While we admit that in our post-ironic world including Shakira in our Gigs of The Year List
could come across as disingenuous,
the Columbian’s Glastonbury set really was a highlight of the weekend, and we certainly didn’t have more unashamed fun at any other
show this year.
If 2010 wasn’t the year that Glasto nudged closer to resembling V Festival
it was the year that all major weekend events caught up with the Eavis’ in terms of lineup. It
meant that the decidedly ‘un-indie’ folk were the best bits (you could see The xx everywhere
else).
Snoop Dogg was a laugh to begin with but it waned; Shakira – admittedly looking far
better in a tight white vest (which she soon doused in water) – had the tunes (‘Hips Don’t
Lie’, ‘She Wolf’, ‘Wherever, Whenever’) to last the distance on the hottest day of the year as
pure pop unified Worthy Farm rather touchingly
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