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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And "A-Punk" strikes up with a big burst of confetti, but will Vampire Weekend play it twice, or even three times?
For now they're taking a dive into "Oxford Comma", another one from their debut, self-titled album.
There is a rumour that Liam Gallagher is not a fan of Mark Beaumont's review of his set on the Pyramid Stage yesterday. I'm not going to post the tweet here because it includes a pretty major expletive but feel free to go look on his Twitter. Or you could read Mark's review
Back to Vampire Weekend. Lovely jam session closing out their set there.
Aaaaand if you scoot over to the Other Stage again, Dave is performing a captivating set after his guest appearance for Stormzy's headline show on Friday.
Dave is killing it for his Other Stage set. I'm wondering if he's going to bring out AJ Tracey. Here's my review of Psychodrama, Dave's debut album
We're coming up to the worst clash of the weekend: The Cure vs Janelle Monae.
I've seen both artists perform live twice. I cried during both of them. So basically I'm useless if you need help deciding who to go and see. I think I'd sway just slightly towards The Cure, because it's the Pyramid Stage and there are few things as life-affirming as hearing "Boys Don't Cry" and "Friday I'm in Love" live. Janelle will continue to go onto bigger things (she's playing Wembley later this year) but I feel like this is a career peak for The Cure (things don't get much bigger than headlining the Pyramid Stage) and the band are just outstanding live. But so is Janelle Monae. ARGH.
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