Glastonbury waits for nobody, not even Lana Del Rey. The singer-songwriter, best known for her sprawling, baroque anthems that untangle the lie of the American dream, was 30 minutes late on stage. “If they cut power, they cut power. I’m super f**king sorry, my hair takes so long to do,” she told the crowd once on stage. “If they cut the power, let’s keep going!” Come on, Lana – even infamously tardy Guns N’ Roses were on time.
In fairness, the styling comment was likely tongue in cheek and unlikely to be the actual reason for the delay – the meticulously choreographed set, which moved through stagings like a theatre production, featured a segment in which Lana has her hair and make-up done live on stage, seated at an ornate dressing table. At another stage she pulled off a costume change from inside a velvet circular curtain in the middle of the Pyramid.
