Sunday I’m In Love – With Photos At Glastonbury Festival 2019

by | Jul 6, 2019

Sunday at Glastonbury Festival 2019 promises to be the coolest day of the festival so far. It’s cloudy as I wake in my tent and I put on a thin hoodie as I wander down to grab a coffee. But while the day is cooler, it’s still a warm one out there and the sun eventually appears. I spend the morning with my family in the Kidzfield – more on that in a future feature – before checking my schedule for today’s musical delights.

Glastonbury Festival 2019

Glastonbury Festival 2019

Glastonbury Festival 2019

Hollywood actor Jeff Goldblum of The Fly, Jurassic Park and Independence Day fame brings his Mildred Snitzer Orchestra to the West Holts Stage. Goldblum, also a Jazz pianist and singer, appears on stage a good 20 minutes before his set is due to begin.  It’s like something out of a comedy film; he’s sound-checking with his band, sharing banter with the growing crowd building in front of him and even debating with a poor BBC producer regarding when he will be appearing on stage. “I am on stage, I’m here” he jests as the panic visibly sets into her.

Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The 66-year-old even responds to the crowd humming the famous John Williams theme from Jurassic Park by playing a few notes of it on his piano to rapturous applause – a full rendition coming later in his set. But it’s his set of Jazz classics including a rendition of Irving Berlin’s 1936 standard Let’s Face The Music And Dance with New Jersey-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten that this West Holts crowd have flocked to enjoy.

Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

It’s a fast walk to the Other Stage where Slaves have just blasted through an hour making way for Japanese kawaii metallers Babymetal. The trio of Suzuka Nakamoto as “Su-metal”, Moa Kikuchi as “Moametal” and Riho Sayashi of Japanese pop group Morning Musume in-lieu of departed member Yui Mizuno, formerly known as “Yuimetal”, storm through their heavy eight-song set joined by their masked band of musicians.

Babymetal @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Babymetal @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Babymetal @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Broadcaster and environmentalist Sir David Attenborough is announced as a special guest on the Pyramid Stage and the largest crowd of the weekend quickly descends to catch the 93-year-old’s speech. It’s gridlock and I am caught in an unmoving mass of people within earshot of the legend as he appears on stage to the sound of whale song.

His impassioned speech thanking festival-goers for embracing Glastonbury’s newly-enforced single-use plastic ban leads into a promo for forthcoming BBC natural world series Seven Worlds, One Planet, which he narrates. Some are reduced to tears as the effects humans have had on our planet are laid out. We are the first generation that truly understands the consequences of our impacts on our planet and it’s up to us to change our choices and behaviours for our children and the generations to come.

Glastonbury Festival 2019

Glastonbury Festival 2019

Glastonbury Festival 2019

Kylie is the Pyramid stage’s 4th headliner, taking up the ‘legends’ slot on Sunday afternoon in an emotional set some 14 years after she was originally meant to headline but ultimately pulled out due to a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. While tears are shed by the Australian as she discusses those “circumstances”, today she is resplendent. Her hits are as plentiful as her outfit changes. Fellow Australian legend Nick Cave joins her on stage for an emotional outing of their 1995 duet Where The Wild Roses Grow and Coldplay’s Chris Martin is wheeled out once again (following a random appearance during Stormzy’s set) for an acoustic guitar-led rendition of dance anthem Can’t Get You Out of My Head. English rockers Bring Me The Horizon play a fire-fuelled set over on the Other minus guitarist Lee Malia at the same time.

And while Miley Cyrus is closing out her pop bangers on the Pyramid, teen sensation Billie Eilish takes up position on the Other. Her slot has been upgraded from the John Peel following her recent meteoric rise meaning the tented stage simply wouldn’t be big enough for the 17-year-old Los Angeles-native. Appearing on stage to an animated horror backdrop and wearing a bizarre Stella McCartney-designed getup emblazoned with The Beatles’ logo on the back and a medical mask, she immediately owns the stage and commands the crowd as if she’s 10+ years into her career.

Billie Eilish @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Billie Eilish @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Billie Eilish @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Eilish kicks off with latest single and biggest hit to date Bad Guy, her audience immediately chanting and bouncing along as she bounds about the stage, stopping during the song’s break to remove her white Oakleys and headband. But she takes time to move between each side of the stage, lingering on risers placed at either side. “Damn, there’s a lot of you!” she proclaims before tearing into You Should See Me In A Crown. Well-charting Wish You Were Gay and early single Bellyache also make the cut before her triumphant set is closed out with Bury A Friend.

Billie Eilish @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Billie Eilish @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Billie Eilish @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

It’s a return trip to Avalon for me next for more cheesy crumpets (thank you Truly Crumptious!) and a beer to enjoy more cheesy pop nostalgia, this time by way of Bananarama (minus Siobhan Fahey). The duo of Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward are having a wonderful time while cranking out hit single after hit single, many in the audience forget just how many they know. Woodward has some issues with her in-ear monitors and promptly discards them, going “old-school”. Love In StereoCruel SummerVenus and Love In The First Degree are just some of the highlights as the evening starts to set in.

Bananarama @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Bananarama @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Bananarama @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Vampire Weekend take to the Pyramid for the second set of their Glasto 2019 before it’s time for the main event, The Cure. The English rockers take up their headline slot like the old pros they are, now 41 years into their hugely successful career and currently on a huge world tour which has seen them play South Africa, Sydney’s famous Opera House for a massive five-night residency before returning to Europe for a run of festival headline slots.

