{"id":358175,"date":"2023-06-26T02:57:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T21:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/?p=358175"},"modified":"2023-06-26T02:58:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T21:28:00","slug":"elton-john-to-thrill-sun-drenched-glastonbury-in-final-uk-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/26\/elton-john-to-thrill-sun-drenched-glastonbury-in-final-uk-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John to thrill sun-drenched Glastonbury in final UK show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elton John is set to close Glastonbury\u2019s Pyramid stage on Sunday night with a \u201ccompletely unique\u201d set for his last ever UK show that will also feature four surprise guests.<br>The flamboyant British singer\u2019s performance follows two sun-drenched days at the famous music festival in southwest England, where tens of thousands of fans were enthralled by Guns N\u2019 Roses, the Arctic Monkeys, the Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi and others.<br>John\u2019s husband and filmmaker David Furnish told Sky News the \u201cRocket Man\u201d singer\u2019s first appearance at Glastonbury will be \u201cvery special\u201d and feature four collaborators of his choosing, which some fans have speculated could include Dua Lipa and Britney Spears.<br>The Pyramid stage will also see singer Yusuf\/Cat Stevens perform in the festival\u2019s \u201clegends\u201d slot, followed by Blondie and Lil Nas X. John, 76, known for his glittery outfits and iconic glasses, is nearing the end of his final tour, of which Glastonbury will represent the last British show.<br>Fan Emily Brett from London said she was looking forward to crowd singalongs, including for \u201cTiny Dancer.\u201d<br>\u201cWhat\u2019s brilliant about Elton is it is like something for everyone, all ages,\u201d the 43-year-old who works in marketing said. \u201cI\u2019ve got a sparkly jacket in my bag ready to go, so I\u2019ll be busting that out for Elton.\u201d<br>Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis, whose father Michael started the festival on Worthy Farm in 1970, said the show would be an amazing send-off for John.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John is set to close Glastonbury\u2019s Pyramid stage on Sunday night with a \u201ccompletely unique\u201d set for his last ever UK show that will also feature four surprise guests.The flamboyant British singer\u2019s performance follows two sun-drenched days at the famous music festival in southwest England, where tens of thousands of fans were enthralled by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":358315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}