Glastonbury 2017: Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Radiohead talk nerves and festival disasters

Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran are performing their biggest gigs of the year this weekend.

They play Glastonbury and will close Friday, Saturday and Sunday night on Worthy Farm's famous Pyramid Stage.

All this week, Annie Mac has been chatting to the three headliners on her Radio 1 show.

They share a few secrets about what fans can expect over the next three days.

Radiohead

Radiohead are returning to Glastonbury as headliners for the third time.

Guitarist Ed O'Brien says he hopes the Friday night slot is a little smoother than when they first topped the bill in 1997.

"The rain was horrendous and there was lots of stuff going on on stage," the guitarist tells Annie Mac.

He explains that the band's monitors, which let performers hear each other's output, had broken during their set.

"I remember because Thom came over to me three quarters of the way through the set.

"He said 'I'm going to walk off right now' and I said 'perhaps not, let's do Just and see how you feel.'

"It was sheer relief that we got to the end of it and he hadn't walked off.

"It won't happen again."

Foo Fighters

For Foo Fighters, the Saturday night headline slot will mean more than most.

They were booked to headline in 2015, but were forced to cancel at the last minute when Dave Grohl broke his leg a few weeks beforehand.

"I called in sick so this time, for me personally this is a big make-up date for me," he says.

"It's part of my recovery in a weird way."

Florence + The Machine covered his song Times Like These when they stepped in to headline in 2015 and Dave is already excited to bring his version of the song to Glastonbury.

"I've been thinking about that for two years," he says.

"Playing a song like Times Like These in front of that audience for the first time, standing up on two legs is huge."

Ed Sheeran

Unlike The Foos and Radiohead, Ed Sheeran will be taking to the stage alone.

And even though he admits there will be people in the audience who "don't like my music at all", he says he's not nervous about headlining.

"I'm actually more excited about this than I am doing my Wembley Stadium shows," he tells Annie Mac.

"When you're playing your own shows you're not really winning anyone over because they've already parted with cash to buy a ticket."

Ed says he is bringing his entire family to see him perform and Glastonbury security staff might want to keep an eye out for his dad, John.

According to Ed, he's got a way of getting where he shouldn't be.

"My dad does this thing where he just blags his way into places," he says.

"I remember the first year I was playing Glastonbury, in 2011.

"To get into Glastonbury you have to have your passport, some form of ID, to get backstage you need a triple-A pass and to get into the BBC section you need something else.

"My dad wanders in backstage, no triple-A, no wristband, no one chaperoning.

"He just walked from one side of the festival saying 'I'm Ed's dad' and managed to get in.

"He could have been anyone, but he just pops up and waves."

Fans have been waiting for the headliners since arriving on Wednesday

Radiohead, as the most experienced band on the line-up have some advice for Ed, Foo Fighters and everyone else performing this weekend.

"For me, the bands who don't do it on that stage, or anywhere at Glastonbury are the ones who turn up with their shades on and it's all about the," he says.

"You're not headlining, you're one part of this huge great, amazing, beautiful festival.

"You've got to leave your ego and shades at the gate. It's about service, you've got to do the best you can."

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