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Lily Allen made a surprise appearance at Glastonbury 2025, showing up to perform with Shy FX. See footage below.
The Worthy Farm festival wrapped up yesterday (June 29) following a string of surprise sets from the likes of Haim, Lewis Capaldi and Pulp.
One more impromptu appearance came from Allen, who showed up on the early hours of Sunday (June 29) morning for a cameo during Shy FX’s set at the Temple.
The two teamed up to perform their 2018 collaboration ‘Roll The Dice’, taken from the DJ’s album ‘Raggamuffin SoundTape’.
It follows Allen’s last Worthy Farm appearance in 2022, when she joined this year’s headliner Olivia Rodrigo to dedicate her song ‘Fuck You’ to the US Supreme Court (who, at the time, had just overturned Roe v Wade).
Swipe through the carousel below to see the moment.
Allen recently said that she has noticed her music having a “resurgence” online, with more young people becoming fans.
At the start of 2025, she also shared an update about new material and said that she was trying to “manifest” a new record being completed by the end of the year. A new LP from Allen would mark her first since 2018’s ‘No Shame‘.
Hints at the start of the year follow comments from Lily Allen that she had been working on new material in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2024, and hints at the start of that year that she had already written around 50 songs for a potential new album.
Elsewhere at Glastonbury, The 1975 “delivered a reminder of their chops for tunes and showmanship” during their Friday night Pyramid headline slot, Neil Young “proved there is still power to be found in an old-school approach” the following night, while Charli XCX delivered a final victory lap for her ‘Brat’ era on the Other Stage on Saturday night and Olivia Rodrigo was joined by The Cure’s Robert Smith in her Sunday night festival-closing set.
Check back at NME here for the latest news, reviews, interviews, photos and more from Glastonbury 2025.
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Celebrated playwright and comedian Ben Elton has approached Noel Gallagher about creating an “Oasis jukebox musical”.
The two recently crossed paths at the Queen Budapest premiere at London’s BFI Imax. During their conversation, the We Will Rock You writer expressed his interest in building a stage production around Oasis’ songs.
The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column reported that the guitarist laughed and pointed him towards his brother Liam, saying: “You better ask our kid.”
Someone close to Liam suggested casting the singer would be a challenge, claiming no actor could "match" his "swagger".
Built around Queen’s songs, We Will Rock You enjoyed an impressive run, becoming the Dominion Theatre’s longest running musical and earning a place among the West End’s longest running productions. It also received the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Popular Show.
Interest in Oasis remains enormous, with 11 million people signing up for the Oasis Live ’27 ticket ballot.
After the Live Forever band returned to touring last year for the first time in 16 years, their famous rivalry with Blur became the subject of a stage comedy.
In The Battle, Gavin and Stacey actor Mathew Horne portrayed Andy Ross, the Britpop music executive who found himself in the middle of one of British music’s most memorable feuds.
He said: “This play is right in the sweet spot of my teenage cultural experience. I’m thrilled to be exploring this iconic era in music on stage with such a talented creative team involved.”
The production revisited August 1995, when Blur and Oasis went head to head by releasing Country House and Roll With It on the same day, each hoping to reach Number One.
Blur secured the victory with sales of 274,000 copies, compared with 216,000 for Oasis.
That chart contest fuelled years of public jabs between members of both groups, although relations have become less hostile over time.
A UK tour had been planned for the production, but its remaining performances were cancelled following the Birmingham and Manchester engagements in February and March this year.
Oasis Live ’27 begins on May 21 at Glasgow’s Celtic Park, with 42 concerts scheduled, including a record six performances at Knebworth.
