Roisin O'Connor
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Lana Del Rey appears to joke about chaotic Glastonbury performance during Hyde Park set
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something went wrong. Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }} Lana Del Rey… → Read More
Harry Styles struck in the face by object during Vienna concert
Incident is the latest involving audience members throwing objects at performers during live shows → Read More
Kelly Clarkson claims she was ‘lied to’ about one of her biggest songs
Musician and chat show host hit back at claims by Clive Davies, former chief of RCA Records → Read More
Taylor Swift and Paul Mescal among 398 individuals invited to join Film Academy
Academy has invited a number of actors, directors, musicians and writers to join its ranks → Read More
Sports presenter Richard Keys, 66, ‘marries daughter’s ex-best friend’, 35
Couple were reportedly wed in a small ceremony with their close friends and family → Read More
Glastonbury 2023 – latest: Elton John plays final UK show to one of festival’s biggest ever audiences
Elton John steps out onto Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2023 Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something went… → Read More
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has surgery for breast cancer
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Surprise guests and all the hits: Elton John closes out Glastonbury 2023 with a spectacular farewell show
With guest stars including Rina Sawayama and Stephen Sanchez, Elton John played one of Glastonbury’s greatest headline shows... and concluded one of its most mixed-bag weekends → Read More
Surprise guests and all the hits: Elton John closes out Glastonbury 2023 with a spectacular farewell show
With guest stars including Rina Sawayama and Stephen Sanchez, Elton John played one of Glastonbury’s greatest headline shows... and concluded one of its most mixed-bag weekends → Read More
Glastonbury 2023, Sunday live: Lil Nas X brings the drama ahead of Elton John’s headline show
Yusuf / Cat Stevens Of recent years the Legend Slot has tended towards the camp mid-afternoon party starter – Barry Gibb, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Diana Ross – and pop, soul and country one-namers: Kylie, Dolly, Lionel. Anything that the stage-front security can do a synchronised routine in aid of consigning to history the phrase “guilty pleasure”. 2023, however, recalls the roots of the slot, when… → Read More
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, diagnosed with breast cancer
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Glastonbury 2023, Sunday live: Chaos as Lana Del Rey’s set cut after singer starts 30 minutes late
Rina Sawayama appears to call out The 1975 frontman Matty Healy over podcast controversy Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{… → Read More
Glastonbury 2023, Saturday live: Lewis Capaldi fans praise ‘hero’ singer after he apologises for vocal issues
An interesting thread on Arctic Monkeys last night, and some additional thoughts from yours truly Everyone’s still talking about that Arctics headline set last night, along with this thread, which many seem to think chimes in with why not everyone was happy about the performance. While I’m pretty much 100% in agreement with the fact that most artists want to develop and change over time, and… → Read More
Lewis Capaldi orders fan to ‘stop crying’ as he sings ‘Before You Go’ at Glastonbury
Capaldi also pranked the audience by telling them Ed Sheeran would join him onstage at Worthy Farm → Read More
Glastonbury 2023 live: Reactions after Arctic Monkeys headline Pyramid Stage last night
Read Jazz Monroe’s five-star review of Arctic Monkeys... Arctic Monkeys begin their Glastonbury Friday night headline set in darkness, an ominous pulse ringing across the rammed fields like an elevator ticking off levels in a Kubrick film. Alex Turner walks on in a severely unbuttoned white shirt and open suit jacket, his hair manicured like vintage Roy Orbison. The choice of opener – the… → Read More
Emily Eavis appreciation and not-so-secret sets: 8 of the biggest Friday highlights at Glastonbury 2023
The Foo Fighters popped up in the least surprising surprise set of the weekend, while Kelis brought all the boys (and girls) to the yard with her dazzling set on the Park Stage → Read More
Glastonbury 2023 – live: Maisie Peters dazzles on the Pyramid Stage ahead of Arctic Monkeys headline show
Downpour drenches Glastonbury revellers on opening day of festival Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something… → Read More
Glastonbury 2023 – live: Trump flags spotted in the crowd as festival gets fully underway
Festival continues as Arctic Monkeys fans pray that frontman Alex Turner will recover from laryngitis in time for the Pyramid Stage on Friday → Read More
Billboard launches new platform to celebrate artists with Arab roots
New partnership with Saudi Research and Media Group announced at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity → Read More
Free milk, £1 camping and political protests: Glastonbury through the years, in pictures
As music fans return to Worthy Farm, it’s worth a look back on how much the world’s biggest festival has changed over the years → Read More