Glastonbury 2024 live: Coldplay close Saturday night with record-breaking Pyramid Stage performance
Chris Martin’s band headlined Saturday at Worthy Farm, where they were joined by special guests including Michael J Fox, Little Simz and Laura Mvula
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Coldplay closed Saturday night at Glastonbury as they headlined the Pyramid Stage for a record-breaking fifth time, after pop star Dua Lipa dazzled the crowds on Friday (28 June).
In a career-spanning set, the band performed a number of their biggest hits including “Yellow”, “Paradise”, “The Scientist”, “Fix You” and “Clocks”, while also bringing out a number of surprise guests including rapper Little Simz, singer Laura Mvula, plus Back to the Future star Michael J Fox.
Frontman Chris Martin also spoke of the “divided time on Earth” and thanked the huge crowd for showing that “most humans can gather together very peacefully”.
Across the weekend, an eclectic lineup will perform on the sprawling festival’s various stages.
Lipa, 28, impressed The Independent’s critics with a set comprising some of her biggest hits, along with singles from her latest album, Radical Optimism.
Here is the full Glastonbury 2024 lineup and set times.
Tom Cruise spotted on the Pyramid Stage?
Apparently Tom Cruise is very visible from the viewing platform on the Pyramid Stage, as Coldplay are about to perform at any minute. I’m assuming Simon Pegg, Chris Martin’s bezzie mate, is there too.
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Coldplay to headline the Pyramid Stage for a record-breaking fifth time
We’ve got less than an hour until Chris Martin and co take to the Pyramid Stage, topping the bill at Glastonbury for a history-making fifth time.
This feels like a prime moment to share Mark Beaumont’s impassioned defence of the band:
Coldplay have always been cool, and it’s ludicrous to claim otherwise
As the British band prepare to headline Glastonbury for a record-breaking fifth time, Mark Beaumont assesses their legacy and questions why some critics are still sneering
How to watch the BBC’s live Glastonbury Festival 2024 coverage
The BBC is broadcasting live Glastonbury 2024, as music fans who weren’t lucky enough to score tickets (or simply prefer to watch from home) look to tune into the action from Worthy Farm.
Live coverage by the broadcaster began on Wednesday 26 June, as fans flocked to the festival fields in Somerset to see hundreds of artists perform.
On Friday, Dua Lipa made her debut as Glastonbury headliner. She is being followed by pop-rock band Coldplay on Saturday and US star SZA closing the festival on Sunday.
Meanwhile, country-pop icon Shania Twain will take on the Legends Slot, performing a career-spanning set of hits including “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” and “That Don’t Impress Me Much”.
Glastonbury 2024: How to watch the BBC’s live coverage
Broadcaster has unveiled its coverage plan for this year’s festival at Worthy Farm
IN PICTURES: Little Simz on the Pyramid Stage
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Little Simz to headline Glastonbury 2025?
I mean, she could have headlined it this year. A Mercury Prize, top 10 albums, Brit Awards... Little Simz is at the top of her game and everyone knows it. Massive crowd for her at the Pyramid Stage and YES I know everyone wants to see bloody Coldplay, but PJ Harvey and LCD Soundsystem didn’t draw this big an audience ahead of Dua Lipa yesterday. She is simply phenomenal, a bristling force of nature loaded with ambition. I adore her, can you tell?
COMMENT: Did Banksy and Idles miss the mark with their Glastonbury protests?
They might sing ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ while they’re out in the fields partying, writes Ryan Coogan, but are any of these festivalgoers actually bringing those progressive values home with them?
Did Banksy and Idles miss the mark with their Glastonbury protests?
They might sing ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ while they’re out in the fields partying, writes Ryan Coogan, but are any of these festivalgoers actually bringing those progressive values home with them?
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