Marita Moloney
Live reporter

It's getting late here in London, but for thousands of revellers at Worthy Farm, the night is just beginning.

As one of our reporters at Glastonbury said, it's hard to fathom how huge the crowd was at a dairy farm in Somerset as the weekend's performances got under way.

Arctic Monkeys, the headliners, didn't disappoint, and neither did a "surprise" return from US rockers Foo Fighters on the main stage. But the other stages were packed with outstanding performances too, from Kelis to Wizkid and Carly Rae Jepsen to Texas.

You can read a full review of Friday's performances from our music correspondent Mark Savage here. And for those of you in the UK, you can watch all the acts back on BBC iPlayer, where the festival will be streamed all weekend.

Today's coverage was brought to you by myself, Aoife Walsh, Ece Goksedef and Andre Rhoden-Paul in London, as well as our reporters in Glastonbury.

Guns N' Roses, Elton John, Lizzo, Lil Nas X and Lewis Capaldi are just a few of the stars lined up on Saturday and Sunday, and we hope you can join us again as we bring you the latest from the festival. Until then, it's goodnight from us, thanks for following along.

Friday was an music extravaganza at Worthy Farm in Somerset as thousands enjoyed performances from dozens of UK and international acts.

Here are some snippets from the stages:

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Keith Adams
Reporting from Glastonbury

Fatboy Slim is treating the revellers to a secret impromptu set at The Levels - the mood is chilled with the crowd perhaps keeping their powder dry for the weekend of madness ahead.

Daniel Rosney
Reporting from Glastonbury

Glastonbury after dark begins as Fatboy Slim DJs into the night.

You can already tell in the crowd who’s going to have a hangover tomorrow, and who’s going to just keep powering through.

The first day of Glastonbury weekend this year was closed out by the Arctic Monkeys after dozens of acts performed everything from trance-inducing music and dancehall-inflected rap to pop and rock.

You can watch the highlights from today in 90 seconds below:

With most of Friday's performances done for the day, thoughts may be tuning for some festival-goers to sleep.

Could this be the best tent set-up in the whole of Glastonbury?

One smart reveller brought a whole double bed to sleep on in his tent, complete with duvet and pillows.

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Posting on Twitter, @Thegrumpyjedi wrote: “Five trips from the campsite, six miles walked in the blazing sun. But omg it was worth it."

We think they will be the envy of many at Glastonbury this year...

And with the lyrics of a John Cooper Clarke poem, the Arctic Monkeys start the encore of headline set on the first day of Glastonbury weekend with I Wanna Be Yours.

"Thank you very much," Alex Turner says to the crowd.

The band then blast out their debut single I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor. The Pyramid arena is electrified.

The set ends with rendition of R U Mine? We'll be bringing you reaction from this headline performance, as well as the other acts this evening, so stay with us.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent at Glastonbury

Some of the crowd would like Arctic Monkeys to stick to the old stuff, rather than the spacey progressive rock of their last two albums.

But that performance of Body Paint proves them wrong.

In fact, it feels like the band are enjoying the new material more than playing “the classics” for the 200th time.

The outro was extended and elongated, forcing Alex Turner into ever more ridiculous feats of guitarmanship.

By the end, he looked practically exhausted.

It’s been my highlight of their set so far… but I expect the encore is about to get people pounding the turf.

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After closing Do I Wanna Know, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner simply utters: "Astonishing."

"How do you feel everybody? I'm glad to be back," he adds, before playing Mardy Bum.

There Must Be a Mirrorball is up next, before a segue into 505.

Elsewhere, Wizkid, Hot Chip and Kelis have been performing on the other stages, all of which you can watch live on BBC iPlayer or at the top of this page if you live in the UK.

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Mark Savage
Music correspondent at Glastonbury

While Arctic Monkeys are rocking the Pyramid arena, Wizkid is busy seducing the Other Stage.

“This is a Africa party tonight, baby,” he declares, as he races through a hit-laden set that includes his Drake collaboration One Dance and the True Love (sung, of course, “for the ladies”).

Backed by a tight, funky band, he’s a one-man aphrodisiac, open-shirtedly serenading the crowd until they fall under his spell.

The crowd are singing along with the headliners now word for word as the Arctic Monkeys perform their early classic Fluorescent Adolescent.

Perfect Sense from their newest album The Car is up next, but revellers' voices surge again for the much-loved hit Do I Wanna Know.

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Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner brings the energy back up for the band's 2013 hit Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High.

The rock band kept their staging minimal with spotlights dancing across the stage and crowd as they moved through their headline slot.

After performing Arabella, Turner describes the moment as "outstanding" before playing Four Out Of Five.

"Effective. Very effective. What a night, what a night," he says.

Daniel Rosney
Reporting from Glastonbury

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The last major music event I reported on was the Eurovision Song Contest and I often referred to a “sea of flags” in the arena.

