Sir Paul McCartney was the most famous solo act to perform at Glastonbury Festival, making history by gracing Worthy Farm’s Pyramid Stage.
Music legend and music producer, Bob Dylan, performed for thousands of festival-goers a selection of his most popular hits. It was his first performance since 2004, when he turned the corner.
The event is an important moment in Paul’s career. This show also comes 55 years after The Beatles achieved the greatest audience ever, performing on the world’s first TV broadcast.
Iconic! It’s iconic!
Paul was no slouch. According to reports, he temporarily halted the show in order to see if someone else, who seemed to be suffering from distress.
The Mirror was told by a source: “He was right in the middle of Jimmy Hendricks tribute, when he decided to stop and check on somebody in the crowd.”
Paul addressed the crowd and stated, “Oh, man, it’s so wonderful to be here.” It was meant to have happened three years back! referring to his previous booking at the festibal before it was cancelled because of the Covid pandemic.
For the first few minutes of his headline set, the performer wore a navy Nehru jacket, which he later took off, telling the audience that it was his only wardrobe change.
Paul’s show is the 55th anniversary of a landmark worldwide performance by the Beatles. He also performed using his iconic guitar from that time with The Beatles.
Jaw-dropping: The music legend, who last week celebrated his 80th birthday, took to the stage for a crowd of thousands with a medley of his biggest hits, his first performance at the festival since 2004
Dapper: The performer donned a smary navy blue Nehru jacket for the opening moments of his headline set, but later removed it, telling the crowd it would be his ‘only wardrobe change of the night’
It’s here! Paul addressed the crowd and stated, “Oh my God, it’s so wonderful to be here.” It was meant to be done this way three years back!
Paul performed Let Me Roll It by Wings during his tribute to Jimi Hendrix, as well as reflecting on the time spent in London with the rock icon.
“He was such a nice man.” One of the greatest tributes he ever paid us was we released Sgt Pepper as a tribute to him and he opened his show with it, he played it really well as a solo… he was really working it, giving it a lot of welly.’
Paul had just celebrated his 80th birthday on Saturday. After his adoring supporters sang Happy Birthday, they joined him in singing I Feel like I’m Letting go, his 1995 hit.
Glastonbury fans were undoubtedly eagerly awaiting Pauls headline set. However, viewers back home were eager to see it on BBC.
However, Paul’s program started at 9:30pm. BBC delayed the broadcast until 10:30pm. Many viewers vented their frustrations on social media.
One writer wrote that he was jealous of all the people watching Paul McCartney live, while another stated: “Hold on! We have to wait an additional hour for Macca?” He’s playing past HIS and MY bedtimes, but it’s okay, BBC, ok
Furious: However, while Paul’s show began at 9:30pm, BBC delayed broadcasting the show until 10:30pm, with many viewers sharing their anger on social media
Paul’s highly-anticipated show came 55 years after The Beatles reached their greatest-ever global audience with the broadcast of the first worldwide TV transmission.
On June 25, 1967, the Beatles sang All You Need Is Love to approximately 400,000,000 people in 24 countries. This was live at Abbey Road Studios.
The studio also hosted a stellar audience, which included Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards for The Who drummer Keith Moon, Marianne Faithful and Eric Clapton.
Wow! The Pyramid Stage was a sight to behold as Somerset’s fans packed the Pyramid Stage for Paul’s eagerly awaited headline show
John, Paul George, Ringo, and George were performing at their absolute best. They just had released Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was still regarded as one of the great albums of all-time.
As they sat on high-heeled chairs, and were surrounded by balloons, flowers, and placards all around them, the Beatles performed the song live.
Craig Brown (author of Beatles biography One Two Three Four) describes the experience as “like discovering the Summer of Love within a grain of Sand.”
This group represented Britain in the Our World TV Show, the first satellite-based broadcast that featured live performances from all over the world.
Historic: Paul’s much-anticipated gig came exactly 55 years after the Beatles reached their biggest-ever audience on the world’s first global TV broadcast (the band are pictured in 1967)
Legendary: People watched hundreds of million of people across 24 countries and five continents the Beatles’ rendition of “All You Need Is Love” by The Beatles.
John Lennon remarked, “Oh, God, it’s so close!” It’s time to write.
