after his surprise appearance at Coldplay’s electric Glastonbury set over the weekend.The beloved actor, who has been battling Parkinson’s Disease since 1991, left fans delighted after he appeared onstage in front of a 120,000-strong crowd at the annual music festival in England, UK.The “Back to the Future” star joined the band for two of their songs during the encore section, where frontman Chris Martin launched into a freestyle riff in the middle of their 2021 hit “Humankind.”Calling the experience “f–king mind-blowing,” the actor thanked the 7-time Grammy-winning band for having him on.“Glastonbury, all the love and thanks to the @coldplay team who took such great care of us,” Fox, 63, wrote on Instagram Sunday. “And many thanks to Chris, Will, Johnny, Guy and Phil.” “Oh yeah in case you were wondering…it was f–king mind-blowing.
Paul Heaton recalls “mind-blowing” first experience of playing Glastonbury in 1986
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Paul Heaton has looked back on his first-ever festival experience, and described what it was like to perform at Glastonbury before The Housemartins had their huge breakthrough with 1986 single ‘Happy Hour’.The frontman spoke to The Glastonbury Free Press following the gates opening for the 2024 edition yesterday (June 26). In the interview, he reflected on what it was like to perform at the Worthy Park site at the start of his career, and named the newer artists he would enlist for his dream festival line-up.“The Housemartins did Glastonbury back in 1986.
Even though I’d read about it, I had no idea how massive it was until I got there,” he explained, recalling how his first experience of a festival was playing at the site nearly four decades ago.“We were about to have our first hit with ‘Happy Hour’, so the only people who knew about us were people who had heard us on John Peel and Janice Long’s shows. We played around midday I think.“You could see people waking up and coming down the hill towards the stage while we were on.
It was dead exciting,” he added. “It went from 500 to a few thousand [which was] quite mind-blowing”.In the interview, Heaton also recalled the close rapport that he has gathered with his fans over the past 30 years, and explained that he puts the bond down to not taking himself too seriously – particularly when on stage.“A bit of cheekiness goes far.
If I started to go ‘You’re the best crowd I’ve ever played to,’ people would see it’s not genuine,” he said. “I think people like to have their leg pulled – especially by some cheeky old codger at 4pm”.While going on to praise Glastonbury for its diversity when it comes to the line-ups, describing it as “a real music fan’s festival” – Heaton also
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Paris, Lisbon, Sao Paulo … Stockport - The unlikely football talent factory supplying Man United, Man City and England
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Rianne Downey joins Paul Heaton on stage at Glastonbury
The Housemartins legend Paul Heaton onstage at Glastonbury 2024 – watch footage below.During his set at the Pyramid Stage yesterday (June 28), Heaton was joined by Downey, who later took to X/Twitter to express her gratitude.“I just played the Pyramid Stage ✨
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Glastonbury 2024: here are the biggest headlines from Friday
Glastonbury 2024’s first full day of performances (Friday, June 28) is at an end – from the likes of Damon Albarn and Kevin Parker making guest appearances to SEVENTEEN’s historic performance, here are the day’s biggest headlines.Early in the day, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker stoked rumours he’d appear on stage with Dua Lipa – whose latest album ‘Radical Optimism’ he had many production credits on – when he confirmed a surprise DJ set at Silver Hayes’ Firmly Rooted Soundsystem at 1am.Metal trio – and NME Cover stars – Voice of Baceprot became the first Indonesian band to play at Glastonbury, kicking off the day’s entertainment at the Woodsies stage. Read NME’s interview with Voice of Baceprot about the milestone – and why they initially thought Glastonbury was “out of reach”.Pledis boyband SEVENTEEN made history as the first K-pop group to perform at Glastonbury, giving the Pyramid stage a jubilant, colourful set.
