Spectacular from the very start, and opening with a song he hadn t performed live in ten years. # that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball. ..it s what the weekend has been building towards eltonjohn on the pyramid stage for the final uk date of his farewell tour. the crowds are stretching way into the distance and people further in have been here since this morning. it was all about claiming a spot near the front and paying tribute to a performer with a love of flamboyant outfits. a rocket man who, before tonight, had never performed at glastonbury. the crowds grew through the day. wowed first. # nowhere to stop! ..by sophie ellis bextor. then later, blondie and lil nas x. # yeah, i m gonna take my horse down the old town road. # i m gonna ride. and guessing games went
i m like a marlboro man, so i kick on back wish i could roll on back to that old town road i wanna ride til i can t no more yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [outro]
you can t tell me nothin [steven] once streaming platforms came into play, people really started ignoring the boundaries that used to exist between genres. [benny] social media like tiktok can really propel artists. and it s like billie eilish and lil nas x are the ultimate version of, like, what the new generation of pop stars are. now it doesn t matter what the record labels think. these artists are taking it in their own hands. can t nobody tell me nothin in the 2010s, the medium became the message. streaming and social media gave fans a more active role in hit-making than they d ever had before. yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [chris] people still want to share their favorite music with others, and they wanna be a part of something. and the means by which we can be a part of something are just much, much bigger and much more available to us than they ever have been before. got no stress, i ve been through all th
[finneas] to me, the magic of billie was her ability to communicate herself. there was just this pathway of communication that felt deservedly authentic. i don t wanna be in the pop world or the hip-hop world or the r&b world or whatever [bleep] think. you know, i want it to be like, what kind of music you listen to? billie eilish kind of music. like billie eilish, i think of lil nas x as somebody who reflects that kind of post-genre sensibility of the 2010s. yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [jason] his debut hit, old town road, is at the nexus of country and hip-hop to the extent that you can t even tell which it is. i got the horses in the back horse tack is attached hat is matte black got the boots that s black to match [steven] i came up in a world where people defined themselves in terms of the music that they listened to. you know, you d be a punk. you d be a metal head. you d be a rap fan, whatever the case
like it like that [finneas] to me, the magic of billie was her ability to communicate herself. there was just this pathway of communication that felt deservedly authentic. i don t wanna be in the pop world or the hip-hop world or the r&b world or whatever [bleep] think. you know, i want it to be like, what kind of music you listen to? billie eilish kind of music. like billie eilish, i think of lil nas x as somebody who reflects that kind of post-genre sensibility of the 2010s. yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [jason] his debut hit, old town road, is at the nexus of country and hip-hop to the extent that you can t even tell which it is. i got the horses in the back horse tack is attached hat is matte black got the boots that s black to match [steven] i came up in a world where people defined themselves in terms of the music that they listened to. you know, you d be a punk. you d be a metal head.