Paul had suggested the song Hello, Goodbye, but the group decided John’s all you need Is Love was their message.
Ringo Starr was a drummer who stated in 1994’s Beatles Anthology documentary that “We were large enough to command such a large audience, and it wasn’t for love.”
It was for love, bloody peace. It was wonderful. Even now, I feel excited because I know that this was what the event was meant for: peace and love, people planting flowers into guns.
A blast from the past: When the performance was broadcast, the Beatles were in their prime. They had just released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released just weeks before. The 1967 summer of love was at its peak.
This show was watched by 400,000,000 people a year after The Beatles had stopped playing live gigs.
They performed “All You Need is Love” to their largest ever crowd and then remixed it the following day, before releasing the single as a single in July 1967. It was an instant hit during the famous summer of love.
Glastonbury’s fans are hoping that Sir Paul will perform All you Need Is Love 55 year after his broadcast. This was part of his popular setlist of Beatles songs.
Paul McCartney was already on the stage at the Cheese and Grain venue in Frome, Somerset in an unexpected pre-Glasto performance.
Warming up the stage for Paul was Noel Gallagher took to the stage with his band High Flying Birds, having lauded Glastonbury as ‘the only festival of the arts in the world’.
The former Oasis singer revealed that he likes performing at this festival because there is no corporate tie-in after having previously performed at a variety of festivals throughout his career.
Noel’s performance comes as fans at the festival counted down the hours until Paul McCartney’s headline show, with the 80-year-old Beatle set to become the oldest star in history to grace the iconic Pyramid Stage.
Statement: Warming up the stage for Paul was Noel Gallagher took to the stage with his band High Flying Birds, having lauded Glastonbury as ‘the only festival of the arts in the world’
Noel spoke to Dermot O’Leary about his BBC Radio 2 radio show, before taking to the Glastonbury stage. The singer was asked why he continues to return to this annual event.
He stated that it was the “only festival” in the world. The only one that is a festival for the arts.
“You could watch a movie, go to a comedy, or join a knitting group. They all have merits and I can tell you that I’ve tried them all. However, this is the best. It is one of America’s greatest assets.
Grand return: Speaking ahead of performing at the festival for the fifth time, the former Oasis star revealed he enjoys the event because it doesn’t have a ‘corporate tie-in’ having performed at an array of festivals during his career
Passionate: Noel stated that it is “the only festival in the whole world in the truest meaning of the term.” He said, “It’s the only festival in all the world. I have done all the festivals, and they are all large gigs in fields sponsored by tech companies. The only festival where the arts are celebrated is this one.
“I visit here more than I play here. I have played here five times, but I still come here every year. It affects the experience of coming to hang out, because there are no flyers or trying to sell insurance.
“You meet the locals, and they bump into you,” you say. A man with a sailor hat and a woman holding a photo of her pet who died last year 30 years ago, and she says, “Ooh, this is my little boy. He died this time last Year.” You’re like: “Ok, where is the John Peel tent ?”.’?”
Noel said that Anais is his first visit to the festival.
Passionate: ‘I come here more often than I play here, I’ve played here five times but I come every year, it affects your experience when you come to hang out because you’re not being handed flyers being trying to sold insurance,’ Noel added
It was quite a spectacle! A huge crowd of thousands assembled at Pyramid Stage for this much-anticipated festival
He’s an old friend! Noel revealed also that Anais is attending this festival for the first time. He advised Anais to only see one thing during the day, and then just walk around.
Although this will be Noel’s fourth Glastonbury performance, it is his debut appearance with Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds.
In 1994, he was reunited with brother Liam (49), and took the stage together with Oasis. He then headlined the next year’s festival, returning to it in 2004.
Elsewhere during the festival, Olivia Rodrigo brought special guest Lily Allen on stage during her Glastonbury performance on Saturday to sing Lily’s 2009 hit F**k You in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.
American singer Olivia, 19, took to The Other Stage at Worthy Farm where she said she was ‘devastated and terrified’ by the ruling which ended the constitutional right to abortion in the US, meaning individual states could decide whether abortion can be made illegal.
She declared, “I’m devastated. [by the ruling] and so many women and girls are going to die because of this and I wanted to dedicate this next song to the five members of the Supreme Court who showed us at the end of the day they truly don’t give a s*** about freedom.’
