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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Entertainment
Katie Fitzpatrick

Fans divided as megastar Billie Eilish becomes festival's youngest ever headliner

Billie Eilish made history on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Friday night. During her energetic set at Worthy Farm she treated the audience to a selection of hit songs from her two number-one albums including Bury A Friend, When The Party’s Over and Bag Guy.

Wearing a black and white baggy top and cycling shorts with chunky white trainers, the US Grammy-winning pop star became the youngest ever solo headliner after making her debut in 2019 on The Other Stage at 20-years-old.

As Billie topped the bill at the return of Glastonbury after three years for its 50th anniversary, her performance had festival fans watching the BBC coverage at home divided. @em_o_t tweeted: "Catching up with some #Glastonbury sorry but I don’t understand the Billie Eilish hype... it’s just flashing lights & whispering?"

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