Pop sensation Lorde celebrated the release of her new album ‘Virgin’ by surprising fans and opening this year’s Glastonbury festival with a set where she performed the entirety of the new album and some of her most famous songs. The singer who was already widely rumoured to be one of the secret performers officially opened the festival by the Woodsies tent stage this morning.
The singer finished her set performing her songs ‘Ribs’ and ‘Green Light’. “I decided to play the whole record front to back,” she told the crowd. “This record took me a lot – I didn’t know if I would make another record to be honest, but I am back (and) completely free.”
Fans had been speculating that the singer would be one of the secret acts although she didn’t confirm anything when asked during an interview on BBC Radio 2, she said: “I am pretty keen to return to the festival. We’ll see if I can pull some strings and get there.”
The ‘Royals’ singer took to Instagram on Thursday by posting an earial photo of the Woodsies tent without a caption and later reshared it saying “11:30 AM BST.”
This morning, fans were running to the tent for a chance to see the performance which led security to shut off further access to the area due to overcrowding.
Rumours had led people to believe that the New Zealand singer would be the main stage guest, however were proven wrong after the singer shared where her performance would take place. The main guest, to even more people’s surprises saw the long awaited return of Scottish singer, Lewis Capaldi. The singer’s last performance being at Glastonbury in 2023 before he went on a needed hiatus to care for his mental health. The singer also released a comeback single called ‘Survive’.
Glastonbury festival runs until Sunday, with headliners including Olivia Rodrigo, The 1975 and Neil Young. Lorde previously performed on the Pyramid Stage in 2022.
