Ahead of this year’s Glastonbury, there have been a quite few line-up grumbles, between a slightly safe record fifth slot for Coldplay (at this point, Chris Martin may as well live at Worthy Farm) and coolly-received third album Radical Optimism from Friday night’s headliner Dua Lipa early this year. Accordingly, the British pop star rocked up at the Pyramid with something to prove.
By the time the first flurry of fireworks started popping off during Levitating, five songs in – and ahead of the first of many costume changes – there was little convincing left to be done.
