Nick Grimshaw asked the tens of thousands of gathered festivalgoers to unite in a minute of quiet.
“Obviously, like you guys, all of us at Radio 1 have been thinking about Manchester all week,” he said.
“We’ve been completely heartbroken and we thought it might be nice if we could take a minute’s silence for everyone who lost their lives in Manchester on Monday.
“After that, we’re gonna make as much noise as we can – as a community of music lovers.”
After the emotional silence, he prompted an overwhelming cheer.
Also at the two-day event, Zara Larson – the opening act – paid her own respects.
Introducing her song Symphony, she said: “I know there’s a lot of genres of music but music itself it doesn’t have a religion, a country, or an ethnicity.
“It’s something that we do and it unites us all – and I want this song to be dedicated to what happened in Manchester, because it’s about wanting to be a part of someones Symphony, someone’s life, and that to me is the most important thing.”
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