Elton John Breaks Viewing Records As He Plays Epic Last U.K. Gig At 2023 Glastonbury Festival

Dua Lipa revealed why she missed out on performing with Elton John at his Glastonbury headlining set this year.Fans of both Lipa and Sir Elton were speculating that she would be one of his special guests on stage due to their Number one hit ‘Cold Heart’. Though the ‘Rocketman’ singer did host a star-studded lineup during his performance, Lipa was not one of them. To the fans’ disappointment, Sir Elton still played the track with Lipa’s voice as backing vocals.In a since-deleted Instagram story post, Lipa shared that she was hosting a dinner with her friends and family during the Glastonbury set.

A member of Glastonbury's Festival's crew has tragically been pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in his tent.

Glastonbury festival has been found dead in his tent.The man – whose identity has not yet been revealed — was found unresponsive in his tent, which was situated close to the Park Stage. Police officers were called to the site in Somerset around 14:20 on Tuesday (June 27).It was here that the man, who was in his 40s, was confirmed dead at the scene.

A second person has died at Glastonbury Festival after a body was found during clean-up operations. Police say a man in his forties was found unresponsive in his tent at around 2.20pm on Tuesday.

Later this week, Castlefield Bowl will welcome thousands of music fans for the 2023 edition of Sounds of the City. Every year, the open-air music series brings together some of the biggest names in rock, indie and pop - and this year is no exception.

Lewis Capaldi is being 'supported' by his loved-ones including his girlfriend Ellie MacDowall during his career break.

Glastonbury organisers have confirmed the dates for next year’s festival. Check out all of the latest info for Glastonbury 2024 below.Keeping with tradition, next year’s festival will be taking place on the final weekend of June from Wednesday June 26 through to Sunday June 30, 2024 at Worthy Farm in Pilton,The Somerset-based festival is renowned not just for being one of the biggest festivals in the world but also one of the hardest to get tickets for.

Guns N' Roses musicians have been spotted meeting fans in Glasgow ahead of their gig later today.

Lewis Capaldi is taking an extended break from the stage. On Tuesday, the «Someone You Loved» singer took to social media to announce his hiatus to followers and fans.«Hello everyone.

Lewis Capaldi is taking a much needed break.

Naman Ramachandran The 2023 Glastonbury Festival has broken previous digital audience records for viewing and listening on the BBC, with content streamed a record 50.3 million times across BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, up 47% on 2022. On BBC iPlayer, viewers streamed Glastonbury programming a record 47.5 million times, up 49% on 2022. On BBC Sounds, listeners played Glastonbury content 2.8 million times, up 26% on 2022. On BBC iPlayer, the Glastonbury live channel was the most popular, with Elton John‘s farewell U.K. performance on Sunday topping the charts after it was streamed 4.3 times. Saturday’s live channel came second, with 3.8 million streams and Friday’s third with 3.2 million streams. Live coverage from the Pyramid and The Other Stage followed with 2.1 million and 1.9 million streams.

Glastonbury were surprised to see a former contestant from The Apprentice pulling pints at the festival.This year’s instalment of the world-renowned festival saw headline slots from music icons including Guns N’ Roses, Arctic Monkeys and Elton John, however, fans of The Apprentice were surprised to see an unexpected face behind one of the bars.This comes after one attendee took to Twitter to share an image of former contestant Nick Showering working at a bar on the Worthy Farm site. His appearance at the festival comes just one year after he starred on BBC One business show.“Nick from the last season of The Apprentice just served me a cider at Glastonbury,” read the caption.

Lewis Capaldi has broken his silence following his performance at Glastonbury on Saturday and has announced that he will be taking a break from touring 'for the foreseeable future'.

Rock band Foo Fighters have announced that they will be heading to Glasgow next summer as part of their Everything Or Nothing At All Tour.

Ellise Shafer Lewis Capaldi is “taking a break” from touring to focus on his mental and physical health. The 26-year-old singer took to social media on Tuesday to make the announcement, saying that he came to the realization after his Glastonbury set on Saturday, during which Capaldi lost his voice and fans helped him finish his hit “Someone You Loved.” Earlier this month, Capaldi canceled all his shows prior to Glastonbury in order to “be at my best and ready” for the festival. “The fact that this probably won’t come as a surprise doesn’t make it any easier to write, but I’m very sorry to let you know I’m going to be taking a break from touring for the foreseeable future,” Capaldi wrote in a statement. “I used to be able to enjoy every second of shows like this and I’d hoped three weeks away would sort me out. But the truth is I’m still learning to adjust to the impact of my Tourette’s and on Saturday it became obvious that I need to spend much more time getting my mental and physical health in order, so I can keep doing everything I love for a long time to come.”

