Glastonbury Festival 2024: American singer SZA closes out festival amid technical difficulties
American R&B singer SZA has closed out this year's Glastonbury Festival, admitting that she was “so nervous” to perform on the Pyramid Stage on the final night at Worthy Farm.
The singer appeared to have some sound issues during her performance, with fans watching at home complaining that her vocals appeared muffled, but the crowd of revellers sang along to hits including Love Galore, F2F and I Hate U.
The 34-year-old, whose real name is Solana Rowe, arrived on the stage on an elevating plinth wearing a gold strappy mini-dress paired with cowboy style boots to open her show with her Travis Scott collaboration Love Galore.
She emerged onto a cave themed stage, adorned with stalactites and a large insect, which she later sat on for her rendition of ballad Drew Barrymore.
Addressing the crowd, she said: “Do I have any day ones in the crowd?”
She performed multiple costume changes during her slot, swapping her gold mini dress and cowboy boots for a patterned body suit and flat boots with neon laces that ran up to her thighs.
Later on, she changed into a forest green gown adorned with leaves, teamed with metallic wings, for her track Supermodel, from her debut album Ctrl.
SZA, who has billions of streams under her belt, treated fans at Worthy Farm to a selection of her hits songs including Love Galore, F2F, I Hate U and Kiss Me More, her collaboration with Doja Cat, which was interspersed with Prince’s Kiss.
During track Nobody Gets Me, she climbed up a large fallen tree trunk that adorned her set and sat on an elevated platform on the tree.
The star also performed tracks such as Normal Girl and Rich Baby Daddy, her collaboration with Drake and Sexyy Red before closing out her set with throwback hit 20 Something.
She told the crowd: “Glasto you want to do 20 Something before we leave? This is for day ones and day ones only.”
Concluding her show, she said: “Glastonbury, I was so nervous to be here with you today.
“I’m so grateful, you have my deepest love and my deepest respect. I love you always, god bless you.
“Get home safely, my name is SZA, good night.”
SZA’s Glastonbury headline slot follows a jam-packed Sunday line-up on the Pyramid Stage which has seen performances from Paloma Faith, Janelle Monae and Burna Boy.
It came hot on the heels of Shania Twain’s “life-changing” gig in the Legends slot, when she performed from her back catalogue of hits including That Don’t Impress Me Much and Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
The star is one of two female headliners at the event this year alongside Dua Lipa, who filled the Friday night headline slot with a string of hits, impressive choreography and several outfit changes.
British rock band Coldplay headlined the Pyramid Stage on Saturday night for the fifth time, cementing their performance in the musical history books of Glastonbury by becoming the first act to headline the festival five times.
Festival organiser Emily Eavis has confirmed 2026 will be a fallow year for Glastonbury to allow the land to rest and recover, but she is already in talks with acts to headline in 2025.
SZA - Setlist - Sunday 30 June
PSA
Love Galore
Broken Clocks
All The Stars - Kendrick Lamar & SZA cover
Prom
Garden (Say it Like Dat)
Drew Barrymore
F2F
Forgiveless
Ghost in the Machine
Blind
Shirt
Kiss Me More - Doja Cat cover
Kiss - Prince cover
I Hate U
Snooze
Kill Bill
Low
Supermodel
Open Arms
Nobody Gets Me
Normal Girl
Saturn
Rich Baby Daddy - Drake cover
Good Days
20 Something
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