Culture | Music Welcome back to Pilton Farm with the Evening Standard. Here’s the second of our daily round-ups from Britain’s biggest festival. First thing up at dependable new music spot Woodies, Belfast rap trio Kneecap drew the biggest early-doors crowd of the festival so far, playing to a sea of Irish and Palestinian flags.
Summoning a particularly hectic variety of chaos, inside the tent felt more like an early-hours party in the heart of Shangri-La than a pre-lunchtime show. El Hunt A few brave souls faced their hangovers and the hot sun to see afrobeat star Femi Kuti first up on the Pyramid stage. Like his dad, he mixed undeniable rhythms with political messages — decrying corruption in Nigeria and pain around the world.
Femi kept it in the family, recalling how his dad brought him out on the stage 40 years ago, before welcoming his own son Made out for a stirring sax solo.The outfits were strong: Femi in striking blue, his dancers in yellow tassels skirts, and the band in a lime green that brought to mind Charli XCX and her Brats era — she gets everywhere this Glastonbury. Femi popped up again later during Coldplay’s set to bookend the day.
There was excitement straight afterwards as a huge bag of helium balloons that had been hidden for a later act’s show blew away, causing a minor dust storm as it crashed into tents nearby. Robbie Griffiths It’s hard to believe, but in the world outside Pilton farm, there’s a general election campaign going on. Labo.
