Before we zipped up our tents for the last time and faced the painful reality that Glastonbury 2015 was finally over, there was one more treat in store for us…
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The night before, West had spoken to fans at the British festival, declaring himself to be pretty awesome. “I’m intimidated because you know the words better than I do”.
The Who closed the final day of Glastonbury Festival in true rock and roll style, trashing the stage and swearing at backstage staff.
The Who stars Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend’s current tour will be their last because the rockers feel too old to carry on.
Reactions on Twitter were mixed.
During his set, West had declared that he was “the biggest rock star in the world”.
Kicking off the proceedings was Who Are You (also recognised by many as the theme tune to the television crime drama CSI) though the band’s choice of opener may not have gone down quite as well as they’d probably anticipated. “It would have been great to have had a soundcheck and get ourselves sorted out before we came out here and hit you with all this shit, but never mind”.
Despite this, the My Generation hitmakers provided a fitting end to the festival, which had been light on rock acts following the cancellation of Foo Fighters’ set on Friday.
Around 800 litter-pickers will begin the pain-staking task of collecting the rubbish before the stages are packed away for another year as bleary-eyed campers begin a congested journey off the farm and home.
The weather has been just as extreme, regularly switching from sunshine to downpours and causing a range of injuries from sun stroke to dislocations after campers slipped in the muddy fields.
The band, which famously performed at Woodstock in 1969, performed on the world-famous Pyramid stage.
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The Dalai Lama made his first appearance at the festival, where crowds spontaneously sang “happy birthday” to the exiled Tibetan leader to mark his 80th birthday.
