The Rolling Stones‘ Glastonbury headline set was watched by a peak audience of 2.5 million when a portion of it was aired live on BBC Two on Saturday night.
It had been reported negotiations between the Stones and the BBC over how much of their performance could be broadcast had been ongoing just hours before the band were due to take to the stage, but in the end ‘Miss You‘ was the song to mark the start of the BBC’s coverage, which continued on to the storming encore of ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want‘ and ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction‘.
On Friday, 1.4 million tuned in for the Arctic Monkeys’ set, which went out on a slight delay in its entirety.
Setlist:
‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’
‘It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It)’
‘Paint It, Black’
‘Gimme Shelter’
‘Glastonbury Girl’
‘Wild Horses’
‘Doom And Gloom’
‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking’
‘Honky Tonk Women’
‘You Got The Silver’
‘Happy’
‘Miss You’
‘Midnight Rambler’
‘2000 Light Years From Home’
‘Sympathy For The Devil’
‘Start Me Up’
‘Tumbling Dice’
‘Brown Sugar’
‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’
‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’
