Billie Eilish became the youngest solo headliner at the festival with an inspiring opening to a pyramid set in Glastonbury.
The Grammy-winning 20-year-old singer was lifted from under the stage to create a dramatic entrance when a crowd of enthusiastic fans chanted her name on Friday night.
She has provided the audience with a selection of hits from two number one albums, including Bury A Friend, I Didn’t Change My Number, NDA, and My Strange Addiction.
Irish has performed typical energetic performances as he runs and dances across the stage. She wears a black and white graphic outfit with black striped arm warmers and hair in a bun.
So after I sang, she said. I love you very much. Are you ready to have fun? “
She temporarily stopped the show after the gentle rendition of her song Lovely and checked in to each section of the crowd to see how they were doing.
When the singer introduced You Should See Me in a Crown, she urged the audience to forget about their worries.
She seemed overwhelmed when she tried to give a speech, as the crowd shouted her name and could hardly hear it.
After a while, she instructed the audience to shout out their concerns as they said: .. I want her to have atrial fibrillation, “she said.
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The singer added, “I want everyone to feel loose and free, and I don’t want you to give you af *** for anything other than this moment.”
She co-stars with her brother and co-author FINNEAS O’Connell.
American pop stars debuted in Glastonbury in 2019, playing on the other stage and entertaining the audience with a series of tracks such as Bad Guy and You Should See Me In A Crown.
Sam Fender went up to the pyramid stage before Irish and played a selection of his popular tracks, including Seventeen Going Under, to a crowd of excited fans waving flags and singing together.
After playing the introduction, the 28-year-old singer said:
“I and the boys have never been here. We have never been here as a panther and have never played here. We do it all in one day. This Is the crazy experience. “
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Sam Fender playing on the pyramid stage (Benverchar / PA)
Will We Talk? , Spice, GetYouDown and other series of songs.
Fender also treated the crowd with many inspiring guitar solos while his band provided accompaniment.
After he finished playing, an inspirational moment came as the crowd continued to sing the beat of his Ivor Novello-winning song “Seventeen Going Under.”
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Crowd watching Sam Fender playing on the pyramid stage of the Glastonbury Festival (Benberchar / PA)
The Pyramid Stage has already seen many talents who just performed shortly after a flight from Los Angeles was canceled, including Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Crowded House, Rufus Wainwright, and Wolf Alice.
Sir Paul McCartney performed to surprise fans at an intimate music venue in Fromm, Somerset, when the entire festival was performed on Friday.
The former Beatles went up to Glastonbury’s main stage on Saturday, just a week after celebrating their 80th birthday, and played at the cheese and grain venue before becoming the oldest solo headliner.
Earlier on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky described Glastonbury as “the greatest concentration of freedom” and called on the world to “spread the truth” about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The President of Ukraine spoke via a video message played before the Libertines stage opening set on the big screen on another stage on Friday.
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Video message by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shown to the crowd on other stages during the Glastonbury Festival (Yui Mok / PA)
Great cheers and applause broke out on the stage at Worthy Farm, Somerset, ending with “Glory to Ukraine” and “Glory to Ukraine”.
At the same time, Ziggy Marley opened a pyramid stage in May 1981 in honor of his father, the late reggae pioneer Bob Marley, who died of skin cancer at the age of 36.
When the 53-year-old singer and guitarist played his father’s hits many times against the backdrop of photographs, Ziggy told the crowd: Today, my friend, I am here on behalf of my father. “
The Chemical Brothers, an electronic duo, has announced that member Tom Rollers is still recovering from Covid and must withdraw from Friday’s performance.
Other acts on Friday included Sugababes on the Avalon stage, as well as foals and St. Vincent on other stages, as well as Friday performances by Kae Tempest and The Libertines.
Eurovision winner Kalush Orchestra also performed on Friday’s bill on the Truth Stage in The Shangri-Las, making it the first performance in the UK since the victory.
