Singer VV Brown got Saturday underway on the Pyramid Stage, playing her second show of the festival after appearing on the John Peel Stage on Friday. ‘Fictional’ rock band Spinal Tap played a crowd pleasing set in the afternoon. During ‘Stonehenge’ an inflatable model of Stonehenge was brought on to the stage, echoing the famous scene from the movie ‘This Is Spinal Tap’. Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and jazz musician Jamie Cullam joined the band on stage. As ever, Kasabian stormed through their set, with ‘Fire’ making a strong case for song of the weekend. Nothing could over-shadow headliner Bruce Springsteen however, who played to the biggest crowd of the weekend so far and was on stage for well over two and a half hours. The Boss had earlier guested on the John Peel Stage with fellow New Jerseyans ‘The Gaslight Anthem‘.
The Other Stage saw Peter Doherty play a career-spanning set, with Libertines classics such as ‘Don’t Look Back Into The Sun’ and ‘Time For Heroes’ getting the biggest response. Maximo Park put on a set with hits including ‘Our Velocity‘ and ‘Going Missing’ and Paolo Nutini performed songs from acclaimed new record ‘Sunny Side Up‘. Alex Kapranos, lead singer of headliners Franz Ferdinand, told the crowd Glastonbury was a “beautiful place to be”.
Blur will bring the curtain down on this year’s festival tomorrow when they headline the Pyramid Stage.