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Over the weekend, 135k music lovers descended on a rather muddy Worthy Farm in the South of England for the 34th edition of BBC TV’s viewing figures of the broadcast reached a record high of 18.7m over the weekend, up 3% from 2015. So what were the standout moments?

Adele’s headline set on Saturday night had the 100k-strong crowd singing along, and has since garnered gushing reviews from the British broadsheets. Despite the XL (and now Sony) singer being scared of performing to such a large crowd, she declared it “the best moment of my life.” As usual, her honesty, humour and powerful voice went down extremely well, and 25 is currently top of the U.K. Official Albums Chart, no doubt powered by its arrival on streaming services on Friday.

Parlophone’s Coldplay paid tribute to up-and-coming band Viola Beach by playing a rendition of “Boys That Sing” in their honour during their closing headline set on Sunday; it’s the fourth time they’ve headlined. Members of Viola Beach died after being involved in a tragic car accident alongside their manager earlier this year. Spotify streams of “Boys That Sing” increased by 6148% in the U.K. Monday after Chris Martin urged the audience to seek out the track.

Martin and co. brought on Bee Gee Barry Gibb for two covers after Gibb pulled out of his legend slot due to a family member falling ill, and Eavis also made an appearance during the colourful and energetic set.

Muse (Warner) closed the first night on a guitar-heavy Friday with a mixed set of classics and new material, while headlining for the third time—an appearance that also drew gushing reviews. The band's Drones has zoomed 164 places to #15 on the midweek U.K. Albums Chart.

Also enjoying an upsurge in listening following a Glasto appearance are Foals, whose What Went Down (Warner) is up 149 spots to #19, while The 1975's I Like It When You Sleep... (Dirty Hit/Polydor) leaps 20 places to #25.

Polydor band Clean Cut Kid were one of the most popular new acts with Twitter awash with pictures of a sea of heads spilling outside of the Williams Green Stage on Thursday. French act Christine and the Queens also went down extremely well. Her debut album, Chaleur Humaine, is currently #4 on the U.K. Official Albums Chart, with Spotify streams are up 66%, and single "Tilted" is up 28 positions to #25.

Rising Warner-signed singer Dua Lipa played to a packed crowd at the John Peel stage on Saturday, and saw one of the biggest streaming hikes on Google Play Music, up 41%, as latest single “Hotter Than Hell” climbs six places to #11 on the Official Singles Chart midweek.

Naturally, Brexit was top of the agenda, with Adele, Damon Albarn, who proclaimed “democracy has failed us,” James, Bastille and Foals all pledging their allegiance to the EU.