Culture | Music Welcome to Glastonbury 2024 with the Evening Standard team! Read on for the first of our daily round-ups as we roam Britain’s biggest festival. First up on the Pyramid stage under sullen skies were circuit stalwarts Squeeze , who came on stage with a shrug: ‘We’re first then’. The set started slowly, but Up the Junction and a pared back version of Tempted got the crowd swaying.
The set was quietly moving, with the band saying they’ve now been together 50 years, and songwriting duo Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook paying tribute to each other. Cool for Cats got the crowd dancing, before Tilbrook walked off saying ‘you’ve brought a tear to an old man’s eye’. RG Over at West Holts, Peruvian DJ and producer Sofia Kourtesis brought her unique brand of Latin flavoured electronica to the 11am crowds.
Dressed all in white and swaying ethereally, she paused to thank the audience profusely in between renditions of her hit songs Madre and By Your Side. “This is such a big dream for somebody from South America and Peru,” she said. “I can feel the love you guys are giving us.
” VJ Cult Indian singer-songwriter, Asha Puthli graced the West Holts stage on Friday afternoon dressed in a flowing white dress decorated in flowers. Despite being on vocal rest due to a recent illness, the 79 year-old jazz singer and disco pioneer did not disappoint, with her operatic melodies beaming out to the eager crowd. Her most prominent hit ‘Space Talk’ had the au.