Elton John‘s headline set at Glastonbury 2023 final night time (June 25) broke viewing figures on the BBC, with tens of millions watching throughout the UK.
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The legendary singer-songwriter performed what appears to be his final ever UK present on Worthy Farm, bringing a hit-packed set to one of many largest crowds the Pyramid Stage has ever seen.
Now, in keeping with overnights.television (through The Unbiased), the set was watched by 7.3million viewers throughout the BBC, 3 times that which noticed Paul McCartney headline final yr and the most-viewed set on tv within the pageant’s historical past.
The opposite two headliners, Weapons N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys attracted a viewership of 1million and 1.5million respectively.
In the course of the present, John was joined by Gabriels frontman Jacob Lusk, up-and-comer Stephen Sanchez, Rina Sawayama and The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, although rumours previous to the set included Britney Spears.
Reviewing Elton John’s Glastonbury set, NME wrote: “Have a look at that setlist – it may well’t be improved. As beforehand promised, the ending phase of the present noticed “all hell break unfastened”. ‘Crocodile Rock’, huge. ‘Saturday Evening’s Alright for Preventing’, feral. ‘I’m Nonetheless Standing’, the summit. ‘Don’t Let the Solar Go Down on Me’, devoted to George Michael on what would have been his sixtieth birthday.
“We had been spoiled tonight. Flares gentle the sky, mates maintain each other and an epic firework finale sees us right into a monumental nearer of ‘Rocket Man’. His one stage transfer (rising from the piano, arms outstretched, and smiling) is all he wants. The songs and his coronary heart do the remaining. Everybody right here is on his facet. Go on Reg.”
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