One of our correspondents has just spotted some Hollywood stars getting set to take in the Sky Full of Stars band: Tom Cruise.

The American actor gives a big wave to the crowd from a gated off section of the festival.

Comedian Simon Pegg can be seen in a green hat next to Cruise, and, according to our correspondents, was encouraging a crowd to start singing along to Oasis's Don't Look Back in Anger.

We wonder who else is tucked away in the crowd?

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting at Glastonbury

It's nearly five minutes to kick off for Coldplay at the Pyramid stage, and the crowds are locked in tight holding their place.

That extends to the hill overlooking the stage, too.

Some in the crowd have on LED wristbands, which will be activated during certain songs.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

Validating their decision to reform five years ago, US indie-disco band Gossip are about to headline the Woodsies stage, playing disco-punk classics like Heavy Cross, Real Power and Standing In The Way Of Control.

Chatting backstage, singer Beth Ditto is full of beans, as excited to be here and seeing familiar faces as she is to be performing tonight.

“I met the bus driver from seven years ago,” she laughs. “I was like, ‘Shirley! How’s it going?!”

Ditto is brilliant company - her scattergun conversation covering everything from the kids animation Bluey and the best way to stop cats peeing on your lawn (lemon juice, apparently).

On stage, the singer - who came up through the Washington Punk scene - says she likes nothing better than fans who are prepared to heckle her.

“I remember one time we were playing in San Diego when someone kept screaming at me,” she recalls. “And I was just like, ‘If you're so punk, then get up here and sing. Let’s see you do the show!’”

If anyone takes her up on that challenge tonight, we want to hear about it.

Noor Nanji
Culture reporter at Glastonbury

I’m opposite the Pyramid Stage where the crowd is growing rapidly ahead of Coldplay’s headline set, which kicks off in minutes.

Friends Alex, Louie and Charley told me they were initially uninspired when they heard Coldplay were headlining, but now they can’t wait.

“I thought to myself, when am I ever going to see them again,” said Alex. “It’s not something I’d ordinarily buy a ticket for, so Glastonbury is a good opportunity to see them.”

Louie said so many of Coldplay’s songs, for him, are “nostalgic” and remind him of his childhood.

“I know so many of their songs and the words to their songs,” added Charley.

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The moment we've all been waiting for... tonight's headliner Coldplay is about to take to the Pyramid Stage.

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Those bracelets we just mentioned? It appears the people staking out their spots ahead of Coldplay's set on the Pyramid Stage have come prepared, as you can see a sea of festival-goers are now donning the electric-coloured bands.

Some dazzling bucket hats have also made it on to the scene.

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting at Glastonbury

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Coldplay will be such a vibe tonight.

Why? Because the crowd sing-alongs will be epic. Expect the Glastonbury chorus to be singing along to Viva La Vida, Fix You and Yellow.

The crowd will also be given LED wristbands that come alive when certain songs are played - we’ll be glowing in the dark.

There are going to be some beautiful moments.

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The Glastonbury veterans return as headliners for a record-breaking fifth time tonight.

No other act as headlined the festival as many times as the band who first topped the bill on the Pyramid Stage in 2002.

Coldplay hasn't performed at the festival since 2016, but the band has made this the only festival date during its current world tour.

With over 100 million albums sold worldwide, Coldplay is among the best-selling music acts of all time and with the announcement of a tenth studio album scheduled to be released this year, fans might get an exclusive listen to some new music tonight.

We'll have to wait and see what the band members have in store for us - only 35 minutes to go now.

Adam Crowther
'Inside Glastonbury' reporter - BBC Radio Somerset

As Little Simz set has just ended and we are now awaiting Coldplay to take the Pyramid Stage in a little under an hour, it feels appropriate to introduce you to the man who has been keeping crowds entertained between sets at Glastonbury for decades.

Seventy-year-old Chris Bull has performed more than anyone else on Glastonbury's main stage, but he never appears on the line-up posters.

Believe it or not, this weekend he will hit his 99th shift as the Pyramid Stage DJ after starting the gig in 1983.

He's been telling 'Inside Glastonbury' on BBC Sounds: "When I look out, you just think 'my goodness' I didn't think when I was setting up my mobile disco in Bristol and doing loads of college discos that I would end up being the Pyramid DJ!"

Keith Adams
Reporting at Glastonbury

Over on one of the smaller stages - the Leftfield Stage - is a crowd bouncing to English Teacher’s dreamy, art-school, post-punk vibes.

The Leeds band is pounding through tracks from their debut album This Could Be Texas, and the crowd loves it.

Singer Lily Fontaine, dividing her time between guitar and keys, says she lost her voice a bit from shouting at the Fontaines D.C. show last night.

But the rasp sounds good to the devotees and converts in the tent.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

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Back over to the Pyramid Stage, Little Simz tells Glastonbury she’s been working on some new music as she introduces a new song called The Code.

It’s low and slinky, all creeping bass notes and whipcrack snares, as the MC enumerates her rules of life.

Don’t stray from your vision, keep business and family separate, don’t quit and “keep building it brick by brick”.

