NME Festival Guide 2008
Glastonbury

Foals call Glastonbury crowd 'mythical'


Pic: Guy Eppel

Pic: Guy Eppel

Math-rockers draw thousands to the Other Stage

Foals played the Other Stage at Glastonbury this evening (July 27), attracting such a sizeable audience the band were taken aback.

Before performing single 'Cassius', frontman Yannis Philippakis told the crowd: "Wow, there's so many of you. From up here it looks mythical."

Rain briefly lashed down and Yannis declared: "We haven't brought any wellies. Bad move."

Leaving to one of the best receptions of the day, Yannis said: "You've made this very special for us. Thank you."

Foals played:

'XXXX'
'French Open'
'Cassius'
'Olympic Airways'
'Balloons'
'Heavy Water'
'2 Step'
'Hummer'
'Red Socks Pugie'
'Mathletics'
'Electric Bloom'


Keep up with all the action from Glastonbury this weekend (June 27-29) as it happens on NME.COM. For news, pictures and blogs keep checking NME.COM's Glastonbury Festival page. Plus make sure you get next week's issue of NME � on UK newsstands from July 2 � for the ultimate Glastonbury review.

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