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John Peel , Jo Whiley and Jools Holland team up to introduce the first of today's two live visits to Somerset for this year's Glastonbury Festival, Europe's most famous music gathering. As well as music highlights from some of the opening performers, which include Finley Quaye and Lightning Seeds, there is a retrospective assessment of how the event's reputation has risen over the past eight years.
John Peel and Jo Whiley host the second of tonight's two visits to this year's Glastonbury Festival. Manchester survivors James, whose Best of.... compilation recently topped the album charts, outspoken newcomers Embrace, Bristol trip-hoppers Portishead and spiky Welsh guitar outfit Catatonia feature among the main music attractions for the expected 90,000-strongcrowd. This year, for the first time ever, there are also televised performances from the Jazz-World stage, plus a backstage acoustic set from blues musicians Taj Mahal and Eric Bibb.
Portishead set includes:
1 Humming
2 Cowboys
3 Mysterons
4 Only You
5 Elysium
6 Glory Box
7 Sour Times
8 Roads
9 Strangers
Jayne Middlemiss and Jamie Theakston introduce highlights from the openingday of Europe's most renowned music festival. Acts performing yesterday included Finley Quaye and Lightning Seeds. There is also a look at the festival's host village of Pilton in Somerset.
Further highlights from Worthy Farm, Pilton, on the second day of the festival where the relentless bad weather made the headlines last year. The pick of today's stage performances includes ex-Take That singer Robbie Williams , whose image makeover since leaving the boy band has reaped considerable dividends with the album Life thru a Lens, and a string of hit singles such as the hugely successful ballad Angels. Among the other attractions are US singer/songwriter Tori Amos and mellow moodsters Morcheeba, playing songs from their critically garlanded BigCalm. With Jools Holland.
John Peel and Jo Whiley introduce further highlights from the second day of the 27th Glastonbury Festival. One of the major draws for the crowd tonight will be Blur, playing their highest-profile concert of the year. The band's eponymous 1997 album was both their most diverse and most commercially successful release yet. Also in action are techno trio Underworld, whose track Born Slippy became an anthem after its inclusion on the soundtrack for Trainspotting. Completing the line-up are glam-rock throwbacks Placebo, Mercury Music Prize-winning Roni Size/Reprazent, and Chester pop band Mansun. Plus a tour of the fields on the festival site, which feature cabaret, theatre and comedy.
The eclectic musical mix of the Tony Bennett Quartet, Liverpool band Space and Brixton's Alabama 3features in the first of today's two visits to Somerset on the final day of Europe's most famous music gathering. With Jayne Middlemiss and Jools Holland.
Jools Holland introduces the last visit to this year's festival with a live performance from Pulp, and highlights from sets by Spiritualized (complete with strings and gospel choir), Bentley Rhythm Ace and the legendary Dr John
Nick Cave's spellbinding Glastonbury set.
