Arctic Monkeys forced to halt Glastonbury headline set over concerns for fan
Arctic Monkeys were forced to briefly stop their headline set while performing at Glastonbury Festival's Pyramid stage last night after a festival-goer fell ill.
The rock band took to the iconic stage to perform a 90-minute set last night – which was met with mixed reviews as some said the group 'slowed down' some of its hits.
Lead singer Alex Turner and the group were forced to dramatically pause their set partway through, however, as a person in the crowd fell ill – leading for those around them to frantically call for help.
Those in the crowd waved their mobile phones to attract the attention of the stewards who rushed into the mass of fans to help, while the band briefly paused their set to ensure the festival-goer got help.
An onlooker told the Mirror: "There was a moment last night in Arctic Monkeys' set where they dramatically paused gig as fan fell unwell.
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Arctic Monkeys were forced to briefly halt the gig (Samir Hussein/WireImage)"Festival goers about 40metres deep from the stage cried for medics, and frantically waved mobile phone lights, to attract the attention of stewards who rushed into the crowd to help.
"The band briefly paused their set to allow the stewards to deal with the situation before resuming."
The dramatic moment echoes Paul McCartney's headline set last year as he paused his performance to check on an audience member.
Paul paused his tribute to Jimi Hendrix to make sure that a festival goer was OK.
A source told the Mirror: "The crowd were going wild for Paul as soon as he stepped on stage.
"He was in the middle of his tribute to Jimi Hendrix when he stopped to check on someone in the crowd."
As soon as the iconic musician stepped up on stage, the musician received a huge round of applause from the crowd.
Paul paused his Glastonbury gig last year (Getty Images)Sheffield-based band Arctic Monkeys have been hit with mixed reviews following their headline gig on Friday night.
Some were left disappointed as they said the group had 'slowed down' their hits, including R U Mine.
One wrote: "I’m sorry but I refuse to believe anyone enjoys watching Arctic Monkeys live. They sound so off beat, slow and lazy. Amazing songs, but butchered on stage".
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"I love Arctic Monkeys but playing the older songs in this tone that Alex is so dead set on keeping is such a disgrace to the fans and those songs. Slower songs aren’t bad but you can’t play (ex.) R U Mine slow, it wasn’t made for that and that’s not why people liked it," another said.
Another added: "I fell in love with the Arctic Monkeys because of the energy and excitement in the songs. That performance was too slow for me, still some bangers played though."
"Feeling a bit disappointed with the Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury. Mardybum & Bet you look good on the dance floor, the only good ones. They’ve gone so slow & downbeat for my liking xx," a fourth added.
Others insisted they enjoyed the set and defended the band for the performance.
One insisted: "Well I thought they were brilliant and I am abso buzzing for the morn #ArcticMonkeys".
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