Glastonbury 2024 drew to a close on Sunday night, after a packed weekend of live performances and debates ahead of this week's general election.
The annual festival at Worthy Farm seemed to end on a high note despite the annual grumbles, as organiser Emily Eavis defended what many deemed to be an underwhelming lineup.
Some argued that booking Coldplay, returning to headline for a record-breaking fifth time, was a cop-out. Others scratched their heads over SZA, arguably a much bigger star in her native US than here in the UK. Dua Lipa’s latest album, meanwhile, had failed to produce the kind of megawatt hit that promised to get the Pyramid Stage crowd energised.
The Independent’s critics disagreed with that consensus. Covering the 28-year-old Lipa’s set, Jazz Monroe praised the pop singer for her moments of “cheeky theatricality” and a celebration of alternative culture that saw her bring out a “comically low-key guest”, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, who produced her latest record Radical Optimism.
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