Kaiser Chiefs: 'Glasto secret set was an honour'

Kaiser Chiefs have spoken out about 'the honour' of opening Glastonbury festival 2014, describing their 'secret' set as 'a celebration' of their successful year. 

The band kicked off the first main day of music at the festival, taking to The Other Stage at 11am for a hit-packed set. 

"We were a bit nervous because it was really raining quite heavily before we went on and it stopped ten minutes before, the skies cleared and the crowd was huge," said guitarist Andrew 'Whitey' White. "We were taking bets and thought there'd only be about 200-300 people."

He continued: "It's a great honour to be asked to play, and it's great that we opened it but any time we're asked to play Glastonbury, it's the focal point of the year for us and we base our year around it. 

"It's a bit rubbish that you can't really do a 'secret' show - the whole 'leaky teaser' tweet stuff is a load of bollocks, but it was great." 

Drummer Vijay Mistry added: "There's been such a big build-up sine we first heard that we might be doing Glastonbury, then you walk on stage and you're like 'wow - there's loads of people here. It's been a strange one, because we've had the success of the album and that's something we're really proud of, but it's been weird because it's almost like we haven't fully-celebrated it in this country yet. It's a No.1 album but we've been touring everywhere else and not really sure about what's going on and today was the first time we got to play to a big UK audience."

The band have to leave after their John Peel Stage headline slot tonight, but said that if they were around they would certainly have seen Metallica. 

"I don't understand why there's controversy," said Vijay. "They're a huge band and they're an institution in music. As far as what's required to headline Glastonbury, I think they tick every box - something a bit different, huge songs.

"People love to moan, and the internet allows them to do that. I remember when Jay Z headlined and there's was loads of moaning about 'hip hop at Glastonbury' and it turned out to be amazing. There's supposed to be peace, love and a bohemian feeling. An appreciation of everything and all the arts. Let it go man, they're great."

Whitey added: "That's the beauty of Glastonbury, is that you do festivals all around and realise that Glastonbury just do whatever the hell they want. It's brilliant. If you don't like it, don't come - or go do some naked yoga or something."