Swim Deep tell crowd to ‘go and buy Wolf Alice album’ as they kick off day two at Glastonbury 2015

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Swim Deep were among the first bands to take to the stage at the second day of Glastonbury 2015, appearing on The Other Stage while The Unthanks opened the Pyramid Stage.

The Birmingham band opened with ‘Francisco’, ‘Honey’ and the poppy ‘Namaste’. After the latter, frontman Austin Williams told the crowd: “I’m tired and hung over but I’ve never been happier.” Later, he said “We used to say, ‘Thank you Glastonbury’ when we had our first gigs, it got a few laughs.”

‘One Great Song And I Could Change The World’ had a new breakdown with cowbells and rasping synths, and ‘Changes The Weather’ was introduced as “a love song for the one I love”.

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Before playing ‘Reach To My Brother’, Williams – wearing a T-shirt featuring Robin Williams in character in the 1970s TV show Mork & Mindy – told the crowd to “Go and buy ‘My Love Is Cool’” – the debut album by Wolf Alice.

Frank Turner, who followed Swim Deep on the stage, also dedicated a song to “my good friends in Wolf Alice”.

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The group played new tracks ‘Gunga Gin’, ‘You’re My Waterloo’ and ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’, which was performed for the very first time. Co-frontman Pete Doherty dedicated a song to his late friend Alan Wass, who died of a heart attack in April this year. Doherty said: “Mr Alan Wass if you’re up there looking down, I’m down here looking up.”

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Swim Deep played:

‘Francisco’
‘Honey’
‘Namaste’
‘One Great Song And I Could Change The World’
‘Changes The Weather’
‘Fueiho Boogie‘
‘King City’
‘Reach To My Brother’

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