Capaldi’s crowd and Del Rey cut short: memorable Glastonbury 2023 moments

Audience comes to Scottish singer’s aid at Pyramid stage, while late-arriving US star performs a cappella after midnight curfew

As this year’s Glastonbury festival comes to a close, here is a look back at some of the weekend’s most memorable moments.

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‘I’ve had enough’: pop star Rina Sawayama criticises comments by labelmate Matty Healy

On stage at Glastonbury, Sawayama criticised the 1975 frontman over podcast appearance in which he joined in with mockery of rapper Ice Spice and referred to racially charged pornography

Pop singer Rina Sawayama has spoken out against her labelmate, the 1975’s lead singer Matty Healy, for widely criticised comments he made on an American podcast in February.

Introducing the song STFU!, she said: “I wrote this next song because I was sick and tired of microaggressions. So, tonight, this song goes out to a white man who watches [pornography series] Ghetto Gaggers and mocks Asian people on a podcast. He also owns my masters. I’ve had enough.”

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