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The Best And Worst From Glastonbury 2023

26 JUNE, 2023

Ayaan Paul Chowdhury

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The Glastonbury Festival this year has been full of drama and excitement.

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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.

how long?

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The mystery band, The ChurnUps, turned out to be the Foo Fighters, who rocked the Pyramid Stage on Friday night.

mystery unveiled

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Foo Fighters' performance was their first at the festival since the passing of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins.

fitting tribute

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They dedicated their last song, "Everlong," to Hawkins and introduced their new drummer, Josh Freese.

new AND old

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Rick Astley made two surprising appearances, including a set with rock band Blossoms where they performed songs by The Smiths.

never gonna give you up

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Australian actress Cate Blanchett joined Sparks on the Park Stage, following her appearance in their music video earlier this year.

an oscar-winning cameo

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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.

the og pull through

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Axl Rose and lead guitarist Slash from Guns & Roses led and extraordinary medley of the band's greatest hits.

welcome to the jungle

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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.

Late lana cut short

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Lizzo brought the party vibes to her set, despite being faced with technical difficulties.

lizzo brings the juice

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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.

capaldi crowd magic

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Sir Elton John delivered what could be his last UK gig, featuring guest appearances by Brandon Flowers and Rina Sawayama.

rocketman's last

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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.

dua lipa a no-show

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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.

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