Sunday June 30, Other Stage: hitting the Worthy Farm stage for the first time ever, the Canadian singer takes us back to the ‘00s with back-to-back hits Since bursting onto the scene in 2002 with breakthrough debut ‘Let Go’, Avril Lavigne has gone on to become an unmistakable icon of the ‘00s pop-punk era. Yet, over two decades on, Glastonbury remained one milestone that she has been unable to check off – until now. “Holy shit.
I can’t believe it’s taken me 22 years to actually be here, it’s about time,” she shouts into the mic after opening her Other Stage set with ‘Girlfriend’. “Glastonbury..
. what’s up?” she laughs, looking out at the audience in equal parts euphoria and disbelief. This set has certainly been a long time coming, then.
As she breaks out the back-to-back hits that first put her on the map including ‘Complicated’ and ‘Girlfriend’, the nostalgia in the air is real; the sea of people spanning across the space are clearly transported back to the moment that they first fell in love with the Canadian singer. The past 24 months have seen something of a revival for Lavigne, with today’s set coming as part of her massive run of greatest hits tour dates . Hell, it was even reported the singer had been appointed to the Order of Canada as the festival kicked off.
Yet, sporting a punk-inspired Union Jack on the back of her jacket, she makes it clear that her heart is firmly fixed in the UK at this moment. Avril Lavigne performs on .