Again, the track’s a testament to her self-made success - and a vicious clapback to her haters.

“You can move the goalposts and I’ll still keep scoring,” she raps. Enough said.

Meanwhile, as The Streets are kicking things off at The Other Stage in a few minutes, American singer and saxophonist Masego will be bringing his signature blend of what he calls TrapHouseJazz to the West Holts Stage for his Glastonbury debut at 20:30-21:30 BST.

Masego's musical style fuses RnB, hip-hop, jazz, Afrobeats and soul.

His debut album Lady Lady was released in 2018 to critical acclaim, and his last album Studying Abroad: Extended Stay was nominated in the 2022 Grammy Awards for Best Progressive R&B Album.

Some of his most well-known hits include his collaborative record with FKJ called Tadow, Mystery Lady, and Favorite Tings.

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Moving away from the Pyramid Stage for a moment, we're soon going to be hearing from the alternative hip-hop and garage project The Streets as the group makes their return to Glastonbury for a fifth time on The Other Stage (20:30-21:30 BST).

Led by vocalist Mike Skinner, The Streets first came to prominence with the release of their debut album Original Pirate Material. In 2002, Rolling Stone ranked the album 139th in their list of 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of all time, external.

In 2020, Skinner spoke to Paul Glynn about their album None Of Us Are Getting Out Alive, where he described music, and the process of putting the album together, as "total chaos".

The Streets are expected to perform hits such as Dry Your Eyes, Fit But You Know It, and The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living.

You can catch their set by pressing the Watch & listen tab above and pressing on the Other Stage stream.

Noor Nanji
Culture reporter at Glastonbury

She’s often described as “the queen of Gqom”.

And now singer Moonchild Sanelly - with her striking blue locks - is bringing the South African dance genre to Glastonbury.

She’s just wrapped one of her NINE performances at the festival this weekend. It comes after the release of her new single, Big Man, which she teamed up with Self Esteem on.

Speaking to me earlier, Sanelly said she was feeling “excited” and “energetic”. “We’re going emotional,” she said. “We shake everything off, knowing no one can take your power, and we just rock as baddies on stage.”

There are other African performers here this weekend, including Afrobeats stars on Pyramid Stage for the first time.

“It definitely is Africa’s time,” Sanelly said ahead of her Park Stage show.

She also taught me how to say Gqom. In case you didn’t know, it involves clicking your tongue at the start, followed by “om”.

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Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

“You are witnessing one of the greatest,” says Little Simz, addressing the crowd for the first time.

“I don’t say that with arrogance, I say it with confidence. It took me a while to get to the Pyramid but I’m finally here. And if I’m great; that means you’re great," she adds.

Little Simz has taken off her shades to look at the ever-swelling crowd at the Pyramid Stage… and is that a little tear in her eye?

“This is so mad for me,” she says. “I’ve been doing music since I was knee high and this is by far the most people I’ve ever performed in front of. It really is a dream," she says before launching into her hit 101FM.

Mark Savage
BBC Music correspondent

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Over on the Pyramid Stage, Little Simz is delivering a rap masterclass.

It’s just her, in shades and a biker jacket, delivering bars upon bars upon bars.

She opens with Silhouette, a ferocious statement of intent.

“Don't you know I'm God's child? Got here on my own,” she raps, in testament to her status as an independent, self-made artist. She follows it up with No Merci and I Love You, I Hate You - two of the biggest bangers in her catalogue.

With no band, no hypeman and minimalist visuals, the focus is solely on her skills as an MC. But when you’re one of the best in the game, why not?

Moving away from the Other Stage, let's return to the Pyramid Stage where we're soon going to be hearing British rapper Little Simz.

Fresh from her win at this year’s Mobo awards for best hip-hop artist, the London rapper will be making her Pyramid Stage debut in just a few minutes (remember, you can catch her set by pressing the Watch live button above).

Little Simz also won the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2022 for her fourth album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, described as a hip-hop coming-of-age tale delivered with a cinematic sweep.

Her sets at Reading and Leeds festivals in the summer of 2022 earned her the reputation as a crowd-pleasing main stage performer so we are surely in for a treat.

• Watch Little Simz talk about her journey to Glastonbury here

Andre Rhoden-Paul
Reporting at Glastonbury

We've just seen the Red Arrows fly over Glastonbury during Camila Cabello's set.

Applause breaks out as the jets' white smoke trail paints the sky.

Darin Graham
Reporting at Glastonbury

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Camila Cabello is delivering quite a show at the Other Stage.

It was a high energy start with a bit of surprise. Dancers dressed up as grey, jumpsuited creatures donning masks with ears and snouts (mice? maybe?) made it unclear which one was the American pop star.

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That was followed by BMX riders doing tricks in a half-moon ramp, and then Cabello was in a swing before hopping on the back of a bike.

And that is before we mention the music.

She told the crowd she was hardly going to do any old songs and then launched straight into My Oh My and later Havana with the crowd chanting along.

She came, she danced and she conquered with her blend of Cuban, Mexican and American pop.