The culmination of a wonderful weekend ends in tears as Glastonbury draws to a close

The weather decided to play ball for the final day, the beautiful sunshine was tempered with a gorgeous breeze so playtime was a whole lot easier. The day began with the Yeovil Town Band bringing the Pyramid stage to life and gently waking exhausted revellers. Their cover of 'Who Wants To Live Forever', set the tone for an emotionally charged day - just when you thought it couldn't get any more emotional the poignancy and spirituality of the whole event really begins to hit home.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more emotional the poignancy and spirituality of the whole event really begins to hit home.

Paloma Faith looked resplendent in her eagerly anticipated yet still amazing outlandish outfit complete with balloons and a harness, she launched into a set that had a certain 'wow' factor. Paloma is one determined lady with a talent to back it all up, her cover of The Korgis' "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime", provided a perfect tone for the time and the place.

Nora Jones, the daughter of Ravi Shankar, followed on the Pyramid stage and played a gentle set paving the way for something a touch more raucous to follow, whilst The Hold Steady got them going on the Other stage, Craig Finn is one of those frontmen who looks like he shouldn't be a frontman, but he's mesmerising and you can't take your eyes off him.

We simply had to see Slash; the man's a legend so there was no way this was going to pass us by and we duly took our place  to be rewarded with a proper bit of stylish rock 'n roll. Singer Myles Kennedy is a proper frontman for the band - Axl who? It's fair to say that the set blew the crowd away and the inclusion of 'Sweet Child of Mine' got everyone up and singing along, it was emotional, but the real pinnacle came with the ending song 'Paradise City' there were some tears - Motherfuckers! How did a metal legend manage to do that?

Next up was the legendary Ray Davies occupying the coveted Sunday afternoon slot reserved for those rather special performers. To say that this was an emotionally charged set is something of an understatement. Davies played tribute to bassist Pete Quaife, who died on Wednesday and the set was dedicated to him. Joining him on stage were the Crouch End Festival Choir who added another level of heart wrenching raw emotion as the man cracked through legendary song after legendary song. The set included 'Dedicated Follower Of Fashion', 'Til The End Of The Day', 'Sunny Afternoon', 'You Really Got Me', 'Shangri-La', 'Victoria', 'The Village Green Preservation Society' (specifically dedicated to Quaife) and during 'Days' it was clear that Davies was trying to hold back the tears. That did it for me - Glasto turned into sob city, emotional, evocative and pure gold.

Talking to other people at the festival it seems that I wasn't the only one reduced to tears at Glastonbury this year; several others confessed to shedding the odd tear the whole event was so emotionally charged, anyone who was there will understand the sheer intense emotional overload that built up over the weekend.

Glasto turned into sob city, emotional, evocative and pure gold.

I only caught a bit of MGMT because I'd promised to go and check out Blasted Mechanism over on the West Dance stage, now why I headed off for West Holts I have no idea, some people are legendary for their artistic abilities, I am legendary for my sense of direction. Having left ourselves plenty of time to catch the set it was typical to wind up running hell for leather and praying that they'd let us in the pit. The lovely people at the West Dance couldn't have been more helpful as we made it just in time but I'm very glad that there were not too many people there as the sight of me trying to leap the barrier and being helped (or hauled) over was not pretty - funny - but not pretty!

It was a real shame that Blasted Mechanism drew such an early slot as this band is ideally a night-time experience, the full show needs to be seen in the dark to get the full impact of that light show. It was also sad that the guys were up against such strong competition as they only got a small crowd and folks really missed out on a dynamic set. This Portuguese electro-rock band are known for their theatrical live shows, they bring an unusual fusion of musical styles and this Glastonbury appearance was Blasted Mechanism’s first UK performance. What we saw was utterly impressive, the guys should catch on big time in the UK they have something different and quite unique to offer - we suggest you check them out.

Moving on we rushed back to the Pyramid to catch Faithless. Earlier on we'd seen Maxi Jazz in the hospitality area as he was making a lot of time for the fans and it was impressive to watch, the guy is obviously as beautiful on the inside as he is on the outside, it's refreshing to see.

Faithless is a live experience you really need to have, the spine tingling sensational aura surrounding this band is almost indescribable

The set that Faithless produced on the Pyramid was nothing short of magnificent; they drew a massive crowd and had them eating out of their hands from the moment they stepped onto the stage. This is a live experience you really need to have,  the spine tingling sensational aura surrounding this band is almost indescribable, 'We Come One' sets the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up mode as thousands of festival folk literally do become one. Maxi Jazz is very inch the preacher man in his white suit all unbuttoned revealing a lean and honed torso. 'God is a DJ' raises even the high level of emotion another notch on an already emotionally overloaded crowd. The set once again reduces grown adults (and performers) to tears, yet at the end we were energised and rejuvenated, the Faithless set left everyone exhilarated and in awe.

There were some good performances from Jack Johnson, LCD Soundsystem and Orbital (who were joined by none other than Dr Who in person) but the night just had to belong to Stevie Wonder.

There must have been more than 100,000 plus people who turned out to see this Motown legend perform his Glastonbury set, I swear that the rest of the site must have been half empty. When a legend of this stature is due to take to the stage it's a bit of a nail biting moment, things could go one of two ways and you can only hope it goes the right way. We shouldn't have worried - from the off this was the stuff of legend - a legend himself creating a legendary moment. Wonder dedicated the performance to Michael Jackson, performing a harmonica version of "Human Nature." at one point he was rolling around on the floor playing the keytar for all he was worth.

Stevie Wonder pulled out hit after hit: 'My Eyes Don't Cry', 'Master Blaster (Jammin')', 'We Can Work It Out', 'As If You Read My Mind', 'If You Really Love Me', 'Higher Ground', 'Dont You Worry 'Bout A Thing', 'Living For The City', 'Human Nature', 'Uptight (Everything's Alright)', 'For Once In My Life', 'Fingertips (Pt 2)', 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours', 'Sir Duke', 'I Just Called To Say I Love You', 'Superstition', 'Free' and 'Happy Birthday'. Each and every song was delivered perfectly and peppered with sing-along moments for the crowd. There was audience interaction from start to finish and there was awe on the faces of the audience as many of the younger members looked on wide eyed and astonished as they realised that many of the numbers they had loved were down to Stevie Wonder.

"If I could see I could really kick some ass. If you're gonna be a hater just go drink some haterade and just die" he declared before launching into 'Living For The City'. Wonder also asked that equality for disabled people be on the agenda so that all those with impairments could "celebrate the world as you do" - a simple plea yet a sad reflection why it is necessary to still have to make it in the 21st century. The emotionally charged finale was, to say the least, overwhelming as Michael Eavis (why is he not yet Sir Michael Eavis?) joined Wonder on stage for 'Happy Birthday' - he even sang along after being presented with a harmonica , loudly and out of tune - it was beautiful.

And so ended the most beautiful, spiritual and emotional Glastonbury - a seminal year to say the least