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Post by Admin on Jun 29, 2014 0:40:42 GMT
Heavy metal band Metallica have ended their headline act at Glastonbury with Seek and Destroy. The band played for 90 minutes, with highlights including One, Cyanide and an extended 8-minute Master Of Puppets. The quartet are the first metal act to headline the festival since its inception in 1970. Drummer Lars Ulrich earlier told the BBC that being asked to play was "the biggest honour". Even the band's detractors would have been hard pushed to deny their musicianship. Fans and supporters lined the back of the stage as they ended the main set with Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman. "Metallica. Glastonbury. Together at last," declared Hetfield. "That felt good." "Metallica loves you, Glastonbury," said Hetfield as the band took their final bow. "You made us feel so good. Thank you for having us." Taking the microphone, Ulrich added: "There's is no place on this earth like this beautiful Glastonbury Festival. Thank you for letting us be part of your experience and we hope to see you one more time." Formed 33 years ago, the group's best-known songs include Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters and Master of Puppets. Prior to their arrival on the Pyramid Stage, the band played a clip of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, in tribute to actor Eli Wallach, who died earlier this week. Ennio Morricone's Ecstasy of Gold, which features in the classic Western, has been Metallica's introduction music for many years.
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Post by Admin on Jun 29, 2014 7:08:25 GMT
Metallica made their debut Glastonbury performance by referencing the bear hunting controversy which marred the band's preparation fr the headline performance. Five minutes before the California rockers' start time, a group of people waving Metallica flags on long poles entered the stage, echoing the flags seen in the crowd. An anticipation-building 15 minutes later, a video appeared on the big screens, which crashed from a tribute to the recently deceased actor Eli Wallach to a video of a British fox hunt - a very thinly veiled reference to recent controversy over James Hetfield's narrating a documentary about bear hunting, which led to a petition to have the band removed from the Glastonbury bill. A mash-up of 'What Does The Fox Say' and 'Fox On The Run' by the Sweet played as, in the clip, four bears wielding rifles shot the hunters, to huge cheers from the crowd. The bear masks were removed to reveal the four members of Metallica; James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo. The screen then displayed a message: "Are you ready for Glastallica?', and the band appeared on stage, launching straight into 'Creeping Death'. Frontman James Hetfield dropped "Glasto" into the lyrics and asked the crowd to sing along. "I want you singing - I need your help," he said. The monitors side of stage screening the performance dripped with fake blood and zoomed in on the tattoo on Hetfield's hand which spells 'RIFF' across his knuckles. Meanwhile, a separate camera attached to Lars Ulrich's drum kit showed close ups of his face as he played. Shortly before the band played 'Sad But True, Hetfield addressed the crowd properly: "Metallica is grateful to be invited to such an event called Glastonbury," he said. "We're very proud to be here and represent the heavier side of music. Iknow it's all represented here so why not heavy? This is dedicated not only to the crowd but to the all the British heavy metal bands that have been dreaming and still dream of playing this stage here and uttering the words, Do you want heavy? Do you want heavy? Metallica gives you heavy!".
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Post by Admin on Jun 30, 2014 1:32:41 GMT
After a brief but torrential electrical storm led to the power on the Pyramid stage being shut down and the crowd running for cover, Lily Allen finally took to the stage, apologising in advance for a shortened set, which kicked off with LDN – "Sun is in the sky, oh why oh why, would I want to be anywhere else?" suddenly seemed optimistic. The weather held for a riotous set that served as a straightforward reminder of how brilliant a pop star Allen is; after all, who else would ask, "Is my camel toe really prevalent?" between songs? The older tracks stole the show – Smile, The Fear and Everyone's At It went down a treat – but Hard Out Here held up nicely, and what could have been a trite rolling out of Somewhere Only We Know seemed to unite the weather-beaten crowd in neighbour-hugging emotion. High point: The mass singalong to Fuck You, dedicated to "Sepp fucking Blatter, you cunt", complete with a dancing two-fingered salute on the video screens. Low point: Continuing the football theme, the World Cup track Bass Like Home sounded more speculative M&S advert pitch than rave anthem. In a tweet: Least likely to get an uncensored broadcast on the BBC.
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Post by Admin on Jul 1, 2014 1:00:35 GMT
Ed Sheeran wowed festival-goers with a stripped back set on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage on Sunday evening (June 29). Following the glamour of country superstar Dolly Parton, a dressed-down Sheeran kicked off his performance with a rendition of his 2011 single 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You'. The singer also worked elements of Chris Brown's 'Loyal' into a performance of 'Don't' early on in his set, before recruiting the crowd to join him in a cover of Nina Simone's 'Be My Husband'. Sheeran balanced his nine-song gig with tracks from his debut album +, and follow-up x, which has become the fastest-selling album of 2014 so far, shooting to number one today (June 29). "You sound beautiful," Sheeran told the crowd towards the end of his breakout hit 'The A Team'. The musician rounded off his hour-long set with a performance of his latest track 'Sing', which became his first chart-topping single earlier this month. "This has been one of the most incredible gigs of my life," Sheeran added as his set drew to a close. The full set list for Ed Sheeran's Glastonbury show was as follows: 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' 'Lego House' 'Don't' 'Be My Husband' 'Thinking Out Loud' 'Give Me Love' 'I See Fire' 'The A Team' 'Sing'
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