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FKA twigs at Glastonbury 2015 review – exquisite moves

Elemental dance of balletic vogue moves that can be counted with the greatest art being made on the planet today

Lionel Richie at Glastonbury 2015 review – funky afternoon party moves

He had them at hello … the pop showman cheers the Glastonbury Sunday crowd with warmth, showmanship and a bucketful of hits

Patti Smith at Glastonbury 2015 review – feeling her rage

Not to be upstaged by the Dalai Lama, the New York punk queen provides a masterclass in focused protest rock that puts younger artists to shame

Kanye West at Glastonbury 2015 review – out on his own

The hip-hop giant proclaims himself the greatest living rock star, and his set has a potent ferocity – but there are gaps and stutters, and he cuts a strangely lone figure in front of the vast crowd

George Clinton’s Mothership/Todd Terje at Glastonbury 2015 review – out of this world

The Norwegian cosmic disco producer prepares the landing site for the Funkadelic singer’s Mothership – and then the party really gets going

Slaves/Sleaford Mods/the Pop Group at Glastonbury 2015 review – a triple-bill of righteous anger

From Slaves’ semi-comic social observation to the Pop Group’s corrupted disco, the crowd gets smaller as the reception grows louder during a Saturday afternoon post-punk interlude

Burt Bacharach at Glastonbury 2015 review – sunny hits and sweet familiarity

A greatest-hits set filled with karaoke lounge classics goes down well with the lazy afternoon crowd at the main stage

Rudimental at Glastonbury 2015 review – smashing it with a drum’n’bass carnival

Rudimental’s riotous energy keeps the crowd bouncing like a giant exercise class, helped along by a procession of guests from George Clinton to Dizzee Rascal

Jamie xx at Glastonbury 2015 review – a sunset-backed journey through sound

Ditching the more ghostly vibes of his solo album, Jamie xx’s live set features piano house highs, rumbling bass and a crowd that won’t stop swelling

Florence + the Machine at Glastonbury 2015 review – infectious enthusiasm

Florence Welch seizes her Glastonbury moment and wrestles it to the ground with abandon in her storming Friday night headline set

The Libertines at Glastonbury 2015 review – whimsical nostalgia

One rare spark captures the incendiary romanticism between Pete and Carl, but fails to light a new-found fire

Mark Ronson at Glastonbury 2015 review – saving the best for last

One of the most well-connected men in the business goes above and beyond with a dream lineup of music royalty

Motörhead at Glastonbury 2015 review – predictable but greasily effective

Lemmy is 69 now, but Motörhead’s brand of full-throttle rock shows little sign of slowing down

The Charlatans at Glastonbury 2015 review – indie everymen let the good times roll

The curse of the secret set is broken as Tim Burgess and co fire up the morning crowd with classics such as North Country Boy and One to Another

Lekiddo – Lord of the Lobsters! at Glastonbury 2015 review – unrelentingly joyous Euro disco

Sure, it might be one of the daftest performances ever staged at Glastonbury, but Lekiddo’s sugar-rush, outsider pop is the heart of the party

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