Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl dedicated the last song of the band's surprise set on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins.
The US rock band stormed through a number of hit songs during the hour-long performance – their first time at the world-famous festival since 2017.
There had been strong speculation that the Foo Fighters would take to the main stage on Friday from 6.15pm, in a slot which was billed under the name "The Churnups".
An hour before the slot, the band posted a photo online of flags within the festival crowd, one with the phrase "Churn It Up" brandished across it, and tagged the post #Glastonbury2023.
The 2023 performance marks 25 years since Foo Fighters first performed at Glastonbury.
Kicking off with All My Life, Grohl told the crowd: "We only have one hour, so we gotta make sure we fit in all the songs we can."
They went on to play a collection of hit songs including Best Of You and The Pretender.
Ahead of their last song of the night – Everlong – Grohl said: "Well it's nice to be here for 58 mins and 30 seconds.
"We usually play this one as our way to say goodbye because we never like to say goodbye, because I figure that if you guys come back, we’ll come back soon.
"But I already know we’re coming back for a whole f****** tour [so] I would like to thank every one of you for sticking around for the last 28 years."
He added: "I would like to dedicate this song to the Mr Taylor Hawkins.
"So let’s sing this one loud - we’re missing Taylor."
The drummer died suddenly in March 2022 aged 50 while the group were on the South American leg of their world tour.
The band subsequently announced they were cancelling all of their upcoming tour dates "in light of the staggering loss".
Famous faces watching the show at Glastonbury included Sir Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney, US rock guitarist Slash and Duff McKagan from Guns N’ Roses, as well as Rick Astley and Kate Hudson.
Other acts that took to the stage on day three of the famous festival included British rapper and singer Stefflon Don and Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen.
Source: Press Association
