Lana Del Rey kept Glastonbury fans waiting for over a half-hour before eventually heading to The Other Stage on Saturday night.
The Summertime Sadness singer arrived 30 minutes late for her much-anticipated performance at the Worthy Farm festival.
Crowds at the alternative main stage got agitated as the US singer remained absent, with screams of ‘We want Lana’ echoing over the pitch.
Domestic audiences got furious as well, with Twitter users calling her “Lana Del Late.”
Lana soon took the stage wearing a black turtleneck ensemble that was removed to reveal a white dress with a religious motif and a diamond-style headpiece.
For her act, the singer staged a theatrical-style performance in which her hair and make-up were done on stage as dancers clad in black mesh costumes glided beautifully about her.
After playing Cherry, she thanked the audience, saying, ‘Thank you very much, I’m really delighted to be here.’
But it wasn’t long before things became awkward when the singer stated that her hair was the reason she was late – and she had every intention of finishing her act.
Lana Del Rey’s Glastonbury act ended in the most spectacular way possible.
On Saturday night, the 37-year-old American artist was 30 minutes late to The Other Stage, leaving fans wondering what was going on.
When she finally arrived, she more than made up for her delay – but it wasn’t long before things turned ugly.
There were technical mishaps, with Lana being talked to in her ear yet seemingly disregarding requests to tie things up.
She apologies for being late in the middle, blaming her hair.
‘I was so f***ing late and I am about to rush this set,’ she told the crowd.
‘If they cut power, they cut power, I’m super f***ing sorry. My hair takes so long to do.
‘Let’s keep on running the set as it’s supposed to go.’
Except the set didn’t go as planned since her microphone was cut.
Lana was perplexed and enraged as a result of this.
She, however, refused to leave the platform and ended up singing a cappella with the thousands-strong audience.
Her backup singers and dancers joined her on stage as she sang Video Games sans music.
It was a sight to behold as the audience sang her renowned song.
Lana didn’t stop there, though, telling the audience she was on her way down to meet them.
Screaming fans couldn’t believe their good fortune as the tearful celebrity posed for photographs and handed out embraces.
Lana made her way along the barrier before deciding it was time to go.
We can only imagine the discussions that took on backstage!
The internet was left conflicted by the whole debacle, with one person tweeting: ‘I’m her biggest fan but you’re wrong here. It’s the other way round. This festival is bigger than Lana Del Rey and she just should have been on time. They legally can’t let her sing after 12’.
Another wrote: ‘I’m in shock @glastonbury that you had the audacity to cut her off like that, It’s genuinely disgusting. Most headliners get a 45 minute encore despite ‘noise pollution’ rules but apparently it doesn’t apply to her…’
‘If I was Lana Del Rey I would never play Glastonbury again for cutting off her mic’, one added.
Something tells us Lana won’t be hurrying back to Glasto…