Pop superstar Lewis Capaldi has made an emotional announcement to fans cancelling ALL touring commitments for the "foreseeable future" to get his "mental and physical health in order". Lewis performed at Glastonbury at the weekend and was hailed "brave" for battling through with voice issues and supported by the crowds.

Queens Of The Stone Age’s Glastonbury 2023 set has gone viral on social media.Queens Of The Stone Age took to the stage on the final night of Glastonbury 2023 this Sunday (June 25), and delivered one of the most explosive sets of the entire festival. The set marked their first performance at Worthy Farm since 2002, and saw them play hits such as ‘No One Knows’ and ‘Go With The Flow’.It was the closing track of the 16-song set that proved to be the highlight of the show, however, as Josh Homme and co.

Lewis Capaldi had a special experience at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival. The 26-year-old singer, who's been open about his struggles with Tourette's syndrome, anxiety and depression, lost his voice during his performance and was visibly moved when the crowd sang in his place.After apologizing to the crowd and telling them that his voice «was packing in,» his band began playing «Someone You Love.» When he stepped away from the mic, the crowd sang the songs themselves. «I feel like I'll be taking another wee break over the next couple of weeks.

Glastonbury Festival flypast this past Saturday (June 24).The footage features an aerial view of the festival grounds taken from the cockpit. The RAF display team flew over the site at Worthy Farm, Somerset, on Saturday afternoon during Lewis Capaldi‘s set.Capaldi responded to the Red Arrows flying over during the second song of his set.

Elton John reportedly opted to make an early dash after his headline performance at Glastonbury over the weekend.The 76 year old belted out a range of his most iconic songs, including Rocket Man, on the Pyramid stage this Sunday, but didn't stick around for long. "He [Elton] hit the last note of Rocket Man, jumped in a golf cart with a giant E on it, drove down where an automobile was waiting for him and was whisked to the red gate where there was a helicopter," said Entertainment Correspondent Colin Paterson on BBC Breakfast. He went on to explain that people had tracked Elton's helicopter, which took just over 30 minutes to get the pop legend from Somerset to his home in Windsor.

Maisie Peters is casting a spell over the Official Albums Chart this week, with The Good Witch on track to become her first Number 1. 

After a historic "final" performance at Glastonbury on Sunday night, Sir Elton John has issued a touching statement to fans.

While performing at Glastonbury on Saturday, singer Lewis Capaldi made headlines when he headed to The Pyramid Stage to perform his back catalogue of ballads. However, towards the end of his set, Lewis, who was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome last year, could be seen struggling with his vocals. Speaking to the crowd, 26 year old Lewis said: “I'm going to be honest everybody, but I'm starting to lose my voice up here, but we're going to keep going and we're going to go until the end.

Naman Ramachandran Elton John’s headlining set on Sunday night at Glastonbury Festival on BBC One received the biggest ever overnight audience for a Glastonbury performance, the broadcaster said. The performance, the 76-year-old legend’s last in the U.K., had a peak overnight audience of 7.6 million and an average of 7.3 million with a 48.9% share. It was also broadcast on BBC Radio 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Overall, 200,000 festival goers attended the concerts across different stages on Worthy Farm. On the BBC, a record 21.6 million people — 7% more than last year across linear TV — watched, with over 40 hours of linear programming available to audiences.

Elton John, Rina Sawayama, Rick Astley and more have spiked after their performances at Glastonbury this weekend.According to a new Spotify round-up of this year’s Glastonbury tracks and artists that was shared with NME, streams of John’s songs increased 294 per cent in the UK in the hour after his career-spanning headline set on the Pyramid Stage yesterday (June 25).Gun N’ Roses‘ opening track of their headline set on the Pyramid stage on Saturday (June 24), ‘It’s So Easy’, saw a 300 per cent increase in streams in the UK on Sunday.Meanwhile, Friday (June 23) headliners Arctic Monkeys, were identified as the artists with the most tracks on user-generated Glastonbury playlists.Rick Astley’s debut Glastonbury performance was also followed by a 294 per cent spike in steams of his song ‘Dance’ in the UK.

It's been all change on the This Morning sofa since Phillip Schofield's exit, and now viewers have been left wondering what has happened to Holly Willoughby when she was absent from today's show. Holly has stuck around as the main host of the ITV daytime show after former co-star Phil left and has been joined by a succession of guest presenters over the last few weeks with no permanent replacement announced.

