Glastonbury 2016: Adele Overcomes Nerves To Give Stunning Headline Set On The Pyramid Stage

'This is the best f**king moment of my whole life!'
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It was one of the most eagerly-awaited Glastonbury sets of recent years, and it's fair to say Adele didn't disappoint as she headlined on Saturday (25 June). 

The superstar overcame her nerves about playing the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, as she took the the iconic Pyramid Stage to play a stunning, and typically hilarious gig. 

Breaking her silence four songs into her performance, she told the crowd of thousands: "This is the best fucking moment of my whole life.

"Glastonbury means the world to me. I've always wanted to do this my whole life - I've just been too scared." 

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Adele also brought her unique stage banter to Glastonbury
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The set saw her belt out some of her most famous hits including 'Hello', 'Someone Like You' and 'Rolling In The Deep', along with tracks from her most recent record-breaking album, '25', including 'When We Were Young' and 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)'. 

At one point, she restarted her rendition of 'River Lea' after getting "a bit out of breath", and subsequently lost her way again. However, she brushed it off in typical Adele fashion, joking: "Perfect time to fuck up a song, Glastonbury headline set, wouldn't you agree?"

She also had fans laughing when she pulled a Brazilian fan up on stage, only to accidentally burp in her face, blaming it on a "dirty burger". 

Watch Adele sing 'Someone Like You' at Glastonbury in the video below...

Adele returned to the UK especially for the set, currently being in the middle of her world tour. 

Her turn as a headliner also marked the first time she has ever played the main stage, having previously played to a small tent in 2007, as well as being a regular punter at the festival. 

"I've been here a lot of times. I've lost myself a lot of times here. I've had some of the best times of my life here on a Saturday night here at Glastonbury," she told the crowd.

"Hopefully you're all drunk and off your faces - my set will go better then."

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Adele previously played a small tent at the festival in 2007. Now look at her
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Friday night saw Muse open this year's event with their electrifying headline set, while Coldplay will bring the whole thing to a close on Sunday as they take to the Pyramid Stage, which will be the fourth time they have topped the bill. 

Adele's full set list: 

  1. 'Hello'
  2. 'Rumour Has It'
  3. 'I'll Be Waiting'
  4. 'One and Only'
  5. 'Water Under the Bridge'
  6. 'Skyfall'
  7. 'Hometown Glory'
  8. 'Don't You Remember'
  9. 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)'
  10. 'River Lea'
  11. 'Rolling in the Deep'
  12. 'Make You Feel My Love'
  13. 'Set Fire to the Rain'
  14. 'When We Were Young'
  15. 'Someone Like You'

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Glastonbury 2016 Day Two
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Adele on stage at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset with Lyla, 10 who she picked out the crowd for a selfie. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Matthew Healy of The 1975 performs on The Other Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage) (credit:Shirlaine Forrest via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Festival goers brave the mud at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir performing on The Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ Glastonbury. Picture date: Saturday June 25, 2016. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire (credit:Yui Mok/PA Archive)
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British singer Adele performs at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Saturday, June 25, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/AP)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Will Young performs on The Avalon Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Harry Durrant/Getty Images) (credit:Harry Durrant via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: A rainbow forms on day 2 of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. Now its 46th year the festival is one largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Muse, Adele and Coldplay. The Festival, which Michael Eavis started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid just £1, now attracts more than 175,000 people. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) (credit:Ian Gavan via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: (EDITORS NOTE: Images available For license until December 25, 2016) Alex Turner of The Last Shadow Puppets performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Ellie Goulding attends the Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Harry Durrant/Getty Images) (credit:Harry Durrant via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Gillian Gilbert of New Order performs headlining The Other Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage) (credit:Shirlaine Forrest via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Festival goers brave the mud at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Suggs and Lee Thompson of Madness performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Tom Odell performs on The Other stage at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage) (credit:Shirlaine Forrest via Getty Images)
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A general view of the site on day four of the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset, South West England on June 25, 2016. / AFP / Andy Buchanan (Photo credit should read ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Emma Richardson from Band of Skulls performs on The Other Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Harry Durrant/Getty Images) (credit:Harry Durrant via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Mo performs on The John Peel stage at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage) (credit:Shirlaine Forrest via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Festival goers brave the mud at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: A festival goer enjoys Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Art Garfunkel performs in the Acousic Tent during Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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Adele peforming on stage at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Festival goers cope with muddy conditions on day 2 of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. Now in its 46th year the festival is one largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Muse, Adele and Coldplay. The Festival, which Michael Eavis started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid just £1, now attracts more than 175,000 people. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) (credit:Ian Gavan via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 25: Chelsy Davy attends the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Alex Huckle/Getty Images) (credit:Alex Huckle via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Festival goers dressed as unicorns and a t-rex enjoy Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage) (credit:Shirlaine Forrest via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Festival goers cope with muddy conditions on day 2 of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. Now in its 46th year the festival is one largest music festivals in the world and this year features headline acts Muse, Adele and Coldplay. The Festival, which Michael Eavis started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid just £1, now attracts more than 175,000 people. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) (credit:Ian Gavan via Getty Images)
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British singer Adele performs at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Saturday, June 25, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/AP)
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Adele peforming on stage at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Festival goers enjoy Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage) (credit:Shirlaine Forrest via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: A general view of the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: Lily Donaldson and Cara Delevingne attends Day 2 of the Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 24, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Danny Martindale/WireImage) (credit:Danny Martindale via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice performs on The Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Harry Durrant/Getty Images) (credit:Harry Durrant via Getty Images)
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GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Festival goers enjoy Glastonbury Festival 2016 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2016 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Redferns) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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Festival goers brave the mud at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset. (credit:Matt Crossick/Matt Crossick)
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Kevin Parker of Tame Impala performing on The Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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Alexa Chung is seen backstage at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ Glastonbury. Picture date: Saturday June 25, 2016. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire (credit:Yui Mok/PA Archive)

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