as child abuse, or they were born before 1960, and can no longer remember the 60s." | "I'm convinced now that my audience falls into two categories: Either born since 1980 and their parents played my music as child abuse, or they were born before 1960, and can no longer remember the 60s." |
| The 74-year-old, who is the seventh-biggest-selling artist in US history, also said he was hoping to see Mumford and Sons. | The 74-year-old, who is the seventh-biggest-selling artist in US history, also said he was hoping to see Mumford and Sons. |
| "I saw them on a Country Music Television show in the States, and I thought they were excellent. | "I saw them on a Country Music Television show in the States, and I thought they were excellent. |
| "You know, my first 10 years, I played upright bass and sang in a jazz group - so I can really appreciate what they're doing melody-wise and time-wise. | "You know, my first 10 years, I played upright bass and sang in a jazz group - so I can really appreciate what they're doing melody-wise and time-wise. |
| "It's great to hear a group like that be so successful." | "It's great to hear a group like that be so successful." |