That’s the same here in front of the Pyramid Stage as Arctic Monkeys take us through their back catalogue. There are flags from Brazil, Ukraine, Ireland, Spain and Jamaica swaying in the welcome breeze as the sun has set on Worthy Farm.

My aunty has messaged to say she hates flags at festivals (she’s watching on TV), but they’re really good markers when you lose your friend in the crowd, and can also help identify yourself when you go home and watch the sets back on BBC iPlayer.

Next up is Crying Lightning. "The Monkeys are back on the farm... wow," Alex Turner says.

Remember, if you live in the UK you can watch this performance and all the other acts over the weekend on the BBC iPlayer, as well as by clicking Play at the top of this page.

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Alex Turner leads the show donning a black suit and white open collar shirt paired with dark sunglasses.

Addressing the crowd, he says: "Greetings Somerset" before striking up the chords of Snap Out Of It.

The rock band then move on to their hit track including Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent at Glastonbury

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Barry White provides the entrance music for Arctic Monkeys' headline set.

Drummer Matt Helders recently told me the band have a quick dance to the song to get them in the mood before they take the stage.

Then the lights go down, and they come out to the stroppy, sinister Sculptures Of Anything Goes, one of the standouts from their latest album, The Car.

It’s not the barnstorming opener that you might have hoped for, but they’ve been playing all the big hits on their latest stadium tour, so hold tight.

Meanwhile, for someone who had laryngitis at the start of the week, Alex Turner is sounding incredible. I want the Strepsils he’s having...

And here we go. Second song is Brianstorm. The crowd instantly start pogo-ing and singing the riff. We have lift-off.

Revellers watching Sparks were treated to some unexpected stardust when Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett made an appearance during their set.

Donning a yellow suit and sunglasses, the Tar star joined the American pop-rock duo on the Park Stage.

Wordlessly, and decked out in sunglasses, Blanchett danced through a rendition of The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte.

Earlier this year the band released a video for the song starring Blanchett dancing.

The Hollywood A-lister can now add Glastonbury performer to her list of accolades.

Pete Allison
BBC Newsbeat

One artist who’ll potentially be turning heads away from the Arctic Monkeys tonight is Wizkid.

The Afrobeats star is headlining the Other Stage – and that’s a “huge moment” for the genre, according to Radio 1Xtra’s DJ Target.

“Wizkid’s one of the biggest artists to come out of Africa,” he says, “and it’s great to see him headlining such a legendary stage at Glastonbury”.

Target tells BBC Newsbeat Glastonbury’s always put on a “very diverse range of artists” but in recent years “more and more black artists have been making the line-up”.

“And we’re not talking about early afternoon, smaller stage sets,” he says, recalling iconic performances by Stormzy, Dave and Kendrick Lamar.

“Across all the stages you’re hearing various sounds, whether that be UK rap, Afrobeats…all just being represented so well and it continues to be more and more of a diverse festival.”

Paul Glynn
Entertainment & arts reporter

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It’s that most special hour of the festival season, as the sun finally sets over the Pyramid Stage.

They say it changes when the sun goes down (can you see where I’m going with this?) and the stage is now set - mirrorball and all - for the Arctic Monkeys to headline tonight’s event at 22.15.

It was touch and go this week due to frontman Alex Turner contracting Laryngitis (poor fella) but festival organiser Emily Eavis confirmed today that the show will indeed go on.

If you’re all Monkey-d out already having seen them on their recent UK tour, then Nigerian star Wizkid will provide an upbeat alternative, bringing his modern afrobeat stylings to the Other Stage from 22:30.

Or if you’d prefer an electro rave, get yourselves over (virtually or otherwise) to the Woodsies stage for a bit of Hot Chip at the same time.

Either of those would still leave you time to sip a bit of Kelis’s milkshake at the West Holt Stage at 22:15, before moving on to something stronger, perhaps, as the night rolls on.

Mark Savage
Music correspondent at Glastonbury

Just made a mad dash from Fred Again’s set to catch the end of Young Fathers’ performance on West Holts.

The Scottish trio have a fearsome live show: Frenzied, soulful, psychedelic, sinister-but-euphoric, crazy, beautiful, magic.

Yes, that’s just a shopping list of adjectives but, as The Line Of Best Fit noted earlier this year, the joy of Young Fathers is “they sound like everything.”

There’s a political message to their show. At one point, they get the crowd chanting: "Say it loud and say it clear, refugees are welcome here.”

It’s a message they deliver at all their gigs, but it carries extra weight on the 75th anniversary of Windrush.

Still relatively underground, despite winning the Mercury Prize, they didn’t draw the biggest crowd (on my way here I had to fight against a tide of people flocking to the Pyramid Stage) but those who were here were dancing like their lives depended on it.