Glastonbury 2024: Blondshell debuts two new tracks at Woodsies

Sophie Ellis-Bextor joined Peggy Gou to perform ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ at Glastonbury 2024 – watch the performance below.The moment took place during Peggy Gou’s set at the Park Stage at Worthy Farm on Saturday (June 29), the South Korean DJ – who became the first female DJ to headline the stage – wound the clock back to party with Ellis-Bextor, inviting the latter onstage to perform the cult classic track that recently went viral.Watch the performance below.Ellis-Bextor’s ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ – first released in 2001 – enjoyed a massive resurgence late last year and early this year thanks to its inclusion in a particularly infamous and cheeky scene from Saltburn.The 2024 edition of Glastonbury has now come to a close, with SZA turning in a four-star headlining showcase at the Pyramid Stage despite technical issues, while The National put on a five-star closing slot at the Other Stage.Over the weekend Kasabian rocked up to Woodsies for their not-so-secret set, Coldplay‘s electric headlining set on Saturday scored them a four-star review. Little Simz‘s Pyramid performance marked her bid as a future headliner, while Camila Cabello shone a chaotic performance.Most recently, festival organiser Emily Eavis confirmed last night (June 30) that Glastonbury will be taking a year off in 2026, and would next return in 2027 after its 2025 outing.Check back at NME for the latest Glastonbury 2024 news, reviews, interviews, photos, rumours and more.

Shania Twain has addressed speculation that Harry Styles will make an appearance at her Glastonbury 2024 Legends set this Sunday (June 30).In an exclusive feature by The Sun, Twain gave an inside look to her forthcoming Pyramid Stage set, which she promises to be an epic performance with “all the hits”.She also added that the door is open for Harry Styles to join her onstage, following her appearance at his Coachella 2022 set. “I was Harry’s guest at Coachella so if he attends Glastonbury, then I will make him come up with me.

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Glastonbury 2024 has come to an end – the Worthy Farm festival saw out its last day with the likes of Shania Twain, Janelle Monáe, Avril Lavigne and of course, headliner SZA. Catch up on everything that happened with our news recap below.Paloma Faith took the Pyramid Stage in the afternoon, and after saying, “We love you Amy, you’re here in spirit,” launched into a cover of Amy Winehouse’s 2007 hit ‘Back To Black’.Indie rock artist – and NME Cover star – Blondshell debuted two new songs at Glastonbury, one of which is titled ‘T&A’, which musician Sabrina Teitelbaum told the crowd “stands for tits and ass”.Avril Lavigne has been in the music business 22 years (her debut album ‘Let Go’ was released in 2022).

Dua Lipa has responded after being wrongly accused of miming when she headlined Glastonbury 2024 on Friday (June 28).Lipa was the first artist to headline Glastonbury this year, ahead of Saturday headliner Coldplay and Sunday’s SZA, bringing out Kevin Parker as a surprise guest to sing Tame Impala’s ‘The Less I Know The Better’.The pop star later became the subject of claims online that her performance on the Pyramid Stage had been “too polished to be live”.

The National have performed a mesmerising set at this year’s edition of Glastonbury Festival – here’s what they played.The band – comprised of Matt Berninger, twin brothers Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner, and brothers Scott Devendorf and Bryan Devendorf – headlined the Other stage today (June 30). To kick off their set, they played ‘Don’t Swallow the Cap’, ‘Eucalyptus’, ‘Tropic Morning News’ and ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’.“Thank you so much.

Fontaines D.C. caught up with NME backstage at Glastonbury 2024, where we spoke about what to expect from new album ‘Romance’, their Glasto schedule clash with IDLES, and being proud of their love of nu-metal KoRn.Friday night saw the Irish post-punks play a blinding set headlining The Park Stage, receiving a glowing five-star review from NME. However, some fans were dismayed that the Glasto schedule meant choosing whether to watch them or IDLES’ stellar set at The Other Stage.“‘Clash Of The Shitans’, we’re calling it,” IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen told NME about the clash.

