AWAY FROM THE WEATHER

Some people forget that as well as providing a chance for young people to roll about in mud, there's a whole other aspect to Glastonbury - they invite bands to play, as well.

Everything sounds a little bit, well, rough, so far - maybe because of the weather and the stress; or, perhaps, because the broadcasters are working against the odds. Royksopp's set was curious to watch from the position of a camera on stage level - a fantastic ammount of paper-shuffling, which made it a little like being at a poorly-prepared business meeting; they wheeled on a female vocalist at one point who seemed to exist purely in her mind's eye.

BBC THREE then brought on Babyshambles for an interview, in which the band were totally inaudible; Colin Murray seemed to be wearing a fixed grin while everyone else just seemed a bit confused; the director seemed determined that the non-Pete Doherty members of the band would be shot only from above. Their set earlier was, by all accounts, shambolic but memorable. They turned up twenty minutes late, but that's virtually ahead of schedule for them.

The Killers are playing at the moment - BBC THREE has retreated into multi-screen hiding to allow a rerun of Eastenders out; Brandon Flowers, with his white jacket and Max Factor eye make-up has come in the style of a preppy college kid going to a fancy dress party as a non-specific New Romantic. All the hits, but on the evidence of the slightly wobbly quality of performance, they were right enough not to take the offer of the closing slot when Kylie fell ill.

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