A “RING of steel” was being put up as Beyoncé brought the Glastonbury festival to a close last night.
Sources confirmed the American singer required tighter security than was planned for U2 and Coldplay.
Paul Simon also featured on the Sunday bill as the festival drew to a close under blue skies, in contrast to the previous three days of relentless rain.
Earlier, a close friend of the Prime Minister was found dead in mysterious circumstances on the festival site.
Senior Tory Christopher Shale was discovered slumped in a portable toilet in a backstage VIP area on Sunday morning.
David Cameron said he was “devastated” as he described his constituency chairman as a valued friend and a “big rock” in his life.
Sources said it was believed he suffered a heart attack.
Festival founder Michael Eavis later expressed his “deepest sympathy” as a police probe was launched on 900-acre Worthy Farm.