Justice have closed out Glastonbury‘s West Holts stage with a spectacular set – here’s everything they played tonight (June 30).The French electro-house duo returned to the festival seven years after they last performed at the West Holts stage in 2017. This year, they played through their most recent album ‘Hyperdrama‘, with hits including their Tame Impala collaboration ‘One Night/All Night’.They also brought back old classics including ‘D.A.N.C.E’ and ‘Genesis’, both taken from their seminal debut self-titled album (2007).After an electrifying light show and over an hour of invigorating basslines, the DJs then concluded their show with ‘Neverender’, where they walked into the crowd and at one point stood on the shoulders of festival-goers to raucous applause.Take a look at a snippet of Justice’s triumphant closing show here and check out their setlist below:Given up on SZA.

SZA has wrapped up her headlining set at the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, drawing the 2024 edition of the festival to a close – here’s what she played.After teasing a new album at BST Hyde Park, SZA took over the Pyramid Stage as the final headliner at Worthy Farm 2024, which was mired by technical difficulties for a good portion of its runtime.For around 30 minutes, fans live-streaming SZA’s set were unable to hear the ‘Kill Bill’ properly, with some complaining that the mic was faulty and muddy. Once the issue was fixed however, SZA sounded great and went on to deliver an enchanting performance.SZA kicked off her set with ‘PSA’ and ‘Love Galore’, and played other hits like ‘F2F’ and ‘Kill Bill’ later on in the show.SZA performando ‘Love Galore’ no Glastonbury, em Londres pic.twitter.com/D0jrU4lA0R— SZA ICONIC (@szaiconic) June 30, 2024.@SZA performing ‘Snooze’ at Glastonbury! pic.twitter.com/P5MsEVAup2— SZA Source (@sourcesza) June 30, 2024.@SZA performing ‘Low’ at Glastonbury! pic.twitter.com/Lu4GFa2lJZ— SZA Source (@sourcesza) June 30, 2024‘PSA’‘Love Galore’‘Broken Clocks’‘All The Stars’‘Prom’‘Garden (Say It Like Dat)’‘Drew Barrymore’‘F2F’‘Forgiveless’‘Ghost in the Machine’‘Blind’‘Shirt’‘Kiss Me More’ (Doja Cat cover)‘I Hate U’‘Snooze’‘Kill Bill’‘Low’‘Special’‘Open Arms’‘Nobody Gets Me’‘Normal Girl’‘Saturn’‘Rich Baby Daddy’ (Drake cover)‘The Weekend’‘Good Days’’20 Something’For Sunday’s performances, Avril Lavigne treated the Other Stage to an unashamed nostalgia fest, earning the Canadian pop-punk princess a three-star rating.

London Grammar gave an emotional headline performance on Glastonbury‘s Park Stage tonight (June 30). Here’s what they played.Lead singer Hannah Reid was visibly stunned as she took to the stage prior to the band’s third Glastonbury performance.

Romy has graced Glastonbury‘s Woodsies stage today (June 30) with a lush, romantic setlist – here’s what she played this year.The xx member took to Woodsies a day after her surprise appearance with Jessie Ware to play through hits from her latest album, ‘Mid Air‘, including ‘Enjoy Your Life’ and ‘She’s On My Mind’.Romy took to the stage at the beginning of her set to congratulate the crowd for making it to the last day of the festival: “You’ve made it to Sunday, you’re all legends… let’s keep it going!”She also acknowledged her performing on the last day of Pride, adding: “This is for all my queers in the crowd… Let’s go lesbians!”Along with her remix of Ariana Grande‘s ‘Into You’, Romy also covered The xx’s ‘Angels’, before closing out with her Fred again.. collaboration ‘Strong’.

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have spoken to NME about the 20th anniversary of their beloved ‘rom-zom-com’ Shaun of the Dead, which were they presenting at the Pilton Palais cinema at Glastonbury Festival.The filmmaking duo, the who created the so-called Cornetto Trilogy – comprised of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End – between 2004 and 2013, also discussed approaches they have received to “sequelize” the film and their plans to make a new movie.NME: Hi Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright! Have you been surprised by the amount of renewed interest in Shaun of the Dead lately?Simon Pegg: “It’s kind of never really gone away since we made it… Whenever there was some crisis, that meme of me with the beer popped up. But it’s nice to get to 20 years and realise that people are still talking about it.”Edgar Wright: “Also, I think the main subject of conversation is people saying: ‘Oh, fuck! That was 20 years ago! Oh my God – I’m old! What have I done with my life?”Pegg: “We always said that we weren’t parodying zombie movies with Shaun of the Dead; we were parodying romantic comedies – if we were parodying anything. Shaun of the Dead is a zombie movie; there’s no satirical edge there aimed at the genre itself.

