Offering the closing headlining slot on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage may sound like a tricky process, nevertheless it suited Olivia Rodrigo right down to the bottom. Weary punters who’ve been right here since Wednesday (June 25) took a again seat as a contemporary wave of attendees entered the pageant grounds on Sunday, with free tickets distributed to native residents by the use of thanks for the disruption to the world.
With them got here a contingent of clear-eyed kids, however Rodrigo’s enchantment spans generations. Her music faucets into common feelings: self-worth (“Fairly Isn’t Fairly”), revenge (“Get Him Again!”), and vulnerability (“Drivers License”) that resonate no matter age, gender or circumstance.
This was Rodrigo’s second look at Worthy Farm, having made a blistering arrival on the pageant again in 2022 which included a guest appearance from Lily Allen. Her large crowd earmarked her as future headliner materials, and her trajectory hasn’t slowed with the success of her second album Guts and an excellent international tour.
Again in 2022, Billie Eilish headlined the identical stage with simply two albums underneath her belt. Whereas the gang had been finally received over, it takes severe performing chops to carry a stage this massive. Rodrigo managed it with gusto throughout a hits-laden set which included references to her love of the U.Okay., why Glastonbury is her favourite pageant (she was noticed dancing within the crowd at Pulp on Saturday afternoon), and brought out The Cure’s frontman Robert Smith for an excellent duet on two of the goth rocker’s classics.
Take a look at the best moments from Rodrigo’s Glastonbury 2025 headline slot.
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The Track That Began it All
Rodrigo’s 2021 single “Drivers License” was the smash that began all of it. The tune went to No. 1 within the U.Okay. and topped the Hot 100 shortly upon launch. When she launched it throughout her set, she mirrored on the journey it had kickstarted: “I can’t consider that is my life,” she stated with a beaming smile. Therein adopted one of many greatest singalongs of the night time and the entire pageant.
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Deep Cuts Depart an Impression
Headliners with little authentic materials can show tough. Arctic Monkeys struggled in 2007 (sound points didn’t assist) and Billie Eilish additionally took time to heat up the gang in 2022. It appeared much less of an issue for Rodrigo, who opened with “So Obsessed,” a tune from the deluxe version of Guts (2023) earlier than dropping “So American” halfway by means of; each earned sturdy responses, guaranteeing even the deep cuts resonated.
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Robert Smith Makes us Swoon
Robert Smith isn’t any stranger to Glastonbury together with his band The Remedy headlining a number of occasions, most not too long ago in 2019. Rodrigo launched him as “a private hero” and “maybe the very best songwriter to come back out of England” earlier than the unlikely the pair duetted on the Remedy’s “Friday I’m In Love” and “Simply Like Heaven.” Just a few unbothered faces from youthful viewers members on the barrier did little to dampen this second of extra star-power, and the packed crowd swooned and swayed to some classics.
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Only a Brit of Enjoyable
Rodrigo is undoubtedly an Anglophile, and spends a lot of her time within the U.Okay., owing to her British boyfriend Louis Partridge. On Saturday, she was noticed on Partridge’s shoulders throughout Pulp’s set on the Pyramid, and he or she advised the gang she loves the truth that in England it’s “regular to have a pint at midday,” a behavior many on the pageant clearly indulged in all weekend. “So American,” a tongue-in-cheek have a look at her American habits compared to her adopted homeland, was a spotlight of her set.
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A Glowing End
On the earlier two evenings, the Pyramid stage was quick on theatrics. The 1975 performed a conservative set which ran by means of their again catalogue, and Neil Younger’s no-frills set featured noisy variations of some rock classics however, little showmanship. Rodrigo’s encore gave the pageant a stunning ship off with flames and a firework show as “Brutal,” “Good 4 U” and “Get Him Again!” closed out an excellent finale.