American pop star Billie Eilish, 20, on Friday became the youngest-ever main stage title.
LONDON: American rapper Kendrick Lamar will take the wraps off Britain's Glastonbury Festival on Sunday when Paul McCartney ran through a set of Beatles classics, helped by Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl.
McCartney, who turned 80 last week, became the oldest main stage headline ever on Saturday, and was joined by Springsteen for "I Want to Be Your Man" while former Nirvana man Grohl "I Saw Her Standing". There" came.
A crowd of 100,000 at a dairy farm in southwest England served McCartney on stage with "Happy Birthday", and he was treated to timeless classics including "Can't Buy Me Love", "Love Me Do", "Blackbird". . Helter Skelter", "Let It Be" and "Hey Jude".
The Sunday Telegraph called it one of the "most thrilling, uplifting, blazing" Glastonbury performances, giving it five stars.
Doors opened on Wednesday at Worthy Farms in Somerset, southwest England, with 20-year-old American pop star Billie Eilish becoming the youngest-ever main stage title on Friday.
Other big-name artists on the bill include soul legend Diana Ross, Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde and electro-pop duo Pet Shop Boys.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky made an appearance on Friday, urging those having fun on the big screen to try to prevent conflict with Russia.
Dairy farmer Michael Eavis first organized the festival in 1970, a day after Jimi Hendrix's death, and fans who came to see the acts including Mark Bolan and Al Stewart paid £1 each for admission and free access to the farm. received milk.
The festival was held intermittently throughout the 1970s and it was not until the 1990s that it really began to gain its current status.
Glastonbury was due to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2020, but those plans were put on hold by the pandemic.