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Glastonbury chaos: Guns N' Roses sound issues to Lana Del Rey fans' tears as she's cut off

Glastonbury is the biggest festival of the year with huge names taking to its stages over the long action-packed weekend.

Around 200,000 revellers are estimated to be stomping, moshing and dancing at Worthy Farm in Somerset this year as the likes of Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Lewis Capaldi, Lana Del Rey and many more grace the stages across the sprawling farm.

While some performances went off without a hitch, in true rock and roll style, the weekend so far has suffered a number of issues – from sound problems to acts being cut off midway through their sets.

Here, we take a look at the disasters Glastonbury Festival have suffered so far this year – although there is no doubt fans are still having a great time!

Guns N' Roses sound issues

American rockers Guns 'N' Roses took to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday night, which marked their first-ever visit to Worthy Farm.

Sadly, the long-awaited performance was marred with sound issues as fans struggled to hear lead singer Axl properly.

Fans struggled to hear Axl Rose (Getty Images)
The band's appearance at Worthy Farm marked its first (BPM)

Speaking exclusively to Mirror Online, one disappointed attendee revealed the singer had offered an explanation to the crowd for the reasoning behind the poor acoustics.

"We were sat up the hill for Guns N' Roses and it was a struggle to bear Axl," the attendee began.

"Between songs he appeared to address the sound issues and said 'I can’t walk out further on stage cause when I do I can only hear myself and not the band'."

Those in the crowd later added they "could hear Axl better" after his comment, but throughout the performance there continued to be times the singer "couldn’t be heard over the guitars".

Lana Del Rey's late arrival causing set to be cut off

In perhaps one of the most talked-about moments of the weekend so far, Lana Del Rey's headline set on The Other Stage suffered a series of glitches from start to finish.

Video Games singer Lana, 38, had fans waiting for half an hour to start her set, which was due to kick off at 10.30pm.

Lana was filmed backstage getting her hair done while disgruntled fans booed and threatened to leave before she finally made an appearance at 11pm.

However, this gave Lana just an hour for her performance as Glastonbury's main stages have a strict curfew.

She was heard telling the crowd: "We are going to have to rush the set because I was so f**king late. If they cut power, they cut power. We’ll carry on with the set as planned."

And, as predicted, Lana's set was indeed cut off at the strike of midnight.

The abrupt end of the show sparked a fresh wave of booing from fans who had been left disappointed – with some bewildered fans seen crying.

One angry fan told the Mirror: "It was beyond a joke. She had a headline set and ruined it by being late. I’m gutted we didn’t get to hear her full setlist."

However, the singer took it upon herself to do a spontaneous meet and greet with fans at the front of the crowd, shaking hands and taking selfies.

Fan collapsing on Lizzo’s set

Saturday night's stages were packed with incredible acts as Lizzo hit the Pyramid Stage before Guns 'N' Roses' headline gig.

The 35-year-old About Damn Time songstress delighted the crowd with her incredible voice and staple sexy outfits. But, panic set in when one fan collapsed in the crowd.

During her performance, a man collapsed to the floor and his friends rushed to check on him.

One fan collapsed in the midst of Lizzo's set (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Speaking to Mirror, one festival-goer recalled: "It was scary. I was watching Lizzo when suddenly I heard a loud thud and when I turned to my right a man was on the floor with his friends surrounding him.

"He appeared unconscious and his friend was looking for a pulse on his neck. Everyone in the crowd was shouting to the stewards for help.

"Moments later the man opened his eyes and appeared okay but stayed on the floor for the rest of Lizzo’s set."

The festivalgoer added that a couple of stewards showed up to check on the man and they "seemed happy he was okay".

Arctic Monkeys complaints and having to pause set

Arctic Monkeys fans were poised to hear some of the indie rock band's best tunes when they were confirmed as part of this year's huge festival line-up.

However, some of those expecting to mosh along to Mardy Bum and sing the words to Florescent Adolescent were left disappointed as the band were accused of 'slowing down' some of their tunes during their performance on the Pyramid Stage.

One wrote: "I’m sorry but I refuse to believe anyone enjoys watching Arctic Monkeys live. They sound so off beat, slow and lazy. Amazing songs, but butchered on stage".

"I love Arctic Monkeys but playing the older songs in this tone that Alex is so dead set on keeping is such a disgrace to the fans and those songs. Slower songs aren’t bad but you can’t play (ex.) R U Mine slow, it wasn’t made for that and that’s not why people liked it," another said.

Another added: "I fell in love with the Arctic Monkeys because of the energy and excitement in the songs. That performance was too slow for me, still some bangers played though."

Elsewhere in the performance, the band were forced to pause their gig over concerns for one fan in the crowd.

Those in the crowd waved their mobile phones to attract the attention of the stewards who rushed into the mass of fans to help, while the band briefly paused their set to ensure the festival-goer got help.

An onlooker told the Mirror: "There was a moment last night in Arctic Monkeys' set where they dramatically paused gig as fan fell unwell.

"Festival goers about 40metres deep from the stage cried for medics, and frantically waved mobile phone lights, to attract the attention of stewards who rushed into the crowd to help.

"The band briefly paused their set to allow the stewards to deal with the situation before resuming."

Lewis Capaldi struggling to finish set

Lewsi Capaldi has been incredibly open about his struggles with the pressure of performing and fame since he revealed his Tourettes diagnosis.

The 26-year-old Before You Go hitmaker took a break from performing in the lead up to his highly-anticipated Glastonbury performance.

Scottish singer Lewis took to the stage at Worthy Farm after a few weeks off work, cancelling a string of gigs at the start of this month in order to be fit enough to perform at the festival this weekend.

Lewis admitted struggling with his voice during his Glastonbury set – but fans were still delighted (Kate Green/Getty Images)

He was met with plenty of support from the crowd – with fans even chanting his name after his opening song – but struggled to finish the set and spoke candidly to the crowd.

Speaking to the crowd, Lewis admitted: "My voice is going big time so I'm very sorry this is the last place I wanted this to f**king happen. We're gonna play two more songs if that's ok even if I can't sing properly."

Lewis' shoulder could be seen twitching, which was explained as his tick in his Netflix documentary.

Wish You The Best singer Lewis then became emotional when he revealed plans to take more time away from the limelight – meaning fans may not see him for the rest of the year.

He told the crowd: "I recently took three weeks off just because I’ve been none stop the past year and I wanted to take a wee break from my head for my mental health.

"I wanted to come back and do Glastonbury because it’s obviously so incredible so I just want to thank you all for coming out. I was scared but you’ve really made me feel at ease so thank you very much for that."

The award-winning singer added: "I feel like I’ll be taking another wee break over the next couple of weeks so you probably won’t see much of me for the rest of the year maybe even. But when I do come back, when I do see you, I hope you’re all still up for watching."

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