Pop group the Sugababes felt pressure ahead of another performance at Glastonbury because “every time we’ve come, something historical has happened”. The original 1998 line-up of Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy were upgraded to the festival’s West Holts stage this year, opening with song Freak Like Me before reeling of hits Overload, Push The Button, and Round Round. The bigger stage slot came after their 2022 performance on the Avalon stage was shut down due to safety concerns over the huge crowds that the girl group drew.
The Sugababes – Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range and Mutya Buena – perform on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2003 (Yui Mok/PA) “I feel like every time we’ve come, something historical has happened,” Buchanan told Lauren Laverne and Clara Amfo on BBC Two. “The first time we performed at Glastonbury was very controversial because they usually didn’t have pop girl bands on the main stage. I remember that was scary.
“And obviously shutting down the Avalon stage, that’s pressure by the way.” Donaghy said she was questioning, “how do we live up to the last time”, while Buena said: “I think that’s what I was really worried about, not living up to the last time.” The Sugababes formed in 1998 before Donaghy left in 2001, replaced by Heidi Range.
Buena was replaced by Amelle Berrabah in 2005 and Buchanan, the final original member, was replaced by Jade Ewen in 2009. Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and.