Solo debut: While this is Noel’s fourth show at Glastonbury, it will mark the first time he takes to the stage with his band Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
It’s you! A wide array of stars flocked to Somerset for the festival. Gillian Anderson, a Sex Education star, was also seen at Noel’s show.
Inconspicuous! It was inconspicuous!
Bold statement: Elsewhere during the festival, Olivia Rodrigo, 19, brought Lily Allen, 37, on stage during her Glastonbury performance on Saturday to sing Lily’s 2009 hit F**k You in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade
Saddened: American singer Olivia took to The Other Stage at Worthy Farm where she said she was ‘devastated and terrified’ by the ruling which ended the constitutional right to abortion in the US
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Speaking out: She said: ‘I’m devastated and terrified [by the ruling]This is why so many girls and women are going to be killed. I want to dedicate the next song to five Supreme Court members.
Following her speech, which received a lot of applause, Olivia addressed the Supreme Court justices separately, saying, “This song goes out the justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch Neil Coney Barrett, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh.”
Lily, a 37-year-old pop singer, gave the middle finger while she was on stage. She then said, ‘We hate your guys! The pair then launched into an expletive-filled song.
Supreme Court abolished constitutional protections against abortion, which had been in place for close to 50 years. They ruled to repeal the 1972 Roe v Wade ruling. The decision also gave the individual states more power over allowing or disallowing the procedure.
Strong beliefs: Olivia said she believed the Supreme Court justices ‘showed us at the end of the day they truly don’t give a s*** about freedom’
Background: The Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion that have been in place for nearly 50 years by overturning the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling and hand back power to individual states to decide whether to permit abortions
Emotional: The admission came after Billie Eilish said it had been a dark day for women since Roe V Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court. Eilish took to the podium at Glastonbury Festival to share her feelings
Because the U.S. Constitution does not specifically mention abortion rights, the justices ruled that 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that permitted abortions before a fetus could be performed outside of the womb – within 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy – was incorrectly decided.
This ruling gives individual states the ability to make decisions about whether or not to prohibit abortion. Guttmacher Institute is a pro-choice research organization that has stated 26 states have ‘certain’ or ‘likely’ to ban abortion.
Women with unplanned pregnancies throughout the United States will have the option of either traveling to another country where it is legal, purchasing abortion pills online, and/or having an unsafe illegal abortion.
Presidency Joe Biden addressed the White House and said it was “a sad day” for the court. The Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe V. Wade (and making abortions illegal for millions) was called ‘wrong and extreme’.
It was devastating. The singer said to the crowd that she couldn’t bear thinking about the US Supreme Court ruling, which ended abortion’s constitutional rights. This means individual states can decide whether to make abortion illegal.
Making music: For some songs Olivia sat and played the piano, while for others she perched on top of the instrument to sing to her fans
Biden accused the court of “expressly taking away” a fundamental right to abortion for so many Americans. He also promised that the battle over abortion rights was not over and his administration would do all it can to stop women traveling to other states in order to get abortions.
It comes after Billie Eilish admitted it was a ‘dark day for women’ following the US Supreme Court’s decision as she headlined the Pyramid Stage on Friday night.
Billie cursed the ‘old’ Supreme Court justices ‘who try to tell us what to do with our bodies’ after admitting she’d had a real [expletive]day after learning the ruling.”
Living the life of a dream: Olivia revelled in the sunshine while she stood at Glastonbury for the third time after the Covid pandemic.
Born to perform: Also performing at the festival was fellow singer Celeste, 28, who wore a chic white dress with matching gloves and a plunging bardot neckline with her hair styled into a funky spiked look
Olivia was wearing a mini skirt in purple, gold and black as well as a bra top with lavender and white that showed her midriff during Saturday’s gig.
Olivia was a Driver’s License sensation. She whipped up the crowd with her performance. Olivia wore black fishnet stockings, and chunky-souled suede boots.
Celeste, a 28-year-old singer from the same band, also performed at this festival. Celeste wore a white chic dress with matching gloves. The neckline was plunging and had a bardot.
Family: Haim sisters Este and Danielle Haim (pictured) put on a lively performance on the Pyramid Stage.
Animated: Her sister Alana put in an impressive effort as she played drums during the performance which drew huge crowds
Glastonbury back in action