Glastonbury hotter than the soccer as Wonder rocks on

THE “hottest Glastonbury ever” shrugged its shoulders after England’s World Cup humiliation last night and went back to the music.

Thousands massed in two specially designated fields to watch a hapless England get dumped out of the World Cup. But once they got back to the bands and the bar, few seemed to care.

This year’s festival has basked in soaring temperatures and the anticipation for headliner Stevie Wonder was electric. The Motown legend took to the Pyramid Stage as the 40th anniversary festival closed.

Fearing queues, many of the 140,000 on site were already packing up their tents and loading their cars ahead of the finale.

“If we wait until the morning we won’t be home until Tuesday,” Mark Clover, from Cumbria, said. “I have sat in enough Glasto queues to make sure I do everything to avoid them.”

Earlier festival organiser Michael Eavis hailed this year’s Glastonbury as the hottest ever and praised the crowds.

“I have not seen one person drunk – more than 100,000 and not one person. They have been civilised,” he said.

“This is the hottest Glastonbury ever. I hope not too hot. But getting nice weather makes such a big difference.”

And the dairy farmer heaped praise on rockers Muse, who topped the bill last night, calling them “the headliners we had waited for”.

Asked if Prince Charles’s visit to the site, near Pilton, Somerset, on Thursday confirmed Glastonbury as part of the establishment he smiled and said: “Non-conformity is the name of the game as far as I am concerned.”

But the 74-year-old would not be drawn on calls for him to be knighted.

Yesterday afternoon those not tempted by the footie enjoyed a set filled with crunching guitars from former Guns ‘n’ Roses axeman Slash.

And Ray Davies got the crowd singing with his jaunty pop classics.

At lunchtime there had been 345 reported crimes on site – down from 363 last year – and 112 arrests.

The medical team treated 2,955 people, most for sun stroke.

As well as Wonder, fans were treated to a plethora of dance classics on the final night with MGMT, Faithless and Orbital performing.