Rick Astley coated Harry Kinds‘ ‘As It Was’ throughout his Glastonbury 2023 efficiency this weekend – see footage under.
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Astley opened proceedings on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday (June 24), occurring to play a secret set of Smiths covers with Blossoms later within the weekend.
Throughout his Pyramid set, Astley performed hits from throughout his profession together with the long-lasting ‘By no means Gonna Give You Up’.
He additionally coated AC/DC’s ‘Freeway To Hell’ whereas enjoying drums, and for his third tune of the set he took on Kinds’ enormous chart-topper ‘As It Was’.
See Rick Astley cowl Harry Kinds at Glastonbury under.
🎥| Rick Astley masking “As It Was” by @Harry_Styles at Gladstonebury pageant yesterday.
— “..A tune that I feel virtually each single one among you realize”pic.twitter.com/m8FMPLihq8
— Harry Crave 🛰 (@theHScrave) June 25, 2023
On Friday morning, Astley spoke to NME about what went into the supergroup covers band together with the backlash from former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.
“I can’t inform you how a lot I like doing this,” Astley advised NME of the covers band. “I do know it’s sacrilege and they need to dangle the lot of us on the road for doing it, however I additionally simply don’t care. I’m 57.
“I’ve talked it over with the fellows from Blossoms many instances and stated, ‘If at any second any of you determine that you simply don’t need to do that, simply holler’. They’re in the course of their profession, 4 albums in. I’ve bought nothing to lose. You may dangle me, you are able to do no matter you need. It doesn’t matter.”
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