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Coldplay at Glastonbury review – Chris Martin takes tens of thousands on the adventure of a lifetime

Fireworks! Lasers! Confetti! More fireworks! Coldplay pull out every last stop for their record fifth headline performance, and you’d be churlish not to love it

Kasabian’s secret set at Glastonbury review – indie hits belted out to a bumper crowd

Surprise act Serge Pizzorno and co whomp through hits such as Club Foot and Shoot the Runner

Dua Lipa at Glastonbury review – headliners are rarely this hook-laden and hedonistic

The British singer’s Friday night set underlines her claim to be one of the world’s great current pop stars, with a cast-iron hit always around the corner

Glastonbury 2023 review: giggly rap on Friday, Smiths covers on Saturday – and a mystery act that surprised no one

Arctic Monkeys, Fred Again, Raye, Lana Del Rey and Guns N’ Roses all astounded. And if everyone knew Foo Fighters would turn up, just who might share the stage with Elton John was the stuff of rumours

Elton John at Glastonbury review – bittersweet joy at the end of the yellow brick road

Could it really be his final ever UK concert? After this utterly vital performance, fans will be desperately hoping not

Blondie at Glastonbury review – Debbie Harry is an atomic charisma bomb

She can’t sing like she used to – but makes up for it with a riveting performance full of untamed theatrics and awesomely aloof cool

Yusuf/Cat Stevens at Glastonbury review – singer-songwriter’s ‘legends’ set is a lowkey triumph

The 74-year-old’s mellow but idiosyncratic pop and indelibly beautiful classic cuts provided a soothing balm for tired music fans on the final afternoon of the festival

Guns N’ Roses at Glastonbury review – a riotous trip into rock paradise

With a beaming Dave Grohl guesting on guitar and hits interspersed with homages to their influences, Axl and co make for hard-rocking – yet surprisingly polite – Saturday headliners

The Pretenders at Glastonbury review – Chrissie Hynde in the pocket with Johnny Marr and Dave Grohl

Hynde’s reliably resonant and calming roar finds new backing with surprise appearances from Marr, Grohl – and a shy Paul McCartney

Lizzo at Glastonbury review – life-affirmation 101

Joyful, supremely expressive performer who kinetically embodies every second of her ebullient show is hobbled by painfully literal lyrics

Blossoms and Rick Astley at Glastonbury review – Smiths hits are the very opposite of miserable now

Covering the Smiths’ back catalogue in a secret Glasto set, Blossoms are admirably tight, while Astley banishes any sense of moral queasiness at listening to these beloved songs

Lewis Capaldi at Glastonbury review – an awe-inspiring display of love and human spirit

The Scottish balladeer is full of his usual hilarious banter but his vulnerability also remains, especially as his voice leaves him. Luckily there are 100,000-odd people on hand for support

Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury review – breaking rock’s rules at their own strange pace

With euphoric alt-rock anthems up against atmospheric ballads, this set shows the ground the headliners have covered – but doesn’t always bring the crowd on the journey

Foo Fighters secret Glastonbury set review – a band who have learned to fly again

A vast crowd have got wise to the secret – the band were billed as ‘the Churnups’ – and are greeted with a set that shows Foo Fighters have recaptured their very essence

Kendrick Lamar at Glastonbury 2022 review – faith, fury and jawdropping brilliance

Sporting a bejewelled crown of thorns and with a profound sense of theatre, Lamar proves he is one of the most gifted rappers we have

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