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London Grammar at Glastonbury 2014 review – vast swaths of empty emoting

The current indie-soul crossover darlings provided few crescendos, but there were moments of sublime intensity, writes Mark Beaumont

Kasabian at Glastonbury 2014 review – an obvious triumph

Kasabian get arguably the most vociferous reaction of any of this year’s Pyramid stage headliners, people bellowing along and letting off flares, writes Alexis Petridis

The Black Keys at Glastonbury 2014 review – simple yet dazzling

The Black Keys have got better as they've got bigger, revealing a talent for fiendishly catchy classic rock, writes Dorian Lynskey

St Vincent at Glastonbury 2014 review – part electro-funk Cleopatra, part superstar

A theatrical performance from a singer who successfully morphs from beguiling seductress to unhinged rock chick before our eyes

Arcade Fire, Metallica, Elbow: Alexis Petridis’s Glastonbury 2014 roundup

Lily Allen stemmed the downpour, Arcade Fire overcame their mud aversion, Metallica broke Glastonbury's heavy-metal taboo – but the odd act sank in the quagmire. Alexis Petridis reviews Friday and Saturday at the festival

The Wailers Glastonbury 2014 review – positive vibrations

This was strictly roots reggae of a predictable but special pedigree, writes Caspar Llewellyn Smith

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band at Glastonbury 2014 review – between ludicrous and lovable

Yoko tries out mass primal scream therapy on the Park stage audience, but her messages get lost amid the atonal wails, writes Mark Beaumont

Ed Sheeran at Glastonbury 2014 review – audience participation at its best

The unassuming singer-songwriter wins over the crowd with one call-and-response chorus after the next, and a whole lot of singalongs

Dolly Parton at Glastonbury 2014 review – ridiculous, yet sublime

Dolly Parton rewarded Glastonbury with a performance that surely calls for a redefinition of the word "crowdpleaser", writes Rebecca Nicholson

The 1975 at Glastonbury 2014 review – laser-guided festival singalongs

The Manchester band rouse a dosing Pyramid stage crowd with their synthpop weirdness and Dolly updates, writes Gwilym Mumford

Billy Bragg and the English National Ballet at Glastonbury 2014 review – emotional first world war tribute

Bragg provides a resonant introduction for a performance of the ballet Lest We Forget that leaves many in tears, writes Mark Beaumont

Robert Plant at Glastonbury 2014 review – no Stairway, but storm-summoning moods from rock hero

Plant balances the swampy blues of his solo work with a handful of Zep classics for an affecting set from a man remoulding his history, writes Mark Beaumont

Jake Bugg at Glastonbury 2014 review – festival favourite still has a way to go

The Nottingham phenomenon has been rushed up the bill, but is showing an unfortunate fondness for boogie-woogie filler, writes Mark Beaumont

Pixies at Glastonbury 2014 review – now that’s what I call heavy

Blacker than black and revelling in the grotesque, Pixies can teach Metallica a thing or two about the dark side, writes Mark Beaumont

Metallica at Glastonbury 2014 review – enough ferocity to silence the naysayers

This may not mark the dawning of a new era for metal at Glastonbury, but the heft of Metallica's sound is enough to win over the sceptics, writes Alexis Petridis

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