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AURORA caught up with NME backstage at Glastonbury 2024 to tell us about working with Bring Me The Horizon and her plans for Wembley Arena. Watch our video interview and check out the full chat below.Shortly before she took to the stage for a blissed-out performance at The Park, the Norwegian art-pop star spoke to us backstage to share what it was like to lend her vocals to BMTH’s ‘Limousine’ from new album ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘.When asked about the collab earlier this month, Bring Me frontman Oli Sykes told NME: “I know what I wanted on that song and that was someone to bring something that could level it up – someone like a really ethereal, haunting, beautiful, voice,” he told NME.

Avril Lavigne made her debut performance on Glastonbury‘s Other Stage today. Here’s what she played.In one of the weekend’s most highly-anticipated performances, Lavigne delighted fans with a setlist jam-packed with nostalgic hits.

English Teacher have spoken to NME about their love for Sheffield songwriter Richard Hawley and his Standing At The Sky’s Edge musical – watch the interview above.Speaking at Glastonbury 2024, vocalist Lily Fontaine, alongside guitarist Lewis Whiting and bassist Nicholas Eden, told us about their experience of seeing the show, which is currently playing in London’s West End. The production interpolates a slew of tracks from across Hawley’s discography, including 2006’s Mercury-nominated ‘Coles Corner’ album.“After our recent New York show, I went outside and a guy came up to me and said, ‘I really enjoyed the set. I live here but I’m from Sheffield’,” Fontaine said.

Janelle Monae has wrapped up her Pyramid Stage performance at Glastonbury 2024 – check out fan reactions below.On Sunday (June 30), Monae took to the Pyramid Stage shortly after Shania Twain for a powerful showcase of audio and visual excellence. She kicked off her set with ‘Float’ and ‘Champagne Shit’, decked out in flowers.After an outfit change, Janelle Monae returned with bangers ‘Django Jane, ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’, Electric Lady’ and ‘Lipstick Lover’ among others.Social media has reacted favourably to Janelle Monae’s set, with one X user writing: “Holy moly Janelle Monae can really sing”.

American R 'n' B singer SZA will take to one of the music world's most high-profile stages when she headlines Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage on Sunday, June 30.

Coldplay have debuted a new song with Little Simz tonight at Glastonbury 2024.The band, who tonight (June 29) played their record-breaking fifth headline slot at the Pyramid Stage, along with Friday’s headliner Dua Lipa, have become one of the first acts to have their Glastonbury sets streamed globally.They had plenty of surprises in store to mark the occasion, and brought out Little Simz to debut the new track midway through their set. Joined onstage by Elyanna, the VT showed clips of Burna Boy as they performed.Although the title of the song is as yet unknown, it’s rumoured to be titled ‘Supernova’, and features the line: “And so we pray” throughout its chorus.Burna Boy and Little Simz performing a new song with @coldplay at Glastonbury#ColdplayGlastonbury #Glastonburypic.twitter.com/9cl2Rt500v— Coldplay Access (@coldplayaccess) June 29, 2024Before the rapper stepped out on stage, the band had cycled through huge hits like ‘Yellow’ and a live-orchestra backed version of ‘The Scientist’, as well as bringing out Victoria Canal for ‘Paradise’.The new track is thought to be from the upcoming ‘Moon Music’ album, which they teased back in January was nearly finished, while describing it as a “second Music Of The Spheres volume.”Frontman Martin discussed the pressures of releasing new music with NME in 2021, when he noted how “intense” it was be to keep releasing fresh music.“We’re going to make 12 albums.

Sleaford Mods‘ Glastonbury 2024 performance has won over social media fans, but the band seemed less than impressed at the live crowd.The duo performed on the Woodsies stage at 9pm tonight (June 29). Opening with their 2023 track ‘UK GRIM’, it was a high-energy set, with a setlist that spanned their 17-year career.Their fourth Glastonbury appearance went down well on social media, with one Twitter user calling it “brilliantly mental”, and another saying it was “a joy to behold”.Well well , who’d have thought it , after all these years Sleaford Mods smashing a greatest hits set at Glastonbury.A joy to behold.