News | UK Singer Olivia Dean dedicated her song Carmen to her grandmother and other members of the Windrush generation as she neared the end of her set on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury . The neo soul singer, 25, who was named the winner of the BBC Introducing artist of the year award last year and whose album Messy earned her a Mercury Prize nomination, followed rock band Squeeze, who opened Friday’s Pyramid Stage performances. Wearing a T-shirt with her grandmother’s face on it, Dean said: “She came to this country when she was 18, never been on a plane.
.. she had my mum quite young, my mum had me and I’m a product of her bravery.
“So this song is for my granny, to the Windrush generation, for any immigrant, anyone’s who’s brave enough to move.” Dean wiped away tears and commented on “what a beautiful day” it was before she played her last song of the set, Dive. Later, 28-year-old British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa will headline the festival and is expected to play hit songs including Houdini and Training Season from her third studio album, Radical Optimism.
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis told BBC Radio 2’s The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show there will be “no big surprises” at this year’s event, but she did say Coldplay’s Saturday headline slot will be a “huge moment”. American R&B singer SZA will headline on Sunday, while country star Shania Twain will play the coveted Legends slot. Earlier, Eavis defended the festival line-up amid criticism t.
