As per British tradition, more than 200,000 people—A-listers among them—have decamped to a dairy farm in Pilton, Somerset, for Glastonbury, headlined this year by Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA. Catch up on this year’s highlights here. Little Simz announced herself as a future headliner The London rapper and former played the Pyramid Stage before headliners Coldplay (and later joined them onstage to debut a new track, “We Pray”), but it’s surely just a matter of time before Simz is topping the bill herself.
With little in the way of bells and whistles (no choreo here), the star held the Glastonbury crowd transfixed for the duration of her set. “I need you to understand that you are witnessing greatness,” she said on stage. “And I don’t say that with arrogance; I say that with confidence.
” Nobody is arguing with her—least of all the . Michael J. Fox made the ultimate guest cameo Perhaps the highlight of Coldplay’s undeniably epic set on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday night? An appearance from special guest Michael J.
Fox, who joined the band to play guitar on “Fix You.” The 63-year-old star of , who has been battling Parkinson’s disease for more than 30 years, is key to the band’s origin story, according to frontman Chris Martin, who was inspired by watching Fox’s rendition of “Johnny B Goode” in the classic 1985 film. “Thank you so much, our hero,” Martin said on stage.
Even the most committed Coldplay haters couldn’t fail to be moved.