Elton John‘s headline set at Glastonbury 2023 last night (June 25) broke viewing figures on the BBC, with millions watching across the UK.The legendary singer-songwriter played what seems to be his last ever UK show on Worthy Farm, bringing a hit-packed set to one of the biggest crowds the Pyramid Stage has ever seen.Now, according to overnights.tv (via The Independent), the set was watched by 7.3million viewers across the BBC, three times that which saw Paul McCartney headline last year and the most-viewed set on television in the festival’s history.The other two headliners, Guns N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys attracted a viewership of 1million and 1.5million respectively.During the show, John was joined by Gabriels frontman Jacob Lusk, up-and-comer Stephen Sanchez, Rina Sawayama and The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, though rumours prior to the set included Britney Spears.Reviewing Elton John’s Glastonbury set, NME wrote: “Look at that setlist – it can’t be improved. As previously promised, the ending segment of the show saw “all hell break loose”. ‘Crocodile Rock’, massive.

Scots guitar legend Davey Johnstone had the biggest night of his career as he took to the stage with Elton John at Glastonbury for their final UK show.

Dua Lipa has been slammed for reportedly 'snubbing' Elton John during his iconic Glastonbury performance that will go down in history.

1. I’m Still Standing2. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart3. Rocket Man4. I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues5. Your Song6. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me7. Step Into Christmas8. Candle In The Wind9. Sacrifice10. Are You Ready For Love

Lewis Capaldi‘s set at Glastonbury 2023 has been described as “amazingly powerful” by the mother of a teenager with Tourette’s.While onstage on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Saturday (June 24), Capaldi was noticeably experiencing vocal difficulties, and exhibiting tics from his widely-publicised Tourette’s.Speaking to the PA, Laura Hummersone, whose 19-year-old son Harry has Tourette’s, said that the performance and visibility of the condition was “amazingly powerful” as the pair watched at home on TV.“Watching Lewis yesterday, in that moment, I think he did more for Tourette’s than any charity or education on the topic in all the times I’ve known about Tourette’s,” she said. “I was in tears.”She added: “[Capaldi] was openly ticing and my son tries to suppress his most of the time when he’s out, which means that when he comes home, he has these huge tic attacks where he can barely do anything.“Some of the tics that Lewis was doing were tics that my son does on a regular daily basis, jerking the head.”Hummersone went on to hail the “acceptance, tolerance, understanding, empathy and compassion which the crowd showed yesterday,” calling it “phenomenal”.“I wanted Harry to see the love from that crowd,” she added.

Elton John has announced a collectible, limited edition release of ‘Diamonds (Pyramid Edition)’ – order it here.The release arrives as a celebration of the music icon’s historic Glastonbury performance on the Pyramid Stage Sunday night (June 26) – which NME lauded as “one of the festival’s best-ever headline sets” in a five-star review.‘Diamonds (Pyramid Edition)’ (available digitally here), features tracklisting personally selected by John which “reflects last night’s historic setlist”, according to a press release.It will feature highlights from ‘Diamonds’, his 2017 greatest hits collection. Pressed on coloured vinyl, the new release also includes a commemorative 10×10 print.John’s Rocket Club fan club members were tipped off this morning (June 26) about 100 signed copies of the release, sold from 10am today on a first-come-first-served basis from the Elton John Eyewear pop-up store at 59 Greek Street in Soho, London.Check out the artwork and track list below.‘Diamonds (Pyramid Edition)’:A: ‘Pinball Wizard’‘Bennie And The Jets’‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’‘Are You Ready For Love’‘Your Song’B: ‘Tiny Dancer’‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’‘I’m Still Standing’‘Cold Heart’‘Rocket Man’John performed a sensational, career-spanning set at Glastonbury Festival yesterday, featuring a whole host of special guests and a moving tribute to his late friend George Michael.“Sir Elton celebrates the past, present and future of music at last ever UK show,” NME wrote in a glowing five-star review.“Sir Elton left everything on the field.

This Morning viewers were left asking 'where's Holly' after Holly Willoughby went 'missing' from the programme. The ITV daytime show returned to screens on Monday morning (June 26) but fans were in for a surprise as it wasn't the show's usual main host at the helm.

Elton John raised the roof at Glastonbury last night in what could be the Rocketman singer’s last ever performance, and he was watched by more than 7M viewers on the BBC.

Britney Spears fans have reacted to the singer’s rumoured guest slot with Elton John at Glastonbury 2023 not materialising.Ahead of Elton’s closing set at the 2023 festival last night (June 25), rumours had been swirling about a guest appearance, which would have been Britney’s first in five years and since her controversial conservatorship ended. The pair released a new version of ‘Tiny Dancer’ together last summer.Though John was confirmed to be joined by four special guests at his headline slot at Glastonbury, none of those ended up being Britney.

Sir Elton John performed at Glastonbury last night (June 26) but his special guests left some fans disappointed.The legendary songwriter, who is currently embarking on his last tour, played the Pyramid stage at the festival last night (June 25) and was joined by a number of artists to help him sing some of his hits. But some took to social media to share that they were not impressed. One person tweeted: #EltonJohn was very good but his special guests were a bit underwhelming & it was kinda weird that he did the Dua Lipa one in his own! #glastonbury2023”.