You always have to feel a little for acts who are billed on the early slots of Sunday at Glastonbury. It can be a tough morning to get up. After the conjecture around Kanye West’s headline performance had reached unhealthy levels of debate from various factions, the incredible morning weather on the Sunday at Glastonbury saw the dawning of a new day and all conjecture towards Mr West lost in a sea of substance and cider at The Stone Circle. Life had moved on, but it was at the expense of an early start.

The Dali Lama and Patti Smith got the Pyramid going at 2pm with a truly superb combination of personality and occasion complete with a birthday cake, though healthy eating and the wonderfully scenic Park Stage seemed like the most apt choice for rejuvenation, and the musical accompaniment of The Staves was a perfectly harmonic way to get back involved. A special appearance from Justin Vernon for new album track Make It Holy felt a little more intimate than his Pyramid Stage turn the other night and was excellently received.

Lionel Richie’s appearance this year was the first to be announced drew arguably the biggest crowd of the weekend. The Sunday afternoon booking has become the unofficial fourth headline slot and tracks like Dancing On The Ceiling and All Night Long delivered the customary charm you’d expect. Future Islands then gave the kind of offering on the Other Stage that will hopefully see them move further into wider consciousness with Samuel Herring’s convincing and heartfelt performance evoking the kind of honesty that goes down so well on Worthy. The 30 seconds he spent staring at the sky at the end of his set totally reflective of the total vocal energy and visceral nature of his efforts. This was one of the true victories of the weekend.

Roy Ayers continued the early evening groove before FKA Twigs’ put in the kind of show that will continue to cement her place in the top bracket of credible analysis and not just The Daily Mail sidebar. Allowing herself to be filmed and photographed for this gig showed a respect as to what an important gig this was for her and she duely delivered. After hot-footing it over to see Goat’s customary multicultural shakedown at The Park it was on to The Who to polish off The Pyramid with a trip into British rock’n’roll history that was polished, nostalgic and suitably headline size. Our final gig of the weekend saw us witness Siriusmodeselektor tear up The Wow! with a typically intense performance.