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Russell Crowe at Glastonbury review – droll delivery from an A-list everybloke

Acoustic stageThe Hollywood star brings his magnificently deep and robust voice to Glastonbury

Billed as his Indoor Garden Party and backed by a sizeable band, he sings a series of self-penned songs inspired by moments in his own life, from thwarted love to the death of his father. You rather imagine if Crowe transposed his lyrics into film dialogue, he’d wrinkle his nose at the script’s cliches and aphorisms: “Time keeps rolling on to the happy ever after”, “water is stronger than stone”, “how do I take this losing hand and somehow win”. “A lot of people in my industry would spread that shit right through the house …” he says slyly, before saying that a prized possession on the wall is a letter from Johnny Cash, who wrote that he went to see one of Crowe’s films three times in one weekend.

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