Fans react to Arctic Monkeys’ “incredible” Glastonbury 2023 headline set

Damon Albarn has shared that he believes Arctic Monkeys are “the last great guitar band,” adding that guitar music has gone “sterile”.While appearing on the Broken Record podcast, the Blur frontman discussed the state of guitar music. Though he said he remained optimistic about the future of the genre, Albarn believed it went through a rough patch before its reinvention.“I feel like there’s a bit more excitement about guitar music again, that can’t be a bad thing because it got so sterile.

Fontaines DC frontman Grian Chatten has praised Arctic Monkeys, saying that they have “maintained their credibility” despite achieving huge global success.The Irish singer-songwriter recently spoke to NME about his debut solo album ‘Chaos For The Fly’, which was released on June 30. It followed Fontaines’ acclaimed third record, 2022’s ‘Skinty Fia’.Next month the band will hit the road to support Arctic Monkeys on their huge North American stadium tour.“I don’t know what to expect – we haven’t done a support tour since the first album,” Chatten told NME.

JJ Abrams will be making a live-action film about Hot Wheels cars.Following the news that Mattel plans to make more toy-inspired films after Barbie, the Star Wars director revealed some brief details about his own contribution to the upcoming roster of projects.“For a long time, we were talking to Mattel about Hot Wheels, and we couldn’t quite find the thing that clicked, that made it worthy of what Hot Wheels – that title – deserved,” Abams said in a “short, uncomfortable video” describing the new franchise, according to the New Yorker.“Then we came up with something… emotional and grounded and gritty.”The film has reportedly been in development for 20 years, before Dalton Leeb and Nicholas Jacobson-Larson were brought on board for the screenplay, which has yet to be written.The reaction online has ranged from excitement to confusion. “I’m excited for that.

Manchester United supporters have claimed that Erik ten Hag should sign Inter Milan's Andre Onana regardless of whether David de Gea signs a new deal at the club or not.

Barbie director Greta Gerwig is to make a series of Narnia films for Netflix.It was revealed this week that Gerwig would write and direct two films in the Chronicles Of Narnia universe for the streaming service in coming years.A new interview with the director in The New Yorker revealed that the project will signal the start of a larger move from Netflix to create a host of movies and TV shows in the franchise.After the news was revealed, many fans have shared their worries about a reboot, with one tweeting: “I love Greta Gerwig, and I love the old Chronicles of Narnia movies, and I need them to stay separate!!”Because I love Greta Gerwig, and I love the old Chronicles of Narnia movies, and I need them to stay separate!!— kira

Holly Willoughby was told that she 'needs to relax' by co-host Craig Doyle as they were reunited on-screen. The pair were brought back together as they hosted Monday's edition (July 3) of This Morning.

100 gecs canceling their UK and European tour “with no explanation”.

Sex Pistols guitarist Glen Matlock caught up with NME backstage at Glastonbury 2023 to tell us about returning to the festival to play with Blondie and his successful solo career.After being announced last year to appear on Blondie’s new album – the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Pollinator‘ – the punk veteran has also been playing with the art-pop icons for recent world tour commitments, performing to a huge Pyramid Stage on the closing day of Glastonbury on Sunday (June 24).Before he took to the stage, NME asked the bass legend if he could recall the first time he met the band.“I can’t remember exactly because I was probably really drunk and out of it, but I think I met them first when I did a for-one-night-only gig with Sid Vicious at the Electric Ballroom in ‘78 or ‘79,” he replied. “Blondie turned up as a band, and I think that’s when I met Clem [Burke] and Debbie [Harry] for the first time.“What I thought was quite sweet about them was that when bands go on tour and have a night off, everyone tends to filter off somewhere – but they always seemed to be out and about as a band.

