Glastonbury festival gets underway as Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye kick off proceedings from The Other Stage.

 PILTON, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 28, 2013) (BBC-OTHER STAGE) -  British rocker Liam Gallagher kicked off three days of music at the Glastonbury festival on Friday (June 28), cheered on by mud-splattered revellers glad to see the skies clear after 18 hours of rain.

Despite vowing never to play at Glastonbury again after criticising the event in 2004, the former Oasis frontman kicked off an hour-long set with "Flick of the Finger" and pulled out crowd pleasers like "Morning Glory".

"It's never too early for a bit of rock 'n roll aggro, is it?" a black-clad Gallagher told the heaving crowd, wearing a pair of sunglasses.

Other acts on the bill for Friday include Sinead O'Connor, Dizzee Rascal, Rita Ora, and headliners Arctic Monkeys, while the year's main act, The Rolling Stones, will play on Saturday and British folk rockers Mumford & Sons on Sunday.

More than 135,000 fans have descended on the farm located about 130 miles (210 km) southwest of London for Britain's largest music festival, which started off as a retreat for about 1,500 hippies in 1970 who paid one pound and got free milk.