In front of a large crowd, basking in the sun, the song clearly still retains its singalong power. It sets things up in buoyant style for PJ Harvey, who is due on the Pyramid Stage next, before LCD Soundsystem, and, finally, Dua Lipa, who is headlining for the first time.
It’s far from the first time that Heaton has played at the event. While speaking to The Glastonbury Free Press, he recalled his debut performance, explaining, “The Housemartins did Glastonbury back in 1986. Even though I’d read it, I had no idea how massive it was until I got there.”
He added: “We were to have our first hit with ‘Happy Hour’, so the only who knew us were who had heard us on John Peel and Janice Long’s shows. We played around midday, I think.“
Before concluding: “You could see waking up and coming down the hill towards the stage while we were on. It was dead exciting. It went from 500 to a few thousand [which was] quite mind-blowing”
