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| Friday evening at Glastonbury 2019: with Stormzy and George Ezra – follow it live! | Friday evening at Glastonbury 2019: with Stormzy and George Ezra – follow it live! |
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| Blinded By Your Grace Pt 2 getting the full gospel treatment here – it may have been written for Glastonbury. And it gets the full pyrotechnical works too. Stormzy takes a moment to take it all in ... | |
| Stormzy is down the front, topless, touching the palms of those at the front. “I feel like the 25 years of my life has led up to this moment right here,” he says, before namechecking the icons who made it possible: Wiley, Dizzee, Skepta, Giggs, Ghetts, Kano, Tinie Tempah, Lethal Bizzle, and then an even longer list of those coming through: Unknown T, Little Simz, Geko, Bugzy Malone, Nadia Rose, Novelist. And now it’s Shut Up, taking things full circle with its sample of XTC’s original grime classic Functions on the Low. | |
| Vossi Bop now, Stormzy’s first UK chart-topper. Time to reflect ... it was 2005 when grime first hit Glastonbury festival, albeit on an underground scale, as DJ Cameo brought the likes of Trim and JME to the Roots tent. Since then we’ve had Tinie Tempah, Skepta and Dizzee play the Pyramid stage (really, Dizzee should have headlined, because he owned it every single year). I was going to write something about grime’s journey here but ..… no time, there are BMX bikers on the stage. | |
| Before that, BBC bosses quivered as a video of Ghetts cussing his mouth off was used to introduce Bad Boys. Now Dave is on the stage for Funky Friday. Meanwhile, my typing fingers are down to the actual bone and all I’m doing is writing about what is happening. No time for any added commentary! | |
| Dave doesn’t leave the stage without delivering an emotional message: | |
| I gotta say thank you bro, before I leave this stage. You’ve made it possible, bro. You’ve allowed man like us to believe, bro. This is your moment, the greatest. I love you, bro! | |
| Stormzy is addressing the crowd again before Shape of You: | |
| I was meant to bring my brother out but he’s in a stadium on the other side of the world. It goes a little bit like this ... | |
| Ed Sheeran can’t be here tonight? This set just gets better and better! | |
| Stormzy’s outfit changes got me like #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/qV3WqHMLlp | |
| How’s it sounding in the crowd? | |
| Dunno how it's coming across on telly, but Stormzy sounds absolutely amazing fro here. pic.twitter.com/YSu5ykq44I | |
| If you’re thinking Stormzy isn’t feeling the pressure of this headline show, then perhaps have a listen to the lyrics to The Crown in which he wrestles with his newfound position as the voice of black Britain: “I tried to be grateful and count all my blessings / But heavy is the head that wears the crown.” | |
| Oh here he is. From one Glastonbury headline expert to a soon-to-be other … Chris Martin is on stage taking it to church by playing the intro to Blinded By Your Grace on a keyboard. I wonder what tips he gave him as to how you get invited back? The pair sit on the piano stool crooning together. After George Ezra’s performance earlier, maybe the 90s “stool-rock” movement is back? | Oh here he is. From one Glastonbury headline expert to a soon-to-be other … Chris Martin is on stage taking it to church by playing the intro to Blinded By Your Grace on a keyboard. I wonder what tips he gave him as to how you get invited back? The pair sit on the piano stool crooning together. After George Ezra’s performance earlier, maybe the 90s “stool-rock” movement is back? |
| More fireworks and another cover, this time Kanye’s Ultralight Beam with the lyrics changed to reference “fallen soldier” Damiola Taylor and his South London roots. This one builds and builds to an epic crescendo | More fireworks and another cover, this time Kanye’s Ultralight Beam with the lyrics changed to reference “fallen soldier” Damiola Taylor and his South London roots. This one builds and builds to an epic crescendo |
| Stormzy gets his gospel choir to sing the chorus for his cover of Shanks & Bigfoot’s Sweet Like Chocolate. This is exactly the right time in the set to switch things up with a slightly silly crowd-pleaser | Stormzy gets his gospel choir to sing the chorus for his cover of Shanks & Bigfoot’s Sweet Like Chocolate. This is exactly the right time in the set to switch things up with a slightly silly crowd-pleaser |
| This is not a drill. History is being made in this moment.Make sure you're watching @Stormzy headline #Glastonbury2019 - you don't want to miss a second: https://t.co/8Js3LmwwwR pic.twitter.com/ASfGn1SJu7 | This is not a drill. History is being made in this moment.Make sure you're watching @Stormzy headline #Glastonbury2019 - you don't want to miss a second: https://t.co/8Js3LmwwwR pic.twitter.com/ASfGn1SJu7 |
| Stormzy is now dressed top to toe in white for Cigarettes and Cush. How is he doing all this while I can’t even keep up with the typing?! | Stormzy is now dressed top to toe in white for Cigarettes and Cush. How is he doing all this while I can’t even keep up with the typing?! |
| There’s a break and ... some choreography! Come on, who predicted ballet? | There’s a break and ... some choreography! Come on, who predicted ballet? |
| “Now there are ballet shoes to match all skin tones” reads the video screen as two black dancers twirl gracefully around the stage. | “Now there are ballet shoes to match all skin tones” reads the video screen as two black dancers twirl gracefully around the stage. |
| “This is the greatest night of my entire life. Who’s got energy today?” screams Stormzy before stripping it right back for One Track Freestyle. | “This is the greatest night of my entire life. Who’s got energy today?” screams Stormzy before stripping it right back for One Track Freestyle. |
| The slightest of breathers and we’re on to First Things First. The video and lighting set up here is immense, the opposite approach to Kanye’s bold but ultimately disappointing minimalist approach in 2015. | The slightest of breathers and we’re on to First Things First. The video and lighting set up here is immense, the opposite approach to Kanye’s bold but ultimately disappointing minimalist approach in 2015. |
| Wife losing her mind at ‘South Norwood - West Norwood - Selhurst - Norbury - Croydon’ on the screens behind @stormzy for Know Me From | Wife losing her mind at ‘South Norwood - West Norwood - Selhurst - Norbury - Croydon’ on the screens behind @stormzy for Know Me From |
| It’s Cold now. Stormzy performing the kind of exercise routine you can’t buy at Virgin Active. There are fireworks. And a line everyone at Worthy Farm probably agrees with: “So tell Boris Johnson, ‘suck your mum!’” | It’s Cold now. Stormzy performing the kind of exercise routine you can’t buy at Virgin Active. There are fireworks. And a line everyone at Worthy Farm probably agrees with: “So tell Boris Johnson, ‘suck your mum!’” |
| Wearing a black union jack stab vest, Stormzy bounds on stage with energy levels turned up to 11. It’s Know Me From to open things and the crowd are singing back every word. He looks the exact opposite of nervous: “Oi Glasto, it’s only the fucking beginning!” | Wearing a black union jack stab vest, Stormzy bounds on stage with energy levels turned up to 11. It’s Know Me From to open things and the crowd are singing back every word. He looks the exact opposite of nervous: “Oi Glasto, it’s only the fucking beginning!” |
| From Croydon to Pilton ... Stormzy becomes the first British rapper to headline the Pyramid stage. Strap yourselves in, this could get epic (and sweary – they’re not censoring it). #merky | From Croydon to Pilton ... Stormzy becomes the first British rapper to headline the Pyramid stage. Strap yourselves in, this could get epic (and sweary – they’re not censoring it). #merky |