Raye – Glastonbury Festival 2017 Watching the ausience numbers swell throughout her set it was clear to see that Raye’s soulful delivery is a real head-turner. The South Londoner hit the industry watch lists last year and whilst not everyone who gets the attention of the decision makers goes on to great things we’d be…
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Nish Goyal – Glastonbury Festival 2017 Nish Goyal didn’t realise it, but when he strummed his guitar and sang the first line of a song at 11.30am on Wednesday morning at the Croissant Neuf Bandstand he was officially opening the live music programme of Glastonbuty Festival 2017. A self-professed seeker of truth through words he…
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Loyle Carner – Glastonbury Festival 2017 Get used to his face and get used to his voice. Because you are going to be seeing and hearing a lot more from the hugely talented and charismatic Loyle Carner over many years to come. This Croydon boy has been doing the circuit for the last four years…
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London Elektricity Big Band – Glastonbury Festival 2017 They are back after a few year’s break – and what a comeback. Playing to a packed Shangri La Truth stage late the night before, the London Elektricity Big Band might have been delayed by soundcheck gremlins, but once they kicked off they blew the Sunday afternoon…
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Kiefer Sutherland – Glastonbury Festival 2017 The thing is, it’s really tough for an A-list actor to be taken seriously when they branch into music. But you know what – Kiefer Sutherland pulls it off with aplomb. His down-to-earth Americana is a self-written collection of stories of love, loss and booze…lots of boooze. And he…
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Dead Kennedys – Glastonbury Festival 2017 Spending more time in the pit with the crowd than onstage with the band, Dead Kennedys frontman Ron Greer gives it his all as the seminal punk rockers tear through a frantic set that sets the audience on fire.
Birdy – Glastonbury Festival 2017 With a perfect voice and delicious songs, Birdy held the Avalon Stage audience in the palm of her hand.
Beans on Toast – Glastonbury Festival 2017 It simply wouldn’t be Glastonbury without Beans on Toast. He’s been going to Glastonbury for 20 years and has pleyed it for the last ten. If you haven’t yet been to see him live… why not???
12 Stone Toddler – Glastonbury Festival 2017 This Brighton bunch deserved a bigger crowd than they got on the Truth stage in Shangri La – but that’s a lesson for bands playing big festivals…sometimes the lure of other acts is just too much. They enjoyed the experience though and looked like they were giving it…
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Craig Charles (Glastonbury 2017)
Dave the Great (Glastonbury 2017) His name is Dave, and he is great…
Declan McKenna (Glastonbury 2017) 2015’s Glastonbury emerging talent winner, Declan McKenna, played one of his two Glastonbury sets this year to a packed John Peel stage tent…
Another band to deliver a secret set on the BBC Introducing stage, Blossoms went down a storm at Glastonbury 2017…
Bradley Cooper (Glastonbury 2017) Bradley Cooper briefly took to the Glastonbury Pyramid stage to film a scene for his new film – a remake of A Star is Born, the classic Judy Garland musical.
Charli XCX (Glastonbury 2017) A sea of pink confetti littered the Other Stage arena after a huge burst of colour from the Cambridge-born electro-pop princess.
First Aid Kit (Glastonbury 2017)
Glass Animals (Glastonbury 2017) Glass Animals hit up the Other Stage after a secret lunchtime warm-up show in the BBC Introducing tent over in Silver Hayes earlier in the day.
Halsey (Glastonbury 2017) The chart-topping American pop sensation had her dream come true, playing to a huge and appreciative Other Stage audience and putting down the gauntlet for Katy Perry to beat that…
Kris Kistofferson (Glastonbury 2017) Not the best-received set of the festival…
Lorde (Glastonbury 2017) Twenty-year-old Newzealander, Lorde, took the gamble to go for a big production number with her Glastonbury debut performance. Risking being overwhelmed by the scale of the stage, the singer came through unscathed, delivering up songs in front of a giant glass shipping container that was raised above the stage and slowly filled…
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Royal Blood (Glastonbury 2017) An enormous surge of festival-goers preceded the Royal Blood Pyramid stage set, no doubt helped in their decision to catch the band’s main stage debut by the fact that this was the week the new album, ‘How Did We Get So Dark’ hit the number one spot in the charts. …
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The xx (Glastonbury 2017) A huge crowd – perhaps bolstered by legions of Radiohead fans keen for a grandstand view – helped make The xx very happy bunnies at Glastonbury.
Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs (Glastonbury 2017) Highly irreverent, but far from irrelevant, Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs epitomise the skanky underbelly of festival culture. They’re just brilliant.
Jah Wobble’s Invaders of the Heart (Glastonbury 2017) The legendary bass-master squeezed every deep decibel possible out of the Glade’s powerful sound system, to the delight of a packed crowd.
Nadine Shah (Glastonbury 2017) Nadine Shah won over a multitude of new fans and cemented her political activism during her two shows at Glastonbury this year. She’s undoubtedly one of a new breed of outspoken and talented performers who will hopefully be the future of music.
The Ramona Flowers (Glastonbury 2017) Providing an energetic opening salvo to Friday’s live music action, The Ramona Flowers tread that line between electronics and live guitar rock. With an impassioned line in hook-filled vocals, they have the power to grab attention and hold new audiences.
Rishi Saluja (Glastonbury 2017) Playing one of the festival’s smallest stages, Rishi is one of those performers with the ability to capture attention and hold an audience.
Rob Roy Collins (Glastonbury 2017) If you look closely you can see our photographer in the crowd in Rob’s video – taken after he escaped from chains whilst balanced at the top of a ladder in an impressive two minutes…a great performance to a delighted crowd.
Silver Hayes (Glastonbury 2017) A small taste of the fun to be had in this legendary part of Glastonbury Festival…
The Hot 8 Brass Band (Glastonbury 2017) It’s a tough job turning ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ into an upbeat, uplifting, singalong-summer-anthem…but The Hot Brass Band do a fantastic job and the crowd loves every minute…
The Pipes of The Death (Glastonbury 2017) The Pipes of Death will make more money from their Glastonbury performances than 90% of other acts. And they are not afraid to challenge Radiohead to a busk-off! Will Thom pick up the gauntlet? Who would have the fullest hat in 15 mins?
The Pretenders (Glastonbury 2017) An inspired booking, The Pretenders were a brilliant act to open the Other Stage, with Chrissie Hynde in full flow with relaxed banter between hit after hit of classic guitar-based rock and roll.
The Schmoozenbergs (Glastonbury 2017) Some relaxed yet upbeat (and emminently accomplished) swinging gypsy-jazz from this Bristol-based four-piece. A delightful break from the stresses of the day.
Tom Dummer (Glastonbury 2017) We were more than happy to stumble on Tom banging out some tunes at The Open Arms bar. He was one of those performers who drew us inside for a better listen.
Cadet (Glastonbury 2017) Part of this year’s Glastonbury grime-wave…Cadet showed no fear forming a mini wall of death pit.
Cabbage (Glastonbury 2017) Quite possibly the most important emerging band at Glastonbury this year, Cabbage are one of those force of nature bands you just have to see live to properly understand.
Alabama 3 – Acoustic (Glastonbury 2017) The stripped-back four-piece rocked the Croissant Neuf tent like only they can.
Hitting the Glastonbury crowd with covers of songs by Ed Sheeran and The Spice Girls, Major Lazer pulled no punches with a stage show spectacle that never failed to please.
In a frenzy of strobe lighting the increasingly introspective and enigmatic Radiohead delivered a tour de force in understated pomp and circumstance as they brought Friday night’s Pyramid Stage to a close at Glastonbury 2017.
Glen Matlock, punk legend, returned to Glastonbury for a set in the intimate confines of an old London Underground carriage…
