Ezra Furman closes out the Garden Stage on Saturday at End of the Road Festival

Introducing himself and his band as "The War On Drugs", Furman launched through his already-formidable back catalogue, which fuses incisive and personal lyrics with a heady mix of doo-wop, punk and old fashioned rock 'n roll. In the midst of his relentlessly effervescent performance, he found time to thank End of the Road and Britain as a whole for their support (although he then noted, tongue-in-cheek, that he "still owes us nothing").

Ending with the punchy, sax-heavy queer anthem "Body Was Made" and a celebratory cover of "Higher and Higher", a giddy Furman collapsed to the floor and was carried off stage by his bandmates, before flinging himself back on for a final reprise of the Jackie Wilson classic.