Major star’s ’shocking’ Glastonbury picture

Devastating pictures have revealed the awkward reality of a Grammy-winning musician’s set at the iconic music festival.

Glastonbury fans abandoned Sunday headliner SZA on Sunday night to watch England play in the Euros.

Images showed swathes of empty spaces around the Pyramid stage as the American superstar made her debut, reports The Sun.

R & B singer-songwriter SZA had performed for 65,000 at BST Hyde Park on Saturday night before racing to Somerset to take on Glastonbury’s iconic slot.

SZA – pictured here during a 2022 performance – was a headline act on Sunday at Glastonbury Festival. Picture: Joseph Okpako/WireImage

Many members of the crowd were seen seated in pictures shared on social media. Picture: X

One onlooker told the publication that throngs of festival goers hotfooted it before SZA made it on stage at 9.30pm and never returned.

One attendee said: “I was gutted for her. There were massive patches of empty grass around the stage and she must have seen it, and further back before and during the gig.

“It was shocking really. Compared to last year when people were shoulder to shoulder for Sir Elton John.

“Kendrick Lamar headlined in the same slot the year before and it was rammed then too.”

One punter wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “That SZA crowd is one of the lowest I’ve ever seen for a Pyramid Headliner. Wow.”

“She is one of the most streamed artists in the world and is amazing, but didn’t quite have the universal appeal of a pyramid headliner yet,” another speculated on Reddit.

England scraped through to the Euros quarterfinal on Sunday.

SZA’s set also clashed with other acts including James Blake, London Grammar and The National.

The headline act usually pulls shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. Picture: X

Unfortunately for SZA, that wasn’t the case with her set. Picture: X

It comes after many Glastonbury fans complained about sound issues over the weekend.

They took to social media to blast organisers for what they claimed was “tough” sound ‘issues during Shania Twain’s set on Sunday afternoon and Dua Lipa on Friday night.

The Sun on Sunday revealed Dua had suffered some bad luck due to a sound delay as part of the BBC’s broadcast of the coverage on some services.

The One Kiss singer headlined the first night of the iconic festival, performing on the Pyramid Stage to a huge crowd.

Dua, 28, later hit back at false Glastonbury ‘miming’ accusations with a defiant response.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission.

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