Glastonbury 2011, Day One: U2, Radiohead & More
After a somewhat wet start to the festival, DIY reflects on yesterday's goings on.
Posted 25th June 2011, 12:20pm in Features, by Harriet Jennings
U2, Glastonbury Festival
Day one at Glastonbury 2011, featuring a headline set from U2, a shock appearance from Radiohead, and sets from Morrissey, Fleet Foxes, Biffy Clyro, Metronomy & more.
Brian Rasic/Rex Features
After a somewhat wet start to the festival, DIY reflects on yesterday's goings on.
As our first band of the festival, Metronomy kick things off with a solid set. However, the vastness of the Pyramid stage plus the time of day doesn't result in quite the effect we can only presume they were looking for. Recently released 'She Wants' is a highlight, as is the crowd-pleasing 'The Look' and their signature flashing light show.
Two Door Cinema Club entertain an incredibly large crowd with their energetic and charismatic set. Eagerly awaited, the whole audience stands up on their arrival and the The Northern Irish trio don't disappoint.
The audience provide Fenech-Soler with a warm and encouraging atmosphere in the Dance Village tent, as they tear through a carefully crafted setlist. Highlights include hits 'Demons' and 'Stop & Stare', a real cockle warmer on a damp and rainy afternoon.
Enveloped in a twirling green cape, Conor Oberst enchants the audience with a set of their angsty back catalogue. The heavy rain and deep mud by the Other Stage keeps audience numbers low, which only adds to the intimate feel of the performance. Definitely one of the highlight's of the day.
Radiohead's 'secret set' on the Park Stage is the festival's worst kept secret, with the audience spilling out of the Park arena, into the surrounding fields. Sticking predominantly to their latest album, 'The King Of Limbs', the band deliver a great performance, as always, to an already won over crowd.
Grouplove, Caribou, Oh Land, Cee Lo Green and Little Dragon.
Metronomy, 12.05pm, Pyramid Stage
As our first band of the festival, Metronomy kick things off with a solid set. However, the vastness of the Pyramid stage plus the time of day doesn't result in quite the effect we can only presume they were looking for. Recently released 'She Wants' is a highlight, as is the crowd-pleasing 'The Look' and their signature flashing light show.
Two Door Cinema Club, 1.30pm, The Pyramid Stage
Two Door Cinema Club entertain an incredibly large crowd with their energetic and charismatic set. Eagerly awaited, the whole audience stands up on their arrival and the The Northern Irish trio don't disappoint.
Fenech-Soler, 3.50pm, East Dance
The audience provide Fenech-Soler with a warm and encouraging atmosphere in the Dance Village tent, as they tear through a carefully crafted setlist. Highlights include hits 'Demons' and 'Stop & Stare', a real cockle warmer on a damp and rainy afternoon.
Bright Eyes, 5.35pm, The Other Stage
Enveloped in a twirling green cape, Conor Oberst enchants the audience with a set of their angsty back catalogue. The heavy rain and deep mud by the Other Stage keeps audience numbers low, which only adds to the intimate feel of the performance. Definitely one of the highlight's of the day.
Radiohead, 8pm, The Park
Radiohead's 'secret set' on the Park Stage is the festival's worst kept secret, with the audience spilling out of the Park arena, into the surrounding fields. Sticking predominantly to their latest album, 'The King Of Limbs', the band deliver a great performance, as always, to an already won over crowd.
Other highlights include:
Grouplove, Caribou, Oh Land, Cee Lo Green and Little Dragon.
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