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| Springsteen in festival surprise | Springsteen in festival surprise |
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| Bruce Springsteen has made a surprise appearance with an up-and-coming group on the new bands stage at the Glastonbury Festival. | Bruce Springsteen has made a surprise appearance with an up-and-coming group on the new bands stage at the Glastonbury Festival. |
| The Boss joined The Gaslight Anthem, who hail from his native New Jersey, for one song in the John Peel Tent. | The Boss joined The Gaslight Anthem, who hail from his native New Jersey, for one song in the John Peel Tent. |
| Springsteen is headlining the main stage with his E Street Band in their first full UK festival slot. | |
| Springsteen revealed he took advice from Coldplay star Chris Martin before his set at the Somerset event. | |
| "He said it was very special and it's very close to the English heart," he told the BBC's Steve Lamacq. | "He said it was very special and it's very close to the English heart," he told the BBC's Steve Lamacq. |
| "I'd read quite a lot about it before. Every year when you get the British music magazines it's always a big feature so I know it's a special gig." | "I'd read quite a lot about it before. Every year when you get the British music magazines it's always a big feature so I know it's a special gig." |
| Fan Matt Kershaw, 25, from London, said: "He's one of those acts that you've got to see at some point in your life. | Fan Matt Kershaw, 25, from London, said: "He's one of those acts that you've got to see at some point in your life. |
| "Others are just bands, but he's a bit bigger." | "Others are just bands, but he's a bit bigger." |
| Phoebe Cullingworth, 19, from Oxford, said: "I like his music and I feel like it would be a crime if I didn't go and see him - he's someone huge who I've missed." | Phoebe Cullingworth, 19, from Oxford, said: "I like his music and I feel like it would be a crime if I didn't go and see him - he's someone huge who I've missed." |
| Another rock veteran, Neil Young, closed the first night of the festival with a storming set on Friday. | Another rock veteran, Neil Young, closed the first night of the festival with a storming set on Friday. |
| Revellers enjoyed warm, sunny weather on Saturday after recent downpours, with Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian and Paolo Nutini also entertaining crowds. | Revellers enjoyed warm, sunny weather on Saturday after recent downpours, with Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian and Paolo Nutini also entertaining crowds. |
| More than 175,000 revellers are at the event, which has been run on Michael Eavis' dairy farm for for 39 years. |