Skunk Anansie‘s lead singer Skin has recalled her historic headline slot at Glastonbury 1999, noting that she received more backlash than Jay-Z.The rocker also described it as “one of the best moments of my life”.She was the first black British headliner of the festival, something that was not achieved for another 20 years until Stormzy took the main stage in 2019.Speaking on Edith Bowman’s Play Next podcast, Skin said the backlash against her headlining was “double” what Jay-Z faced when headlined in 2008.“So we really did walk on that stage feeling like we had something to prove,” she said. “But those Glastonbury audiences, they went off, and it was like I was the match and there was a field full of gunpowder.
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