Glastonbury 2017: the best of Friday's festival action – in pictures

Radiohead balanced gloom and glory, Lorde hypnotised with a supernatural performance, and even David Beckham turned up

Circus Field
Circus Field. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
Lorde performs on the Other stage at Glastonbury.
Lorde performs on the Other stage at Glastonbury. Photograph: SilverHub/Rex/Shutterstock

Lorde, Other stage

I think when you’re a strange magical person – and I’m a witch – you know what it’s like. You know that you’re not too much for everyone

Stonebridge Park, The Park
Stonebridge Park, The Park. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
Fans rest on the grass in front of the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival
Fans rest on the grass in front of the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
  • Fans take a break between sets on the Pyramid stage

During one 45-minute period on the Pyramid stage, three of the most handsome Americans who ever lived graced the stage: Kris Kristofferson, playing his country classics; Johnny Depp, guesting on acoustic guitar; and Bradley Cooper, recording scenes for his remake of A Star is Born (which of course starred Kristofferson in the 1976 version). Brad Pitt was also apparently glimpsed at the side of the stage.

Johnny Depp joins Kris Kristofferson on stage Glastonbury Festival
Johnny Depp joins Kris Kristofferson on stage Glastonbury Festival. Photograph: Anita Russo/Rex/Shutterstock
Kris Kristofferson performs on the Pyramid stage
Kris Kristofferson performs on the Pyramid stage Photograph: Ki Price/Getty Images
American actor Bradley Cooper filming scenes from A Star is Born on the Pyramid Stage, before Kris Kristofferson’s set
American actor Bradley Cooper filming scenes from A Star is Born on the Pyramid Stage, before Kris Kristofferson’s set. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Major Lazer
Major Lazer. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Major Lazer, Other stage

The global dance powerhouse, headed up by Diplo, were perfectly programmed against Radiohead’s furrowed-brow angst – all fireworks, epic drops and delirious crowd control.

David Beckham opens houses on Maggie’s Farm along with Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis
David Beckham opens houses on Maggie’s Farm along with Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
  • David Beckham helped Michael Eavis plant a tree in nearby Pilton, to officially open a social housing project which has been built on land donated by Glastonbury festival. Becks sensibly deferred to Michael Eavis’s farming knowledge, and let him do the digging...
Dizzee Rascal plays the West Holts stage
Dizzee Rascal plays the West Holts stage. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
  • Dizzee Rascal, headlining the West Holts stage
Ellie Woods, 5, watches Charli XCX on The Other Stage with her parents
Ellie Woods, 5, watches Charli XCX on The Other Stage with her parents. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images
Charlie XCX performs on the Other Stage during day 2
Charlie XCX performs on the Other Stage during day 2. Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

Charli XCX, Other stage

She’s a relentlessly entertaining performer, pulling out all the stops, spectacle-wise – flanked by four silver air-dancers, who gyrate beside her, before firing off a cannon full of pink paper

Jessie Stevens, 22, from Northampton, dances in front of the Pyramid stage, while the Hacienda Classical Orchestra open
Jessie Stevens, 22, from Northampton, dances in front of the Pyramid stage, while the Hacienda Classical Orchestra open. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
Silver Hayes field at Glastonbury Festival
Silver Hayes field at Glastonbury Festival. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
Fans watch Kate Tempest perform at West Holts stage Glastonbury Festival
Fans watch Kate Tempest perform at West Holts stage Glastonbury Festival. Photograph: SilverHub/Rex/Shutterstock
Romy Madley Croft of The xx performs on the Pyramid stage
Romy Madley Croft of The xx performs on the Pyramid stage. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
Oliver Sim of the XX performs on day 2
Oliver Sim of the XX performs on day 2. Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

The shy showmanship of the xx is the antithesis of rock’n’roll, but as the the sort of heritage hipster act they’ve become – big beats and maximum melancholy – it makes for an apt appetiser for the headliners

A festival goer is carried above the heads of others on an inflatable bed in the shape of a pineapple as Glass Animals perform on the Other Stage
A festival goer is carried above the heads of others on an inflatable bed in the shape of a pineapple as Glass Animals perform on the Other Stage. Photograph: Richard Isaac/REX/Shutterstock
A reveller exhales
A reveller exhales. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa. Photograph: SilverHub//REX/Shutterstock
  • Dua Lipa, performing on the John Peel stage
Ben Hassan
Ben Hassan. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
Tiger tail
Tiger tail. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
Emoji masks in the crowd in front of the Pyramid stage during Hacienda Classical
Emoji masks in the crowd in front of the Pyramid stage during Hacienda Classical. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

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