Glastonbury on Saturday, as it happened: The Killers bring out Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr for guest appearances
Las Vegas rock band brought out a number of special guests as they returned to Worthy Farm
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Your support makes all the difference.The Killers turned their headline set at Glastonbury 2019 into something of a karaoke session on the Saturday night (29 June), with guest appearances from the Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr.
The Las Vegas rock band raced through a string of hits including “The Man”, “Somebody Told Me” and “Mr Brightside”.
This was the second time The Killers have headlined Glastonbury, following a disastrous appearance in 2007.
This attempt seemed to be met with a much better reception, and frontman Brandon Flowers looked ecstatic as he bounded off the stage following a rousing rendition of “Mr Brightside” for their final song.
Across the fourth day of the music festival, fans also experienced sets from Janet Jackson, Johnny Marr, Maggie Rogers, Lewis Capaldi, Liam Gallagher, Sean Paul, Lizzo, Hozier, Slowthai and Hot Chip.
This was on another day where the sun blazed down on Worthy Farm amid reports of a water shortage, which Glastonbury organisers denied – although our team on the ground confirmed there were queues of up to an hour for water refills.
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Jazz Monroe's highlight from yesterday: Let's Eat Grandma
William’s Green is one of Glastonbury’s tinier tents, and what a treat to see two of the sharpest songwriters on the bill annex it for anarchic ends. Primed for battle at dual keyboards, the outré-pop duo of Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth sweep from avant-garde handclaps to an improbably touching Macarena dance.
They play like teen icons letting loose for their mates: it’s not a fine-tuned routine but a reckless spectacle, full of beseeching melodies and synths wired in to the wavelength of an epiphany. They move freely in that zone between euphoria and melancholy – the way it feels to pinpoint an emotion you’ve been swimming inside and to suddenly, unquestioningly own it.
... and here's one from Alexandra Pollard
Sheryl Crow spent very little time on the Pyramid Stage itself for her afternoon performance – the country pop singer chose instead to wade into the crowd for her euphoric old-school anthems. “All I Wanna Do is Have Some Fun” was the best of them, rallying us into the first mass singalong of the festival.
Over on the Park Stage, Foals are playing to massive crowds for their "secret" set.
The song they're playing right now is "Sunday", which happens to be my favourite track off their most recent album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (part one). Apparently when they were writing it, the band stopped and said it'd be perfect for Glastonbury. There you go. Here's our interview with them, in case you're interested
Everyone at Glastonbury will be delighted to hear that the temperature is supposed to drop an entire 10 degrees tomorrow.
Foals are wrapping up their (brilliant) set – did you spot our culture team member Jacob Stolworthy? He's there somewhere.
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