Glastonbury 2024: here’s what Fontaines D.C. played
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Dua Lipa brings out Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker at Glastonbury
Dua Lipa and Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker have performed together at Glastonbury 2024 – watch footage of the performance below.Relatively early into her Pyramid Stage-closing performance on Friday (June 28), the pop singer brought out her Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker – with whom she collaborated for her latest album ‘Radical Optimism’. Together, they performed Tame Impala’s ‘The Less I Know The Better’.Watch footage of the collab below.DUA LIPA E KEVIN PARKER CANTANDO THE LESS I KNOW THE BETTER PQP Q COISA PERFEITA pic.twitter.com/XlZJdjn5NS— lipe (@dualivie) June 28, 2024Prior to the collaboration, she performed songs like ‘Training Season’, ‘One Kiss’, ‘Illusion’, ‘Break My Heart’, ‘Levitating’ and ‘These Walls’ among others.The first day of Glastonbury 2024 has been an action-packed affair: boyband SEVENTEEN made history as the first K-pop group to grace the Pyramid Stage, while Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers played Glastonbury for the second year in a row this afternoon, moving up to the Park Stage from the Crows Nest and Acoustic Stage.Elsewhere, Paul Heaton and Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) had a mini Housemartins reunion, as they performed the 1986 hit ‘Happy Hour’ during Heaton’s Pyramid Stage set.
Scots singer takes to Glastonbury's iconic pyramid stage alongside music legend
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Glastonbury 2024: Paul Heaton and Norman Cook reunite for Housemartins classic
Paul Heaton and Norman Cook have reunited to perform a Housemanrtins classic at Glastonbury 2024.It’s relatively early into day one of Glastonbury 2024, but Paul Heaton might have already set up one of the biggest moments of the weekend. During his set at the Pyramid Stage today (June 28), Heaton surprised punters in attendance by bringing out his former Housemartins bandmate Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) to perform their 1986 hit ‘Happy Hour’.Watch fan-shot footage and see reactions to the mini reunion below.Paul Heaton on the Pyramid Stage with Norman Cook on Guitars!It’s Happy Hour!#PaulHeaton#riannedowney #normancook #glastonbury2024 pic.twitter.com/SQW5UmHFvs— Jonathan Boyers (@jmboyers) June 28, 2024Is it too early to say that Norman Cook joining Paul Heaton for "Happy Hour" is the moment of the weekend?I'm calling it anyway.— Alex McLaughlan (@alexmclaughlan) June 28, 2024Just watching The Paul Heaton set on the Glastonbury main stage.
The Mary Wallopers play Glastonbury’s Park Stage for the first time
The Mary Wallopers played Glastonbury for the second year in a row this afternoon, moving up to the Park Stage from the Crows Nest and Acoustic Stage.The six-piece brought their energetic mix of Celtic folk and punk to one of the main stages for the first time, charming festivalgoers with their anti-capitalist lyrics and liberal use of innuendo. They began with ‘Bold O’Donogue’ and ‘Love Will Never Conquer Me’, before ‘The Rich Man and The Poor Man’, during which they thrilled the crowd with the lyric: “The rich are fucking cuntions”.The band then went on to express support for Palestine amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza war before the start of the anti-war track ‘Lots of Little Soldiers’.They were witty too: “What, did you think you were coming to see professionals?” quipped Charles Hendy as his bandmates had to quickly retune between tracks.Peter Hooton, frontman of 1990s indie dance band The Farm, was among those in attendance as The Wallopers worked their way through renditions of folk classics, tweeting: “Absolutely packed at the Park stage for the brilliant @MaryWallopers.”Absolutely packed at the Park stage for the brilliant @marywallopers @glastonbury pic.twitter.com/KMww5P43Oe— TheFarm/PeterHooton (@TheFarm_Peter) June 28, 2024It looks as though the band may have found themselves some new fans with their set, one telling them on Twitter/X that they’d “never heard of you before today but absolutely loving it, pure happiness,” while another described them as “unreal”.Earlier this week (June 24) the Mary Wallopers shared their latest EP, ‘Home Boys Home’, and announced a UK tour for 2025.
The Zutons warm up for Glastonbury with soulful new single ‘Pauline’
Glastonbury 2024 set, The Zutons have shared a new single, ‘Pauline’. Check it out below.The Liverpool band released their first album in 16 years, ‘The Big Decider’, on April 26, and ‘Pauline’ is the third single to come from the record.It’s a soulful-sounding track with plenty of groove and a real celebratory feel complete with saxophone, proving that the four-piece haven’t lost their spark over the last decade and a half.“Pauline is a song about all the women who have ever helped me in my life and the times you bump into them after years of not seeing them,” said frontman Dave McCabe. “You see how each other have grown but they still very much have the same spark about them.
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