British pop star’s Glastonbury gig cancelled with last-minute replacement revealed
There's been a last minute lineup reshuffle.
A British pop star has pulled out of their Glastonbury set with a last-minute replacement.
Just For Me singer PinkPantheress, whose real name is Victoria Beverley Walker, was due to take to the Levels stage in Silver Hayes on Thursday night for a 30-minute slot.
However, the 11pm gig has now been scrapped with a couple of days to go, and festival-goers spotted the lineup change on the official festival app.
Instead, Roza Terenzi will be playing from 10:30pm until midnight, sandwiched between a Confidence Man DJ set and Marie Davidson.
Thankfully for PinkPantheress fans, she will still be performing as planned on the Woodies Stage on Friday evening at 7:30pm.
The last minute changed her sparked speculation from fans that the reshuffle was down to the 24-year-old star’s popularity.
PinkPantheress is no longer performing on the Thursday night (Picture: Simone Joyner/Getty Images) She will still be playing over the weekend (Picture: Frank Hoensch/Redferns)‘Was going to be dangerously rammed,’ a fan wrote on Reddit, while another said: ‘Could have seen that coming, why even book it then.’
A different fan commented: ‘Probably for the best, having anything remotely popular on the stage (especially on Thursday) is always a recipe for disaster.’
And someone else added: ‘Yeah everyone knew it would be carnage from the moment it was announced.’
However, Glastonbury has rubbished fears of ‘overcrowding’ and insisted PinkPantheress was not able to perform.
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Previous Page Next PageA spokesman told The Sun: ‘This change was absolutely not as a result of overcrowding fears, the artist was simply no longer able to make this performance. But she is still playing her Woodsies set.’
Already, PinkPantheress has 2.6million Instagram followers, having grown her fanbase on TikTok by sampling 90s and 00s tracks.
She’s already found herself in the top 10 singles and album charts in the UK, and has three Brit Award nominations to her name.
Last summer, she cancelled all her remaining 2024 dates due to ill health after struggling with her ‘overall well-being’.
Glastonbury has claimed she can no longer make the Thursday show (Picture: Jason Mowry/Getty Images) Organisers dismissed fears of ‘overcrowding’ (Picture: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)‘It is with the heaviest heart that I sadly have to announce that I will not be able to continue with the rest of my live shows this year,’ the Boy’s A Liar star wrote on Instagram at the time.
She added: ‘It appears I have reached a wall which I am struggling to penetrate through.’
Organisers have slowly revealed the artists for each stage ahead of the festival — which runs from Wednesday, June 25 to Sunday, June 29 — but punters know there’s always plenty hidden in the fields.
Neil Young will headline Glastonbury this weekend (Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Olivia Rodrigo, The 1975 and Neil Young will headline with the likes of Scissor Sisters and Busta Rhymes performing elsewhere at Worthy Farm, while fans are trying to figure out some secret performances over the weekend.
This year, a lot of the attention is largely focused on the mysterious Patchwork, who are taking to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday.
Emily Eavis — head organiser and daughter of Sir Michael Eavis — has teased that the secret set has been ‘in the works for a while’.
Metro has contacted representatives for Glastonbury and PinkPantheress for comment.
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