US rockers Guns N' Roses made their Glastonbury debut as they headlined the Pyramid Stage on Saturday night.
Original members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan took to the stage at 9.30pm to begin their two hour set. However many of those watching at home on the BBC straight away complained that they were struggling to hear the iconic frontman's voice through their TVs.
Many were left wondering if there was a problem with Axl's microphone. @jadelhealz tweeted: "Did someone forget to turn on Axl’s mic?" while @live_berry wrote: "Someone please sort out Axl’s mic, when you actually hear him his voice is bang on."
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@DJ_MRTG also wrote: "Someone turn Axl’s mic up! He’s getting drowned out by the rest of the band" while @richardhorrocks added: "What's wrong with Axl's mic !!!!" and @StephenHaggart wrote: "They need to turn Axl's mic up a smidge, I'm struggling to hear him."
Despite the sound issue others were still in awe of the performance - and loved seeing three of the original lineup back together.
@EJdaRed: "Guns n Roses are still top class. Slash is still as amazing as ever and Axl is going all out, respect the commitment to Glasto". while @pongo1927 simply tweeted: "Guns n Roses....awesome."
@DeathApeDisco also singled out guitarist Slash writing: "Slash. What a guitarist. What an icon. Wow."
Following the set a representative for Guns N' Roses told the Manchester Evening News they had "dug deep" into the issue and discovered there were problems with the broadcast being streamed on certain TVs, resulting in poor sound quality. They said: "Axl was in top form last night. We have dug deep into the matter, and it appears the broadcast had issues being played on certain TVs like UHDs. This was an unfortunate issue that the mix played through these TVs sounding so poorly; however, it was not the band’s fault but the BBC’s."
A BBC spokesperson said: “This year the BBC is bringing audiences amazing live performances straight from Glastonbury’s stages, with 40 hours of TV coverage, 85 hours of live radio and multiple streams on BBC iPlayer.”
Playing at the same time as Guns N' Roses were Lana Del Ray on The Other Stage, Fatboy Slim on The Park Stage and Christine and the Queens on Woodsies.
Earlier in the day there were performances by Rick Astley, Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi and Blossoms. Scottish singer Lewis treated the crowd of adoring fans to a host of hit tracks from his two chart-topping albums as well as taking his shirt off at one stage.
After performing Bruises, he admitted he was having voice issues, telling the crowd: “I’m going to be honest everybody but I’m starting to lose my voice up here, but we’re going to keep going and we’re going to go until the end.
The fourth day of the festival, held in Pilton, Somerset, also saw film screenings, theatre and circus performances, as well as an event by Stormzy’s publishing imprint Merky Books, titled Demystifying Publishing.
