The Murder On The Dancefloor singer discussed her music, which has a strong LGBT+ following at Glastonbury Festival’s new “femme-queer” space, Scissors. Speaking to the PA news agency after the event, Ellis-Bextor said: “Being part of Scissors and all that it represents, and that amazing celebration of the queer people here at Glastonbury is – I think it’s a really important space to have. “I think it’s completely part of Glastonbury’s ethos that they have, that wonderful, welcoming spirit.
“And one of the questions was about being an icon in the LGBT+ community, but I always feel a bit that I’m not very good with thinking about myself objectively. “But also I feel like, all I really do know is that for me, the fans that I have in that community have helped me become the performer I am now. “So whether I’m an icon is completely subjective, but the significance it has to me, in terms of having that community has literally shaped who I am.
It’s very precious.” The 45-year-old, who played on the Pyramid Stage last year, has recently seen a revival thanks to her song Murder On The Dancefloor being used at the end of Emerald Fennell’s film Saltburn, when Irish actor Barry Keoghan danced naked around a stately home. Earlier, she told the session at Scissors that Glastonbury was “part of what’s happened” with her 2001 hit track being popular in the charts once more.
She added: “I was lucky enough to perform on the Pyramid, actually at about .