MUSIC-GLASTONBURY/DAY ONE Florence and The Machine headlines Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury

Record ID: 152513

  • Title: MUSIC-GLASTONBURY/DAY ONE Florence and The Machine headlines Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury
  • Date: 27th June 2015
  • Summary: PILTON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 26, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TWO PEOPLE RIDING HORSES WEARING WET WEATHER CLOTHING VARIOUS OF TIBETAN FLAG SIGN, READING (English): "MUSIC SPACE" REVELLER WATCHING PERFORMANCE SIGN, READING (English): "HANDFASTINGS" WIDE OF HANDFASTING VENUE SIGN, READING (English): "JUMPING THE BROOM" HANDFASTING PARTICIPANTS LOUISE AND RICHARD WALK
  • Embargoed: 12th July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVADST8RSKKDQ41NUXPE2TTMB0VT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: British star Florence + The Machine headlined the main Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2015 on Friday (May 26) in the first main day of music.
    The British musician played a number of songs from her latest album, "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful", as well as a string of her better-known hits.
    Earlier in the day, veteran British band The Charlatans turned out to play a secret set on The Other Stage and became the opening band of Glastonbury 2015.
    Before Florence + The Machine and The Libertines took centre stage on the Pyramid, British singer-songwriter James Bay performed a number of songs, including his popular hit "Hold Back The River".
    The weather in Somerset, always a subject of conversation at the famously muddy festival, was generally mild, although there was a big downpour for a brief period on Friday afternoon.
    Festival founder Michael Eavis met revellers and got onstage himself with a Maori performing arts company Manaia, who performed the Haka, a traditional war cry of the Maori people.
    A handfasting event also took place in the Healing Fields at the festival during the day, with participants Louise and Richard taking part in the pagan wedding ceremony and having their hands being tied together symbolically with a knotted rope.
    Singer-turned-activist Charlotte Church and Russian punk protesters Pussy Riot kicked off Glastonbury Festival with a call for revolution on Friday, though the crowds they rallied seemed more interested in basking in the sun.
    The attendance at this year's event is said to be in excess of 170,000 and fans will be gearing up to see one of the world's biggest hip-hop stars, Kanye West, take to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday (June 27) night.
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