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Lorde, The 1975 & Lewis Capaldi: The Best Moments From Glastonbury 2025 Day 1
Glastonbury Festival kicked off on Friday (June 27) with sets from The 1975, Lorde, Lewis Capaldi, Loyle Carner, PinkPantheress and more.
Over 200,000 punters arrived Wednesday to set up their camps, with a limited lineup on Thursday and electronic music fans soaking up the good weather and an array of DJs on the site’s smaller stages. The star proceeded to tear through her stunning fourth LP in full, writhing across the stage floor during “Man of the Year” and maintaining a superstar steeliness during the pummeling, relentlessly upbeat “What Was That.” The energy was matched by a tent packed full of fans, hitting a peak of delirious communion when she closed with a one-two punch of “Ribs” and “Green Light.” Her opening words certainly rang true: Lorde kicked off Glastonbury 2025 with verve and bravura, filled with precisely measured emotional beats. Over the course of an hour at Woodsies, she threw a wild, blown-out pop extravaganza, complete with a tap dancer, a beatboxer and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance from noughties hero Just Jack for “Starz.” All of this was served with a tongue-in-cheek, cheerleader-like wholesomeness: after “Picture In My Mind,” Pink quipped about her evolution from bedroom-produced tracks to making “real pop music,” before hyping up her taut brass backing band and violinist.
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