26 JUNE, 2023
Ayaan Paul Chowdhury
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The Glastonbury Festival this year has been full of drama and excitement.
Glastonbury is one of the world's largest music and performing arts festivals, held at Worthy Farm in the UK, with around 2,00,000 attendees.
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The festival started 53 years ago and continues to generate buzz and conversation.
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The mystery band, The ChurnUps, turned out to be the Foo Fighters, who rocked the Pyramid Stage on Friday night.
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Foo Fighters' performance was their first at the festival since the passing of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins.
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They dedicated their last song, "Everlong," to Hawkins and introduced their new drummer, Josh Freese.
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Rick Astley made two surprising appearances, including a set with rock band Blossoms where they performed songs by The Smiths.
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Australian actress Cate Blanchett joined Sparks on the Park Stage, following her appearance in their music video earlier this year.
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The festival faced criticism for its lack of diversity among headliners, but both Arctic Monkeys and Guns N' Roses won the crowd over with their performances.
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Axl Rose and lead guitarist Slash from Guns & Roses led and extraordinary medley of the band's greatest hits.
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Lana Del Rey's set was cut short after she showed up 30 minutes late to her closing act and was met with jeers from the crowd.
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Lizzo brought the party vibes to her set, despite being faced with technical difficulties.
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And Lewis Capaldi found it difficult to finish his set after his voice gave up on him but was urged on and supported by the audience.
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Sir Elton John delivered what could be his last UK gig, featuring guest appearances by Brandon Flowers and Rina Sawayama.
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Unfortunately, Dua Lipa did not appear during Sir Elton John's final UK show at Glastonbury and recieved major flak on social media.
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Japanese singer Rina Sawayama used her performance to criticise Matty Healy from The 1975 for his derogatory comments on a podcast interview.