Overview

• Large crowds filled Portsmouth’s Southsea Common for opening-day sets by Queens of the Stone Age, Madness, Kaiser Chiefs and The Charlatans.
• Irish band The Mary Wallopers had their sound cut halfway through their first song after displaying a Palestinian flag and leading chants.
• Festival organisers said the cut followed a chant they described as discriminatory, while the band said it was a call to Free Palestine.
• The three-day event continues through Sunday with Vampire Weekend and Kings of Leon listed as headliners, with Kings of Leon having earlier canceled other UK dates over Caleb Followill’s heel injury.
• Kaiser Chiefs stepped in after Michael Kiwanuka withdrew last month due to illness, and comedian Chris McCausland pulled out on Friday with Crystal Tides taking his slot.