Olivia Rodrigo performs The Cure songs with Robert Smith during Glastonbury set
Olivia Rodrigo performing on the Pyramid Stage during Glastonbury Festival (Yui Mok/PA)
Pop star Olivia Rodrigo brought out The Cure frontman Robert Smith to perform his bandâs songs and during her Glastonbury Festival headline set.
As the 66-year-old indie-goth star arrived on stage on Sunday night, Rodrigo said: âGlastonbury, would you please welcome Robert Smith, give him a big welcome, come on.â
Smith wore a sparkly black shirt and eye shadow, and played a black acoustic guitar as he traded vocals with Rodrigo on the two tracks.
At the end of , the pair hugged, before Rodrigo said âgive it up for Robert Smith you guysâ, adding she was âso honoured to play with him tonightâ.
The 22-year-old started her set with from 2023âs album as fireworks exploded around her.
The singer shouted âGlastonbury, what a f****** partyâ as she performed the song bathed in purple light and wearing a white dress and black boots, playing a cherry red guitar.
Towards the end of her set, the Californian singer swapped her white dress for a T-shirt which read âyou know all the words to , or do you?â, along with a sparkly pair of shorts featuring the Union flag as she played .
, one of Rodrigoâs best known songs, prompted pogoing from the Worthy Farm crowd, as the singer bounced around singing the songâs âitâs social suicideâ chorus.
As she went to perform at a piano, Rodrigo said: âHow are we doing tonight Glastonbury? I donât think Iâve ever seen so many people in my life.
âGuys, itâs the last night of the festival. Are you ready to have some fun?â
She then performed another of her best known songs in , as parents in the crowd lifted their children on to their shoulders.
At one point in the set, Rodrigo had the majority of the crowd hoisting their phone lights above their heads and swaying from side to side.
saw white balloons thrown into the energetic crowd, before she finished with sitting on scaffolding and singing the song through a loudhailer, before shouting âgood nightâ as fireworks exploded around her.
Earlier in the day, Rod Stewart was joined by a trio of veteran superstars during a rousing performance in the tea-time legends slot.
He played alongside his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood, Simply Redâs Mick Hucknall and Scottish singer Lulu.
He was also joined by the festivalâs founder, Michael Eavis, who was wheeled on to the stage by his daughter, organiser Emily Eavis.
Hucknall, 65, was welcomed on stage for a rendition of Simply Red hit .
Rolling back the years, Stewart then performed the Facesâ 1971 hit while Rolling Stones star Wood, 78, played guitar.
Lulu then made her entrance, wearing an all-white ensemble, to sing alongside Stewart and Wood.
Bagpipes had signalled the arrival of Stewart, who kicked off his afternoon performance with his 1981 single, .
âIâm here, enjoy yourselves ladies and gentleman please, music brings us together, we need music,â he told the crowd.
The 80-year-old, who recently cancelled a series of shows while recovering from flu, wore flared trousers, a white shirt and a black jacket, before changing into a green suit.
He played songs including , , , and , which he performed from a runway jutting out into the crowd.
Ukrainian flags were shown on a screen behind Stewart, who said: âThereâs been a lot about the Middle East recently, quite rightly so, but I want to draw your attention to Ukraine in the next song, itâs called the .â
The singer also sang , which he first performed in the 1970s with the Faces, which he said he had learned from late Fleetwood Mac singer Christine McVie, who the song was dedicated to.
During Stewartâs backing singers kicked footballs into the crowd in reference to the singerâs famous appearance in 1971.
Stewart donned a captainâs hat to finish with , while his dancers wore the shirt of Celtic FC, while the back of his own shirt featured the teamâs name.
