Saturday started off on a bum note as a streaker protested at the Park stage during Tilda Swinton’s spoken word appearance with modern classical composer Max Richter. Meanwhile, opening up the Pyramid, Rick Astley brought Harry Styles covers, self-deprecating humour and that big hit.
![A man is removed from the pit area during a performance by Max Richter on the Park stage.](https://media.guim.co.uk/85e73480c6c4e4035453dfc15867121fc5907c97/0_0_3500_2696/1000.jpg)
![Raye performing on the Pyramid stage.](https://media.guim.co.uk/417d9cbbbb71d269a09526353e18d1a75825a0ea/0_0_5638_3759/1000.jpg)
Raye followed Rick on the Pyramid, graduating to pop’s big leagues with a glamorous backing band and a show that took in the breadth of her pop, dance, and moody chart-topping R&B.
![Fans with fans!](https://media.guim.co.uk/b8e37fb87d3da6fa17159109acd03f2038e2ff55/0_0_5568_3712/1000.jpg)
It was the second scorcher in a row – and an even less forgiving one, with little cloud cover. Punters were grasping for brollies, fans and all manner of other cooling devices.
![Light and shade at Glastonbury festival.](https://media.guim.co.uk/0b0c8618b7cedb154e03fd135b337c480da9117d/0_0_3500_2683/1000.jpg)
![Generation Sex play the Other stage](https://media.guim.co.uk/057e0dafb9fdd8c423d95c12e980b36f5ec2d4d5/0_71_5486_3596/1000.jpg)
Billy Idol of Generation Sex, his rather confidently named supergroup with Tony James of Generation X, plus Steve Jones and Paul Cook of Sex Pistols.
![Aitch taunts the Pyramid crowd on Saturday afternoon.](https://media.guim.co.uk/0da8aa1abc61ebe92a2ece368ab98a1e413aa57e/628_913_4645_2787/1000.jpg)
Manchester rapper Aitch will have won over thousands of new fans with a set of ultra-confident, masterful mic work and genuinely funny banter – such as casually asking for security to eject a Man City fan. This was photographer Jill Mead’s first experience in the pit at Glastonbury, and she came back buzzing.
![Maggie Rodgers at the Other stage.](https://media.guim.co.uk/36515fa303dcff163f3b396dd42ea9852a96f053/87_191_4441_2828/1000.jpg)
On the Other stage, Maggie Rogers faced down the awesome intensity of the afternoon sun for a set of strident, emotionally literate pop-rock.
![Lewis Capaldi on the Pyramid stage.](https://media.guim.co.uk/77b78fa73c80abdb469d3a493c217adf9905cc2a/0_0_4096_2732/1000.jpg)
Having taken a hiatus from touring to prepare for Glastonbury, Capaldi’s voice failed him on a couple of occasions – but the chanted support from the crowd made this set the most moving of the day.
![Rapper Central Cee on The Other Stage](https://media.guim.co.uk/3fda47d6ca4c93d023ed6a89cb8baf7fb567dc6b/0_0_4084_2718/1000.jpg)
Sweet child o’ mine? On the Other stage, Central Cee brought out the baby that features in the video to chart-topping track Sprinter – oh, and the song’s other A-list MC, Dave.
![Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders on the Park stage with guest Johnny Marr.](https://media.guim.co.uk/4fd89fe1ce1365d8c6f901591a0981b10d1b4d01/972_696_4596_3016/1000.jpg)
As dusk fell at the Park, it was time for some more surprise guests. Paul McCartney appeared but didn’t actually perform – instead it was left to Johnny Marr on guitar and Dave Grohl on drums to bring the musical support.
![Dusk settles as Guns N’ Roses play out the Pyramid on Saturday night](https://media.guim.co.uk/52b46fc63ad790fe30fca8d4af6a2c0433b53e93/0_0_5924_3870/1000.jpg)
Guns N’ Roses closed the Pyramid out on Saturday night with an epically long and magnificently overwrought show of rock’n’roll theatrics.
![Guardian photographer Jonny Weeks gets a leg up from a kind punter to take pictures of Guns N’ Roses.](https://media.guim.co.uk/516e6dc05eb0b2ffede64668e51761a2a0d6d19f/0_41_4098_5964/687.jpg)
They operated a closed photographers pit, so our team had to improvise ways to get the shots they needed – including commandeering random strangers’ shoulders.
![People watching a set by Skream B2B at Arcadia.](https://media.guim.co.uk/c6a213bf419c43e6b27d3dca807c9f9ff6f7f125/0_0_6454_4303/1000.jpg)
![A late night ice cream van at the Arcadia district.](https://media.guim.co.uk/979de12b29815ea0b0adc495be1ad87385c66a86/0_0_5666_3777/1000.jpg)
By the end of the night Arcadia was bouncing and some festival goers needed an ice cream to cool off.