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Glasgow
A visually spectacular performance including flaming guitars, mummies and giant butterflies saw Katy Perry close Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Glasgow.
There were several costume changes as she smashed through hits including Roar, I Kissed a Girl and Teenage Dream. Visuals graphics appeared behind her throughout the set, at one point it looked like she was in a computer game.
“Thank you for staying out to see me,” she said to the crowd. She added: “It’s a school night isn’t it? You are very kind.” Kasabian headlined the In New Music We Trust stage, were they giving us a glimpse of their Glastonbury headline set? “It was a peak behind the curtain, definitely,” guitarist Serge Pizzorno admitted. “And that being said, that went down very well indeed.”
The tent was overflowing to hear Empire, their latest track Eez-eh and closing the stage for another year on Fire. While the undisputed princes of boyband pop, One Direction, had the privilege of opening the main stage yesterday, today it was up to rock masters, Kings of Leon.
They kicked off with Sentimental Girl, while the crowd cheered through the only rain sodden set of the day. Not content with headlining Saturday night, Chris Martin decided to join them for their track Fans.
Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill introduced him as “the second most famous singer here.” The Coldplay frontman might have been the biggest special guest appearance of the day but he certainly wasn’t the only one. Gorgon City shook the In New Music We Trust tent with nearly every collaborator on their upcoming debut album.
Kiesza, Maverick Sabre and MNEK all took to the stage for their set but logistically it made it tricky. “It took about five vehicles to get us all here, like thirty of us, i was like ‘who is everyone?’,” Matt Robson Scott, one half of the electronic dance duo told Newsbeat. “We were nearly late because we couldn’t get enough cars to bring us altogether,” Kye Gibbon added.