Robert Smith’s surprise guest appearance during Olivia Rodrigo’s headline set was one of the highlights of this year’s Glastonbury Festival, and now Arianna Powell - Rodrigo’s touring lead guitarist - has revealed how and when she learned that the unexpected collab with The Cure frontman was happening.
“We found out in Nashville when we were rehearsing for Bonnaroo, which ended up getting cancelled,” she told Guitar World recently. “Stacy [Jones], our music director, came and told us, and was like, ‘This is very secret – you cannot tell anyone, but he's going to be joining us.’ And I swear to God, I started crying. Like, I started tearing up.”
