Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury Review – Full of Bile and Brilliance, This Is Easily the Weekend’s Best Big Set

Watch the Cure’s Robert Smith Join Olivia Rodrigo for ‘Friday I’m in Love’

Olivia Rodrigo tapped Robert Smith for a surprise appearance during her set at Glastonbury on Sunday night. The pair joined forces for a rousing duet of the Cure’s 1992 hit “Friday I’m in Love” and their 1987 tune “Just Like Heaven.” Rodrigo introduced Smith by saying, “He’s perhaps the best songwriter to come out of England. He is a Glastonbury legend and a personal hero of mine.” The artists showcased the two songs on acoustic guitar and voc…

Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury review – full of bile and brilliance, this is easily the weekend’s best big set

Pyramid stageWith a genuinely surprise appearance from the Cure’s Robert Smith and a magnificent theatricality to her lovelorn songs, Rodrigo totally steals the entire festivalOlivia Rodrigo’s first Glastonbury appearance in 2022 was the stuff of minor legend. Aged 19, already the author of an 18m selling debut album, but something of an unknown quantity in festival terms, she turned out to be rather more feral and off-message than you might hav…

Olivia Rodrigo Performs with The Cure's Robert Smith at Glastonbury

They teamed up for “Friday I’m in Love” and “Just Like Heaven.”