Glastonbury 2024: Jessie Ware debuts new track with Romy on the West Holts Stage

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Will Smith debuted his new single “You Can Make It” at the 2024 BET Awards, just two days after releasing the track that features Fridayy and Sunday Service Choir.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

Blondshell revealed to fans at Glastonbury 2024 that production of her second album is well under way, and she debuted two new tracks to prove it.Performing on the Woodsies stage earlier today (June 30), Blondshell told the crowd: “I’m making a new album, we’re gonna play a couple of songs from it.”The LA-based artist gave the audience a taste of two new tracks — the first, which she didn’t reveal a title for, is a grungy exploration of a toxic relationship, that features the lyrics “You want me to be famous so you can live by proxy / You always had a reason to comment on my body”. The second track debuted at the festival is called ‘T&A’, which Blondshell told the crowd “stands for tits and ass”.Elsewhere during her first ever Glastonbury performance, Blondshell covered ‘Jane Says’ by Jane’s Addiction, introducing it as a “very American cover”.

Jessie Ware and Romy have released a new track, ‘Lift You Up’. Check it out below.Ware brought Romy on to perform the track during her headline slot on Glastonbury 2024’s West Holts stage last night (June 29) and the pair have now released it as a single.A euphoric slice of disco-infused house, ‘Lift You Up’ is Ware’s first new music since last year’s ‘Hello Love’, while Romy last released ‘Always Forever’ at the end of May.

French electronic duo Justice will be performing at Glastonbury this evening bringing the good vibes to Worthy Farm.

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.

Bloc Party played a huge, fun-packed early evening set on the Other Stage at Glastonbury 2024 today (June 29), as well as airing new material. Check out what went down and the setlist below.The band, who are currently celebrating 20 years together on the road to a huge show playing classic debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in London in full next month, delivered a career-spanning set – including fan-favourite ‘00s indie bangers ‘Banquet’, ‘Mercury’, ‘Flux’, ‘Helicopter’ and ‘So Here We Are’.

Charli XCX was joined by Robyn and The xx’s Romy during her set at Glastonbury 2024 – watch footage below.Last night (June 28), the ‘Brat’ singer took to the Levels stage for ‘Charli XCX Presents Partygirl’, and was joined by Robyn for a performance of ‘With Every Heartbeat’.Robyn, who previously teamed up with Yung Lean on a for summer-ready remix of ‘360’, has been working with and Charli since last year, when the ‘Von dutch’ singer confirmed they’d been in the studio “making music together”.Charli was also joined by Romy, who remixed Robyn’s track, ‘Dancing on My Own’.Romy, from the indie rock band the xx, remixes Robyn's "Dancing on My Own" at Charli XCX's "Partygirl" DJ set at #Glastonbury. https://t.co/s6ndJEU8NL pic.twitter.com/jPwlR1OQ20— Variety (@Variety) June 29, 2024Charli XCX brought out Robyn for "With Every Heartbeat" at her #Glastonbury "Partygirl" DJ set.

Kasabian have just delivered an explosive surprise performance at Glastonbury 2024, with a setlist that included their biggest hits, a taste of their forthcoming new era and homages to dance music.After taking to the Woodsies stage at 6pm today (Saturday, June 29), the band were met with an energetic and hearty response from the crowd, opening with ‘Club Foot’ from their 2004 self-titled debut album. This was their fifth time at Worthy Farm, but the first since the departure of frontman Tom Meighan in 2020.For Sergio Pizzorno, it seemed to be a momentous occasion.

Jamie xx was joined by The xx bandmates Romy and Oliver Sim during his Glastonbury 2024 set.The trio reunited on the Woodsies Stage yesterday (June 28) when the ‘In Waves’ producer led his set into ‘Waited All Night’, a track off his forthcoming sophomore album that features both Romy and Sim.They went on to perform Jamie xx’s 2009 rework of Florence + the Machine‘s ‘You’ve Got the Love’, which itself a cover of the classic 1986 house song by The Source and Candi Staton. Before they took their leave, fans also watched Romy and Sims take part in a group hug with Jamie.Social media users on Twitter/X shared their excitement at the reunion of the indie pop trio, who last performed together as a band in 2018.

Jessie Ware is bringing her dance-floor fillers to this year’s Glastonbury music festival. The singer is taking to the West Holts stage on Saturday.

Sugababes have taken to social media to air their grievances against Glastonbury after overcrowding led to the West Holts stage being closed off to a large number of attendees on Friday.On Friday (June 28), Sugababes performed at the West Holts stage. However, what was meant to be a joyous affair for fans turned into frustration as a large portion of fans were turned away from entering the stage area to watch the group.For the second time in a row, stages to Sugababes sets at Glastonbury were blocked off due to overcrowding.

Glastonbury 2024 – a first for the festival that celebrates South Asian culture. Check out our video on the Arrivals area above.The Arrivals stage is based in the Shangri-La area of the Worthy Farm site and has been designed by a group of South Asian cultural organisations, including Going South, Dialled In and Daytimers.

Glastonbury Festival returns to Worthy Farm this weekend, welcoming artists like Coldplay, SZA and Avril Lavigne to one of the world’s most legendary music festivals.Ticket holders have been flooding the gates since yesterday morning, ready for a full weekend of music, atmosphere and hopefully good weather.But for those who didn’t manage to secure tickets to the annual event, or for anyone who just wants to catch a bit of the action from home without having to get their waterproofs on, the festival will be available to watch on mainstream TV.You’ll be able to watch the festival highlights and headliner sets live on BBC One, Two and Four, alongside short special features about some of the artists and their road to Glastonbury.On Friday (June 28), coverage begins on BBC Four at 7:30pm with the Sugababes. Later on you’ll be able to catch the IDLES set at 10:15pm, unless you’ve already switched over to BBC One for the headliner set from Dua Lipa, starting at 10pm.Saturday’s coverage kicks off at 5pm on BBC Two, and flicking between channels will mean you can catch The Last Dinner Party’s set at 7pm and Keane at 8pm on BBC Four, before switching over to BBC One for Coldplay at 10pm.

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Glastonbury 2024, promising a place for festival-goers to “find themselves” at the Woodsies area. Watch our video on The Tree Stage above.The Tree Stage is Glasto’s new outdoor area, set beneath an oak tree décor canopy with LED screens and state of the art soundsystem – designed to “zero into the immersive, ambient and experimental”.The area is described as a “playground for sound” for artists to indulge in an “audio-visual spectacle”, and is set to see figures from the worlds of the arts, folk, science and music with work and events by Jon Hopkins, Merlin Sheldrake, Ana Roxanne and more“It’s bringing something really new and refreshing to the area,” area organiser Lilith Piper told NME. “It’s very much trying to integrate this whole space into being a new listening experience, quite literally in the trees.

Glastonbury Festival 2024 has officially kicked off, as its doors have just opened.The gates officially opened at 8am this morning (June 26), permitting entry to ticketholders who have been arriving at the festival site since 4pm yesterday (June 25). Emily Eavis was in attendance to welcome festivalgoers – you can watch a clip of the gates opening below.A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)As Eavis walked up to the gates at Worthy Farm, a band played the iconic Rocky theme song before Emily preceded a countdown with a hearty “Welcome to Glastonbury!”Glastonbury 2024 will welcome over 200,000 festivalgoers and stage a full bill of music, entertainment and much more up until the early hours of Monday morning (July 1).Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA set to headline this year’s festival, alongside Shania Twain’s legends slot at Worthy Farm.