Lana Del Rey disappointed fans as she arrived late to the stage at Glastonbury on Saturday night (June 25), leaving festival organisers no choice but to cut her performance short. The 38-year-old Summertime Sadness star blamed being late by half an hour due to the fact her hair wasn’t done.
She had been due to appear on stage at 10:30pm, but it wasn’t until 11pm that she actually arrived for her slot – and her hair was still being styled on stage while her performance began.
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Fans were furious when the plug was pulled on her performance due to her late start as the Young and Beautiful singer ran over her allotted time, meaning organisers cut off her microphone and stopped the video link to the screens on the stage as Glastonbury has a strict midnight curfew for the large stages.
Lana was already greeted by some boos in the crowd as she arrived on stage, but the abrupt end of the show sparked a fresh wave of booing from fans who had been left disappointed – with some bewildered fans seen crying.
One angry fan told the Mirror: “It was beyond a joke. She had a headline set and ruined it by being late. I’m gutted we didn’t get to hear her full setlist.”
However, the singer took it upon herself to do a spontaneous meet and greet with fans at the front of the crowd, shaking hands and taking selfies.
Fans watching coverage from home took to Twitter to express their anger at the star getting cut off early. One fan fumed: “Not seen anything like that before. Plug pulled on #lanadelrey for overrunning curfew and she gets the crowd to do Video Games.”
Another wrote: “Can’t believe they cut Lana Del Rey sound @glastonbury before finishing set, best Glasto performance I’ve seen for years. Insanity.”
One Twitter user said: “Lana gracefully went down the stage, barefooted, and embraced the crowds after Glastonbury CUT off her set at midnight. You robbed Venice B*tch, Diet Mt Dew, Summertime Sadness, Ocean Blvd, & Video Games from us. We won't forget, we won’t.”
