Sir Paul McCartney will become Glastonbury Festival\u2019s oldest solo headliner a day after Billie Eilish became the youngest ever solo artist.<\/p>\n
The former Beatle\u2019s headline show on Saturday will come exactly a week after he celebrated his 80th birthday and more than 60 years of making music.<\/p>\n
Ahead of his history-making set on the Pyramid Stage, Sir Paul delivered a surprise preview performance at an intimate venue in Frome, Somerset, where he played some of his best-known solo material.<\/p>\n
Sir Paul McCartney on stage at Cheese and Grain in Frome, Somerset, the night before his headlining appearance at the Glastonbury Festival (MJ Kim\/2022 MPL Communications Ltd\/PA)<\/p>\n
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Within the selection were hit tracks Maybe I\u2019m Amazed and Band On The Run alongside some of the Beatles\u2019 most loved songs including Hey Jude and Blackbird.<\/p>\n
In recent months, Sir Paul has been performing in the US for his Got Back tour, with Jon Bon Jovi joining for his show in New Jersey.<\/p>\n
The singer previously said that his tour and Glastonbury performance will be full of hits from his time in the Beatles and his later group Wings, as well as some of his most popular solo material.<\/p>\n
Sir Paul\u2019s performance is expected to attract an especially large crowd and could rival those of The Rolling Stones in 2013 and Adele in 2016.<\/p>\n
Crowds gather outside the Cheese and Grain in Frome, Somerset, to see Sir Paul McCartney perform on Friday (Connie Evans\/PA)<\/p>\n
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The fourth day of the Glastonbury festival could be a case of \u201cHere Comes The Sun\u201d, with revellers set to enjoy a sunny day with scattered showers at Worthy Farm.<\/p>\n
Met Office meteorologist Annie Shuttleworth told the PA news agency: \u201cToday is going to be a breezy day with sunny spells and some scattered showers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe showers could be heavy at times but they should move through quickly, and it will be feeling relatively fresh compared to the first couple of days at the festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cA maximum temperature of 20C today.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Stones will spend Saturday performing to tens of thousands of fans at the British Summer Time festival in London\u2019s Hyde Park.<\/p>\n
The Pyramid Stage will host an array of talent before Sir Paul, including Noel Gallagher\u2019s High Flying Birds, HAIM, AJ Tracey, Easy Life, Joy Crookes and Les Amazones d\u2019Afrique.<\/p>\n
There will also be musical stars across the festival\u2019s multiple stages, with US pop star Olivia Rodrigo and rapper Megan Thee Stallion both playing on the Other Stage.<\/p>\n
While Mercury-winner Celeste will play the West Holts Stage, with The Hoosiers headlining the Avalon Stage and Jessie Ware closing The Park Stage.<\/p>\n
Billie Eilish performs on the Pyramid main stage at Glastonbury Festival (Joel C Ryan\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n
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Billie Eilish gave an electrifying headline performance on the Pyramid Stage on Friday to end the first day of performances at Glastonbury.<\/p>\n
Her appearance was a landmark moment for the festival as she became Glastonbury\u2019s youngest ever solo headliner.<\/p>\n
During her set, she spoke out against the US Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on Friday to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade case that legalised abortion nationwide.<\/p>\n
As she introduced her song Your Power seated alongside her brother and co-writer, Finneas O\u2019Connell, she said: \u201cThe song we\u2019re about to do is, I think, one of the favourites that we\u2019ve written and it\u2019s about the concept of power and how we need to always remember how not to abuse it.<\/p>\n
Crowds watch The Libertines on the Other Stage at Glastonbury on Friday (Yui Mok\/PA)<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd today is a really, really dark day for women in the US. I\u2019m just going to say that as I cannot bear to think about it any longer in this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Throughout the show, she treated the audience of adoring fans to a selection of hit songs from her two number-one albums, including Bury A Friend, When The Party\u2019s Over, NDA and My Strange Addiction.<\/p>\n
She gave a typically energetic performance, running and dancing across the stage, wearing a black and white graphic outfit with black striped arm-warmers and her hair in space buns.<\/p>\n
Near the end of her set she admitted she felt \u201cso undeserving\u201d of this opportunity as she thanked the festival and the fans for having her.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cI am so honoured to be here among all of you and all the incredible artists and the history of this festival.\u201d<\/p>\n
Video message by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shown to the crowd at the Other Stage during the Glastonbury Festival (Yui Mok\/PA)<\/p>\n
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Ahead of her, Sam Fender took to the Pyramid Stage to play a selection of his popular tracks, including Seventeen Going Under, Will We Talk? and Spice, to a crowd of excited fans waving flags and singing along.<\/p>\n
The Pyramid Stage also hosted an array of talent on Friday, including Ziggy Marley, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Crowded House, Rufus Wainwright and Wolf Alice \u2013 who only just made their performance after their flight from Los Angeles was cancelled.<\/p>\n
During the day, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke via a video message where he described Glastonbury as the \u201cgreatest concentration of freedom\u201d and called for the world to \u201cspread the truth\u201d about Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra also marked their first performance in the UK since their win, with a performance on Shangri-La\u2019s Truth Stage on Friday\u2019s bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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