Del Rey kept fans waiting for an additional 30 minutes before gracing the stage at 11pm, explaining to the crowd, “I’m so fucking late they may cut my set. I’m sorry, my hair takes so long. If they cut the power, let’s keep going.”

Due to the curfew, the festival organisers were forced to cut her set short just one hour after she began her performance, abruptly pulling the plug midway through. This came after Del Rey addressed the crowds, saying, “I was so fucking late that I am about to rush this set to death.”

Del Rey continued, “If they cut the power, I’m super fucking sorry. Let’s keep on running the set as it’s supposed to go.”

Lana Del Rey apologizing to fans for being late pic.twitter.com/WbITGRDC50

— jude (@jfloridakilos) June 24, 2023

Despite telling the crowds, “I love you to death,” fans were understandably feeling let down by the performer’s inability to arrive on time to deliver a complete performance. The power was cut midway through Del Rey’s planned set, forcing the crowds and Lana to complete the iconic “Video Games” a capella.  

Lana getting the crowd to sing along to Video Games after they cut the mic pic.twitter.com/nf1Q7nAfwu — jude (@jfloridakilos) June 24, 2023

Despite the onslaught of boos from the crowd, Del Rey continued to perform with no power, approaching the crowds in the pit to perform an a capella version of “Summertime Sadness” as her final track of the night before being escorted away by her team.

Lana singing Summertime Sadness with fans as her final song pic.twitter.com/Daf5p0IQAI

— jude (@jfloridakilos) June 24, 2023

Six songs were cut from the set as a result of Del Rey’s lateness, including “Venice Bitch,” an unreleased track titled “Bittersweet Anthem” and the fan favourite “Summertime Sadness,” which was performed in a rushed version as Del Rey stood barefoot in front of the pit with no microphone and no screens to aid her.  

Whilst Del Rey was met with boos from the crowd at the beginning and end of her performance, some fans channeled their annoyance towards the Glastonbury organisers, with one fan tweeting that Glastonbury “did her dirty” during “the biggest show of her career.”

Nah @glastonbury firstly Lana should have been a Pyramid headliner and you did her dirty. THEN you cut her Mic off when she’s playing easily the biggest show of her career. Revolting behaviour. Especially when other artists are still playing other stages. Rude. — Emily (@EmilyG_____) June 24, 2023

Another fan called it “the best Glasto performance I”ve seen for years,” despite all the problems.  

Can’t believe they cut Lana Del Rey sound @glastonbury before finishing set, best Glasto performance I’ve seen for years. Insanity

— Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) June 24, 2023

Del Rey is set to perform at a sold out show at British Summer Time Hyde Park on 09/07/2023. Here’s hoping she arrives on time.

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Now the band have collaborated with Eric Barone, creator of video games such as Stardew Valley, on a new video for one of the album’s new tracks, the dreamy “Many Mirrors”.  Barone, already a fan of Alvvays, heard “Many Mirrors” and was inspired to create a video based on old-school side-scrolling video games.

Discussing the process of making the video, Eric Barone said, “It’s not every day I get an email from a cool band like Alvvays. When I learned they were fans of Stardew Valley, it felt like a real honor. The whole album is fantastic, but the song “Many Mirrors” had a pure, adventurous energy to it that really resonated with me. I took that feeling, and used it to create a visual world in my mind’s eye… and that’s what ultimately turned into this video. I had a lot of fun making it, and I’m really happy to be able to contribute, in a small way, to the band’s story!”

You can watch the video here.

Originating back in 2011 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the band gained attention with 2014’s debut Alvvays, whilst 2017’s sophomore album Antisocialites further honed their sound.  The release of the second album was followed by an extensive North American tour, on which the group often played slots supporting The National.  The road to the release of their third album, after the tour, was not an easy one – lead singer Molly Rankin’s apartment was burgled shortly after work began on new songs, and a recorder containing several demos was stolen.  This was closely followed by a basement flood, which threatened to destroy all of the band’s gear.  Despite these setbacks, however, Alvvays renewed efforts on a third album in October 2021, and Blue Rev was recorded in a Los Angeles studio with producer Shawn Everett.  The album was released almost a year later.

The group have also added UK and European tour dates to their upcoming 2023 tour.  Check out more, and buy tickets, here.  Full dates and venues for the UK and Europe are listed below:

24/05/2022 – o2 Kentish Town Forum – London, UK
27/05 – Dot to Dot Festival – Bristol, UK
28/05 – Dot to Dot Festival – Nottingham, UK
30/05 – New Century – Manchester, UK
31/05 – Galvanizers – Glasgow, UK
02/06 – Primavera Sound – Barcelona, ES
04/06 – Trabendo – Paris, FR
05/06 – Botanique – Brusselles, BE
06/06 – Astra Kulturhaus – Berlin, DE
09/06 – Primavera Sound – Madrid, ES