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Billie Eilish protests US abortion ruling at Glastonbury - BBC
Jun 25, 2022 1 min, 54 secs

Billie Eilish has used her Glastonbury headline set to protest the US Supreme Court's decision to end the constitutional right to abortion.

"Today is a really, really dark day for women in the US," the 20-year-old said from the Pyramid Stage.

On Friday, the US Supreme Court overturned a 50-year-old ruling known as Roe v Wade that guaranteed nationwide abortion rights for women.

The decision means millions of women across the US will lose their legal right to abortion as individual states will be able to make their own laws on it.

Eilish was not the only performer at Glastonbury to protest the decision.

Earlier in the night, indie-folk star Phoebe Bridgers made a similar statement during her festival debut on the John Peel stage.

She emerged on stage shortly after 22:00, amid blasts of white noise and sub-bass before launching into her opening song, Bury A Friend.

"Oh boy, I love you so much," she told the audience, which stretched right to the back of the field in front of the Pyramid Stage.

The star's set was heavily rumoured to feature a surprise appearance from Harry Styles - but, like so many Glastonbury rumours, the gossip was one step removed from reality.

The setlist adhered closely to her ongoing Happier Than Ever world tour, which meant it was front-loaded with fan favourites like I Didn't Change My Number, NDA and Billie Bossa Nova, instead of big crowd-pleasers.

On the Pyramid Stage, Wolf Alice delivered a blistering performance after a last-minute, transatlantic dash to the festival.

The band also created a memorable Glastonbury moment when they invited out Buddy - Finn's grandson, and the son of guitarist Liam Finn.

Away from the main stage, the festival was brought to a standstill by sets from Wet Leg (Park Stage) and 90s R&B legends TLC (West Holts)?

President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a pre-recorded speech on The Other Stage before festival openers The Libertines, calling on the world to "spread the truth" over the invasion of Ukraine.

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