Glastonbury on Sunday, as it happened: The Cure close Glastonbury 2019 with 'Boys Don't Cry'
Final day of Glastonbury took place at Worthy Farm after a weekend of unprecedented good weather
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Your support makes all the difference.The Cure performed the closing set of the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2019, with a euphoric rendition of "Boys Don't Cry".
The goth rockers played a number of crowd favourites including "Friday I'm in Love", "The Forest" and "In Between Days".
During their set, frontman Robert Smith quipped that he was attempting to win the prize for saying "the least" during the performance, referring to his near-silence in between songs for the first half of the show.
The performance was preceded by Vampire Weekend on the same stage, along with shows across Worthy Farm by artists including Miley Cyrus, Loyle Carner, Dave, Flohio, Little Simz, Janelle Monae, Kylie Minogue and Years & Years.
Temperatures were slightly cooler following what appeared to be a near-record-breaking heatwave on the Saturday, that prompted one glamping site to ban showers due to a water shortage.
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"We practised this on the bus for about 2 hours so it might be... well I dont know how it's gonna be"
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The latest from our correspondent in the field, Alexandra Pollard: "It is with a heavy heart that the sun is back out".
You can always rely on Years & Years's spry and slinky frontman, Olly Alexander, to put on a show. He's arrived amid a flurry of confetti.
It's a bit of a struggle to hear Olly Alexander above the rest of the band at times, and there has been the odd shaky note (or ten) but it really doesn't matter when you're watching him have this much fun.
Years & Years have kicked off a lineup to rival any Pride march with their infectious, joyous pop. Next up will be Miley, followed by Kylie.
Anna Leszkiewicz is less than impressed with Worthy Farm's faux beach.
"This is “Glastonbury on Sea”, a fake pier resting on parched earth. There are long queues to get in and people have brought inflatable. I asked if there was some sort of real pool inside, which would be a Godsend considering I spent an insignificant amount of yesterday’s heatwave googling “wild swimming Somerset how far”, and recieved baffled looks of derision. “It’s a complex structure, I think a pool on top would be a real feat of engineering.” The whole thing deeply repulses me, and reminds me that I’m not in fact on a great open ocean but in a claustrophobic campsite surrounded by some incredibly mature smells and not a lick of breeze, shade or salt water."
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