Glastonbury 2016: The music that made it magical

If the sound isn't perfect for grime acts, then the whole showcase turns out to be pretty underwhelming. Brownie points have got to go to the Glasto programmers for putting Skepta on the Pyramid Stage, then. He's without doubt the kingpin of the genre right now, having conquered the United States and beyond in the past two years, and he only deserved the best arena at Worthy Farm.

We couldn't have asked for the audio output to be crispier for the MC's Friday lunchtime slot. And we weren't even stood right in the thick of it. 'Shutdown' and 'That's Not Me' might be the major hits from his album 'Konnichiwa' but the production on 'Crime Riddim' is ice cold and even had mums and dads bopping their heads in sync with their kids who probably aren't even old enough to know what it means when Skeps claims "I ain't a chippendale".

Novelist joined him for 'Lyrics', buoyantly bouncing around in a gilet from his Joy Rich collection, then joining the Boy Better Know crew to cruise around the stage on bikes as if they were back on the London streets. The sun shone for the whole set, before the stormy clouds hovered above and the rain poured down just as it ended. Skepta sure knows how to shower it down. Words: Dave Turner