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The Robert Smith-led alt. rock pioneers, making their fourth headline appearance at Glastonbury, kick off with Plainsong from 1989’s Disintegration – their current tour celebrating 30 years of the group’s eighth studio record. But their mammoth 24-song, two-hour set takes in a good swathe of tracks from across their huge back catalogue.

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The guitar intro-led Pictures Of You allows Smith and bassist Simon Gallup to face-off. But it’s the well-charting hits that have the whole Pyramid field singing along. 1987 hit Just Like Heaven and 1989’s Lovesong find their way into the main set while we are made to wait for the massive six-song encore for Friday I’m In Love and Boys Don’t Cry. The Love Cats is notable for its absence tonight.

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

The Cure @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Over on the Other stage French pop-pioneer, Héloïse Letissier better known as Christine And The Queens (“just call me Chris”), is wrapping things up with an energetic dance routine-led show to rival some of the biggest pop productions. Some pyrotechnics kick off the show with sparks flying behind Chris and her troupe as Comme Si is aired while Girlfriend’s synth-pop stylings are reminiscent of French indie-pop pioneers Phoenix.

Christine and the Queens @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Christine and the Queens @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Christine and the Queens @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

That’s a wrap from the 2019 edition of Glastonbury Festival. The sun was out, the rain stayed away, far too many incredible acts played one or more sets across four days of live music, theatre and comedy, and a good time was had by some 200,000 people in attendance. As the seemingly endless helicopter runs ferried the rich and famous out of Worthy Farm on Monday morning, there was a collective smile on the faces of those having just enjoyed one of the best life experiences ever as they packed up their tents and headed home.

Christine and the Queens @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Christine and the Queens @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Christine and the Queens @ Glastonbury Festival 2019

Photography & words by Kalpesh Patel at Glastonbury Festival on Sunday 30th June 2019

 

The Lowdown In Photos From Saturday At Glastonbury Festival 2019

Wyatt Flores @ Roundhouse (Henry Finnegan / @finneganfoto)

Wyatt Flores Brings Honest Heart And Sharp Style To London’s Roundhouse

On a crisp October night at London’s Roundhouse, Wyatt Flores stepped onto the stage to a roaring crowd, his name echoing around the vaulted room with a force that surprised even him. Supporting 49 Winchester on their UK run, the Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter might technically have been the opener, but from the reaction that greeted him, it was clear many had come just as much for Wyatt.

49 Winchester @ Roundhouse (Henry Finnegan / @finneganfoto)

From Russell County To Camden Town: 49 Winchester’s Triumphant Roundhouse Performance

Virginia’s 49 Winchester transformed Camden’s Roundhouse into a celebration of straight-from-the-heart Americana. Early in the set, frontman Isaac Gibson acknowledged to the audience that this was the band’s first sold-out night on the tour and the response from the crowd made clear how much the moment meant to everyone in the room.

Echobelly @ Electric Ballroom (Kalpesh Patel)

Echobelly Bring ON To Life At The Electric Ballroom – A Triumphant Celebration Of Britpop’s Enduring Spirit

It’s been three decades since Echobelly released ON, the Britpop-era gem that cemented them as one of the most vital and distinctive voices of the mid-90s. On Thursday night at London’s Electric Ballroom, the band — fronted by the magnetic Sonya Madan and founding guitarist Glenn Johansson — returned to Camden to celebrate that legacy, playing the album in full to a sold-out crowd that sang, swayed, and grinned their way through one of the most joyous nostalgia trips of the year.

The Kooks @ The O2 (Kalpesh Patel)

Not Naïve – The Kooks Are Always Where They Need To Be At London’s O2 Arena

Brighton Indie Pop darlings The Kooks played quite possibly the biggest and best show of their 20 year career at The O2 Arena on Saturday night. A night of nostalgia, of celebration and of cementing themselves as one of the best British bands formed in the 21st century.

Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory @ O2 Academy Birmingham (Nick Allan)

New Found Glory Never Miss, Only Hit At O2 Academy Birmingham

There’s something about a New Found Glory show that feels like coming home. No matter how many years have passed or how much life has changed, when those opening chords hit, you’re right back where it all started — shouting lyrics with your friends, sweaty, smiling, and completely lost in the moment.

Remember Monday @ Latitude Festival 2025 (Kalpesh Patel)

Remember Monday Return With New Single ‘More Than Ever’ Ahead Of Headline UK Tour

Country-pop trio Remember Monday continue their breakout year with the release of their new single More Than Ever, co-written with GRAMMY® winner and chart-topping artist Cian Ducrot. The track arrives just as the band kick off their highly anticipated What The Hell Just Happened? UK and Ireland headline tour, which culminates at London’s iconic O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

Davina Michelle (Press)

Davina Michelle Launches Empowering New Era With ‘What A Woman’

Dutch pop sensation Davina Michelle has released her brand-new single What A Woman, an empowering anthem that celebrates the strength, intelligence, and individuality of women everywhere. The track arrives alongside a striking new music video, introducing a bold new chapter for one of the Netherlands’ most successful modern pop artists.

Ash @ Scala (Kalpesh Patel)

Ash Share Video for ‘Ad Astra’ Featuring Graham Coxon

Northern Irish alt-rock stalwarts Ash have shared the video for their latest single Ad Astra, featuring Blur’s Graham Coxon, taken from their brand-new album of the same name — out now on Fierce Panda Records.

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