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Mumford and Sons take Glastonbury festival stage Mumford and Sons close Glastonbury festival
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Mumford and Sons have closed the Glastonbury festival, with their first ever headline set on the Pyramid stage. Glastonbury is echoing to the sounds of folk-rock group Mumford and Sons, who closed the 2013 festival with their first-ever headline performance there.
They began in the dark, playing the slow-burning Lovers' Eyes, which opens with a lone vocal over feedback. "We came for a party," said frontman Marcus Mumford, as the band triggered a mass hoedown on Somerset's Worthy Farm.
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. An estimated 80,000 people watched the set. When they first played the festival in 2008, only 200 turned up.
The set was the band's first since bass player Ted Dwane had surgery for a blood clot on his brain this month. The 90-minute performance ended with an all-star cover of A Little Help From My Friends.
Speaking to the BBC before the show, keyboard player Ben Lovett said the Londoners were "match fit" for the show. This featured Vampire Weekend, The Vaccines and The Staves.
"We wouldn't perform if we didn't think we could do a great job," he said. Earlier songs, including The Cave and I Will Wait - their only UK top 20 hit - saw the audience bounce in unison from the front of the Pyramid Stage to end of the fields.
They closed their set by playing the Joe Cocker version of A Little Help From My Friends, for which they were joined on stage by Vampire Weekend, The Vaccines and folk singers The Staves. The show caps the band's meteoric rise from west London to the global stage, with multiple Grammy awards, US album sales of four million and appearances with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
Mumford, 26, said he felt the band had done "nothing special" to earn the prestigious Glastonbury slot, and put their success down to the audience.
"We truly feel you got us here. Thank you so much."
In contrast to The Rolling Stones bullish set the night before, the Londoners had appeared on stage quietly, playing the slow-burning Lovers' Eyes on a pitch black stage.
But the band's otherwise ebullient set embodied the Glastonbury spirit - generous, warm-hearted and inclusive.
It carried further emotional weight as it marked the band's return to the stage after bass player Ted Dwane had surgery for a blood clot on his brain this month.
They 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," keyboard player Ben Lovett told the BBC.
"Nothing was more important than Ted's health," said Lovett.
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 The Proclaimers, dance act Chase and Status, pop star Rita Ora and disco pioneers Chic.
Sunday's line-up included Vampire Weekend, Smashing Pumpkins, Jessie Ware, Bobby Womack and Sir Bruce Forsyth.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. The turn-out for Sir Bruce was so large that security officers shut down the Avalon field for 20 minutes, as hundreds of fans clamoured to see the Generation Game star.
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. He emerged on the Avalon Stage to the Strictly Come Dancing theme and introduced himself as "The Rolling Stones Two", before playing a set of music hall standards, including Gershwin's Funny Face.
Police added that there were no major incidents on site and a total of 154 arrests have been made. "He's a legend," said Victoria, an audience member 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."
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.
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.
"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!"
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 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.
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.
"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."
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.
"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."
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.
"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. An emotional Sir Bruce later told the BBC the experience was "something I will treasure forever".
The 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. The 74-year-old struggled initially. He attempted to get the crowd to sing along to Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town, only to discover they didn't know the words.
"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. "They sang that better in Morocco," he scolded. "And they don't even speak English in Morocco."
"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." But the set regained momentum when he played The Gambler and Islands In The Stream. So much so that he sang them both again.
The 74-year-old, who is the seventh-biggest-selling artist in US history, also said he was hoping to see Mumford and Sons. Rogers, who is the seventh-biggest selling artist in US history, also lent his support to Mumford and Sons.
"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," he told the BBC.
"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."
The mass exodus from Glastonbury began on Sunday, with coaches leaving throughout the night.
Although the festival took a year off in 2011, it will return next year. Organiser Michael Eavis said the headliners had already been booked.
"There aren't many left," he said, "There were maybe a dozen headliner potentials so we're running out of headliners but we got the last three for next year."