IDLES, the British punk rock band from Bristol, took to the stage at this year’s Glastonbury music festival, giving a highly energetic performance that featured guest appearances from rapper Danny Brown and a tween who joined the band onstage during their performance of “Danny Nedelko”. IDLES’ frontman Joe Talbot showed support for Palestine, and during the second song of their set, he commanded the crowd to “Split into two halves, nice and wide,” before shouting “Viva Palestina” and concluding the track “Colossus”.
The band played their set on the Other Stage of the festival, playing a set which included some of their most famous tracks such as “I’m Scum”, “Gratitude”, “Benzocaine”, and “The Wheel”, along with their collaboration with Danny Brown “Pop Pop Pop”. According to an interview with NME before the music festival, the band expressed a desire to eventually headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. Joe Talbot noted that they had been working in the industry for over a decade, aiming to keep doing what they do best.
The crowd was enamored with IDLES, with many praising them on social media for their inclusive stance towards immigrants and Palestine. During their set, guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan, jumped into the crowd, playing “Benzocaine” from the pit and crowd surfing as the band continued to perform. They wrapped up their set with “Rottweiler”, with Bowen jumping into Shania Twain’s “You’re Still the One” before displaying the words “Ceasefire Now” on stage screens while the band led the crowd in a chant of the phrase.
Other highlights of the festival included performances by LCD Soundsystem and Kenya Grace, who covered Britney Spears and Daniel Bedingfield in her debut set. Kings of Leon also teased a potential secret performance, sharing a video of their performance at Worthy Park in 2008, stating that they were not too far from the festival grounds
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