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Stormzy - the first black British solo
performer to take top-billing at the famous festival - delivered
a politically charged show that highlighted the inequalities he
said were faced by young black people in urban Britain.
The stab-vest and crime stats flashing up on screens were
references to increased levels of knife crime in London, where
the 25-year-old rapper was born, and other British cities.
The capital's crime rate has recently been highlighted by U.S.
President Donald Trump, who has clashed with London Mayor Sadiq
Khan on Twitter.
Banksy, the anonymous street artist who comes from Bristol, 25
miles from the festival in southwest England, said: "I made a
customized stab-proof vest and thought - who could possibly wear
this?"
Stormzy's performance was hailed as a defining moment for
British rap by tens of thousands of fans, political leaders and
other artists, including previous headliners Ed Sheeran and
Adele.
"Stormzy just monumentally headlined Glastonbury in his own
right with one album!!," Adele said.
Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who spoke at Glastonbury
in 2017, said the performance was political and iconic.
"It won't just go down in Glastonbury history - it'll go down in
our country's cultural history," he said.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Kate Holton)
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