Billie Eilish, Sam Fender and chest hair bras: Friday at Glastonbury – in pictures

From stars such as TLC and Sleaford Mods to eccentric festival punters in their underpants, we give a glimpse into Glastonbury’s first big day

  • T-Boz of TLC performing with the group on the West Holts stage. Photograph: Tom Wren/SWNS

  • Sam Fender on the Pyramid stage. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

  • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss on the Pyramid stage. Photographs: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News, Samir Hussein/WireImage

  • Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods on the West Holts stage. Photograph: Jim Dyson/Getty Images

  • Fans watch Phoebe Bridgers at the John Peel tent

  • Kara and Johanna Soderberg of First Aid Kit perform on the Other stage. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/REX/Shutterstock

  • Lee Kiernan from Idles crowdsurfs during their set on the Other stage. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

  • Joe Talbot and Mark Bowen of Idles. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

  • Irish-Zambian rapper Denise Chaila performs on the BBC Introducing stage. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

  • Top left: Adam Caldwell and Ollie Bowen are walking around the music festival as Trouserless Coldstream Guards. Friends of friends, they only met yesterday, a day before the festival. Top right: The Popes from Woking, mates since primary school. Photographs Antonio Olmos/The Guardian

  • Bottom left: The Glasto Grannies from Bluth, Northumberland. Bottom right: Aspers Aspinall shaves his chest hair just for Glastonbury. Photographs Antonio Olmos/The Guardian

  • Festivalgoers watch Crowded House. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/REX/Shutterstock

  • Libertines fans. Photograph: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News

  • Dancing under the disco ball at the Glade. Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock

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Karin Andreasson and Ben Beaumont-Thomas

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