They are saying in London, you’re by no means greater than six toes away from a rat. Nicely in Glastonbury, the identical will be mentioned of Chris Martin. Now headlining for a record-breaking sixth time, Coldplay have basically turn out to be the home band with their seven performances and the frontman identified to pop up for a visitor spot, hand out these flashing wristbands to unsuspecting followers, do the occasional stewarding shift and doubtless present as much as milk the cows after we’ve all gone house.
“Brothers and sisters,” begins Martin mid-set, “however as a result of we’re within the west nation lots of my cousins”. Hailing from down the highway in Devon, the frontman appears to really feel like Worthy Farm is his house – and there’s no place prefer it. “I go searching and I see so many wonderful great folks from in all places, and that’s what makes Glastonbury the perfect metropolis on the planet in my view,” he provides, honouring “essentially the most peace-loving, love-making folks” that make up the Glasto populace. He admits that Coldplay have “stolen a lot of the ethos of Glastonbury’s imaginative and prescient”, and consequently they turn out to be “a band of 100,004 folks”.
Seeing themselves as a mirrored image of this iconic competition, they do their darndest to present it what it wants. Love ‘em, detest ‘em, informal fan with a replica of ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’ on the ground of your Ford Mondeo: none can deny the common contact of heart-shaped enviornment indie. By no means has then been extra clear than with the straight-down-to-business opening embarrassment of riches with ‘Yellow’, ‘Greater Energy’, ‘Journey Of A Lifetime’ and ‘Paradise’ that includes rising Spanish-American singer-songwriter Victoria Canal. Two songs in and the fireworks are off, the wristbands are flashing and the packed Pyramid Subject are in a single embrace. Hell, throughout ‘The Scientist’ this author didn’t say anybody on the horizon who wasn’t hugging.
The hit parade marches on relentlessly till the primary seemingly quiet response to the debut of recent tune ‘We Pray’, after which they bloody deliver out the hero of the day Little Simz, contemporary from her personal Pyramid Stage triumph. They get by with a bit of assist from their buddies, additionally joined by The Baltic String Orchestra, Elyanna, Femi Kuti and Laura Mvula – the latter taking the lead for a shocking and soulful choral tackle ‘Violet Hill’. There’s no shock flip from BTS (with Martin inviting us to make use of our “fundamental information of Korean” forward of ‘My Universe with the band being projected throughout the Pyramid), however essentially the most touching collab comes within the encore.
Throughout a comedy skit tune of Martin taking the piss out of followers in foolish gown who seem on the massive screens, the digital camera cuts to “complete 100 per cent legend ” Michael Eavis. “As people go, you’re the perfect of all types,” sings the frontman, “you’re a musical charmer, you’re the world’s biggest farmer, who ever received knighted carrying shorts”. It was all getting a bit Phoenix Nights when he then honours “one other legendary Michael” as Again To The Future icon Michael J Fox incites one hell of a roar, becoming a member of the band on stage for a charged efficiency of ‘Humankind’ and ‘Repair You’ (sure, we do already know the lyrics to that one, Christopher).
The most effective Glasto units are you realize you’re witnessing one for the books, which is why it’s a disgrace that such a monumental second was closed with one thing of a shrug. It’s not a slight on the simmering electro-pop subtlety of recent single ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ – it’s beautiful – nevertheless it’s barely over every week previous and Glasto had been equipped for a extra acquainted full-stop. Within the phrases of the good Michael J Fox: “I suppose you guys aren’t prepared for that but.”
Will Coldplay high Glasto once more? 5 extra instances? Who is aware of? Martin revealed a number of years again that the band deliberate to cease making music in 2025, telling NME they’d a plan to make 12 albums; now quantity 10 ‘Moon Music’ is coming in October. There’s a query mark over the longer term, however tonight was a very good crack at making historical past with a set that felt like house.
Coldplay’s Glastonbury 2024 setlist was:
‘Yellow’
‘Greater Energy’
‘Journey of a Lifetime’
‘Paradise’ (with Victoria Canal)
‘The Scientist’
‘Clocks’
‘Hymn for the Weekend’
‘Charlie Brown’
‘Viva la Vida’ (with Baltic String Orchestra)
‘We Pray’ (with Little Simz, Elyanna and Baltic String Orchestra)
‘Arabesque’ (with Femi Kuti)
‘Violet Hill’ (sung by Laura Mvula and choir, accompanied by Jonny Buckland)
‘Infinity Signal’
‘One thing Simply Like This’ (The Chainsmokers cowl)
‘My Universe’ (with projections of BTS on the perimeters of the Pyramid)
‘A Sky Filled with Stars’
Encore:
‘Dawn’
‘Sparks’
‘The Jumbotron Tune’
‘Humankind’ (with Michael J. Fox, Vula Malinga and all prior visitors)
‘Repair You’ (with Michael J. Fox)
‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’
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