Billie Eilish on Paul McCartney: “The Beatles were what raised me”
nme.comBillie Eilish has expressed shock and excitement over her headlining spot at this year’s Glastonbury festival – particularly over the fact that she was billed alongside Sir Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar.Eilish closed out the Pyramid Stage on the first night of the festival yesterday (June 24), performing 21 songs in a set that NME’s Thomas Smith said “felt like proof that the future is here”.
Before the performance, she spoke to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story (which is also being printed in a special edition run of 1,000 copies), declaring that she feels “so honoured to be a part of” the festival.With her set, Eilish became the festival’s youngest ever solo headliner, and the first born after 2000 to top the bill.
Contrasting this is the fact that McCartney will be Glastonbury’s oldest solo headliner, having turned 80 last weekend. On the significance of both occasions, Eilish told NME: “It doesn’t matter how old you are, where you’re from, what you look like or who you are: you can do this shit.“My name next to theirs and being on the same level as them… it’s bonkers.
I remember Kendrick headlined a festival I went to when I was 14, and I couldn’t believe he was headlining this small festival because he was so huge.
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