Britney Spears fans have reacted to the singer’s rumoured guest slot with Elton John at Glastonbury 2023 not materialising.Ahead of Elton’s closing set at the 2023 festival last night (June 25), rumours had been swirling about a guest appearance, which would have been Britney’s first in five years and since her controversial conservatorship ended. The pair released a new version of ‘Tiny Dancer’ together last summer.Though John was confirmed to be joined by four special guests at his headline slot at Glastonbury, none of those ended up being Britney.

Love Island aired Molly Marsh's emotional exit on Sunday night's episode as the Islander burst into tears over her shock dumping from the villa.The 21-year-old was dumped after season two's Kady McDermott made her return to the show, and chose to couple up with Zachariah Noble, who was in a couple with Molly - resulting in the latter being eliminated immediately. Despite fans being convinced that Molly was set to make a return, the musical theatre performer has been seen landing back at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Yusuf/Cat Stevens took to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2023 today (June 25), performing a set that fans have praised as “mesmerising” and “magical”.The singer-songwriter performed in the legends slot on the Pyramid Stage at the final day of the festival, where he opened with ‘The Wind’ and performed songs like ‘Wild World’, ‘Morning Has Broken’ and ‘Peace Train’.He finished the set with a powerful performance of ‘Father And Son’ – encouraged by a loud crowd singing along to every word – as he duetted with a younger version of himself that played on the big screen behind.Many praised the artist’s “phenomenal” set, with festival-goers tweeting from the crowd that there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.Elsewhere in the set, he led a tribute to Beatle George Harrison, playing ‘Here Comes The Sun’.“Well, now I’d like to play a tribute to another Beatle,” he said, after comparing a previous song to a Paul McCartney melody. He continued: “[He was] a great inspiration of mine and many.

Guns N’ Roses starting their Glastonbury headlining set on time.The rock band, including frontman Axl Rose and legendary guitarist Slash, are known for being exceptionally late to their gigs but for the first time in a while, they began their set precisely on time.Fans quickly took to social media to share their shock at the fact that the rock veterans actually made it on time for a start.One festival-goer tweeted: “The one time I don’t get to a set on time, guns and roses decide to start on time” while another said: “Guns and roses are on time! that’s a first”.Check out all the other shocked tweets below.The one time I don’t get to a set on time, guns and roses decide to start on time

Blossoms and Rick Astley‘s suprise set at Glastonbury consisting solely of covers from The Smiths‘ discography.The musicians’ supergroup covers band played an hour-long set at the Woodsies Stage today (June 24).

Whether you were in the thick of it and soaking up the vibes at Worthy Farm, or you were snuggled up on your sofa watching Glastonbury from the comfort of your own home, chances are, you tuned in for the first major headline show of the festival. Last night, Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley, and Matt Helders - aka Arctic Monkeys - took to the iconic Pyramid stage for their third headline set, after first securing a main stage slot in 2007 and then again in 2013. For hardcore AM fans, it was a huge moment, with literally thousands of people gearing up for an hour and a half of their biggest hits.

Arctic Monkeys performed a career-spanning headline set at Glastonbury Festival today (June 23) as Alex Turner made it to the stage just days after illness threatened to cancel their headline slot.Earlier this week, the band announced the cancellation of their Dublin show that was scheduled for Tuesday after Turner, who had been suffering from an acute case of laryngitis, was instructed to rest, leaving their return to Worthy Farm up in the air.Emily Eavis then shared that she was confident Arctic Monkeys would play Glastonbury, but that they “have a couple of back-up plans”.Today, though, the news everyone was hoping for was confirmed: Arctic Monkeys’ headline set would go ahead.Turner and his well-rested pipes were on strong form throughout the set – for which he donned his trademark suit and shades – which saw the Sheffield indie rockers kick off with ‘Sculptures of Anything Goes’.Other tracks given a Worthy Farm outing included ‘Cornerstone’, ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’, ‘Arabella’, ‘Mardy Bum’, ‘There’d Better Be A Mirrorball’, ‘505’ and many more.“The Monkeys are back on the farm!” Turner proclaimed to the huge crowd.Today marked the band’s third time headlining Glastonbury, with their previous performances taking place back in 2007 and 2013.‘Body Paint’ from newest album ‘The Car‘ saw Turner and co. deliver a wildly electric faux set closer with an extended outro, before the band returned for an encore of ‘I Wanna Be Yours’, ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ and ‘R U Mine?’.Fans reacted enthusiastically to the band’s energetic performance, while others were more divided on Turner’s distinctive style of showmanship.

Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher wore an Arctic Monkeys shirt during his set at Glastonbury Festival today (June 23), returning the favour to Monkeys’ drummer Matt Helders, who sported a Royal Blood shirt during his own Glasto set back in 2013.Royal Blood took to the Pyramid Stage at Glasto 2023 this afternoon, in the slot between Foo Fighters – who were revealed to be mystery band The Churnups – and headliners Arctic Monkeys.Back in 2013, Arctic Monkeys drummer Helders wore a Royal Blood t-shirt during their Glastonbury headline set. To return the gesture, Thatcher took to the stage in an Arctic Monkeys t-shirt 10 years later.ICONIC— Wanting FSG OUT #FSGOUT (@Lpool_5843) June 23, 2023Royal Blood opened with ‘Out Of The Black’, also performing tracks including ‘Come On Over’, ‘Boilermaker’, ‘Lights Out’, ‘Mountains At Midnight’ and more.The band, however did not address the moment their annoyed reaction to the crowd at Radio One’s Big Weekend that went viral recently.“I guess I should actually introduce ourselves seeing as no-one actually knows who we are,” frontman Mike Kerr told the crowd last month.

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has confirmed that Arctic Monkeys‘ headline set at the festival tonight (June 23) will go ahead as planned.The band cancelled their Dublin show scheduled for June 20 due to frontman Alex Turner dealing with an acute case of laryngitis, with fans then worrying that the singer would not recover for Friday night’s show.After Eavis said she was “confident” but that the festival had a back-up plan, it has now been confirmed by Emily herself that the Sheffield band will play Glastonbury tonight as planned.Speaking to Zoe Ball from the site on BBC Radio 2 this morning, she was asked about the worries over Turner’s health.“Now Arctic Monkeys, we’ve all been concerned about Alex, he’s had laryngitis,” Ball said. “And listeners have been messaging in asking will it happen? If it doesn’t happen, what’s the contingency plan? Someone has spotted a giant mirror ball on its way here.”“That’s a very good spot,” Eavis responded, before being asked about the status of the performance.

Emily Eavis has said she’s confident the Arctic Monkeys will play Glastonbury, but that they “have a couple of back-up plans” just in case.The band cancelled their Dublin show slated for June 20 due to frontman Alex Turner dealing with an acute case of laryngitis. The announcement came just days ahead of their scheduled headline performance at this year’s Glastonbury on Friday (June 23).Eavis, the festival’s co-organiser alongside her father, told reporters at the gates of the festival’s opening day (June 21) that she believes the band will still headline on Friday despite Turner’s illness.“I think we are going to be all right.

NME arrived at Glastonbury 2023 nice and early – but not as early as the fans at the front of the queue to be first into the festival as gates opened. Watch our video interview with the early arrivals above.Thousands of fans were present for festival organiser Emily Eavis opening the gates at Worthy Farm this morning (Wednesday June 21) before they made their way on site to set up camp at the iconic Pilton festival.

Glastonbury festival site, officially kicking off this year’s festival.The gates officially opened at 8am this morning (June 21), permitting entry to ticketholders who have been arriving at the festival site since 4pm yesterday (June 20). Emily Eavis was in attendance to welcome festivalgoers and there was a queue snaking around the site with people at the front telling NME they’d been there since yesterday afternoon.As the gates opened Eavis declared: “Welcome to Glastonbury,” before she did a countdown to huge cheers.