They made it, then. After an edgy, will they won’t they week that began with them pulling a gig due to Alex Turner’s bout of laryngitis on Monday, Arctic Monkeys arrived on the Pyramid Stage buoyed by a palpable sense of relief from the crowd.
This build-up added a sense of drama to what would have otherwise been the most reliably great headline slot of the weekend. Word on the site is that Elton John will be bringing on 12 guests with him in a show that, he says, has been designed specifically for Glastonbury. How Guns N’ Roses go down, meanwhile, remains to be seen: it could go either way.
