Lulu has been confirmed for Glastonbury Festival after detailing her retirement from touring and plans for a new album.
The singer, 75, told fans in February that she would no longer tour after her current tour after a brilliant 60-year career, saying she felt “unsupported” as she dealt with the heavy demands of the year’s touring. past.
Her Champagne with Lulu tour ends at the London Palladium next week, but it has now been revealed that she is scheduled to perform at the world-famous Worthy Farm festival in June.
She first performed at Glastonbury nine years ago in 2015 and will sing at the Field of Avalon this year.
In an update to the festival’s official page on Tuesday, Lulu’s name appeared on the contemporary, roots and folk music stage’s lineup banner.
Lulu, 75, has been confirmed for Glastonbury Festival after detailing her retirement from touring and plans for a new album (pictured on stage in 2022).
She will be joined by the likes of Frank Turner, Kate Nash, The Feeling and Lucy Spraggan in Field of Avalon.
speaking to Sun At the TV Choice Awards in February, Lulu detailed her plans for the future, explaining: “I turned 75 in November and this is my 60th year and I don’t know if I want to tour again.
‘I’m going into the studio to make a new album with some interesting people, but I’m not going to tour again. “I may do concerts, but I won’t tour again.”
The Scottish pop star previously spoke about her performance at Glastonbury 2015 and said she was delighted with the reaction she got from the crowd.
She said HELLO! magazine a year after her performance, in 2016: ‘When I walked on stage at Glastonbury, the roar of the crowd was deafening.
“I was really surprised because I didn’t really know what to expect. It was just fantastic and I had a lot of fun.
“My younger brother, Billy, is a musician and he told me that all the angels were looking down on me because the sound was perfect, the lighting was good and the crowd was fabulous.”
Following speculation that she was considering quitting touring, Lulu told the Rosebud podcast in February: “I’m announcing it for the first time: This is my farewell tour.”
The singer told her fans in February that she would no longer tour after her current tour after a brilliant 60-year career (pictured on stage in Glasgow).
In an update to the festival’s official website on Tuesday, Lulú’s name appeared on the poster for the contemporary, roots and folk music stage.
She has promised to make the concerts, which begin on April 9 in Glasgow and end at the London Palladium, memorably different, with famous family and friends appearing at the shows and several likely to perform with her on stage.
Of her latest series of concerts, she added to the BBC: “To be honest, if when I was 15 and someone had suggested to me that I would do a farewell tour when I’m 75, I would have said ‘You’re laughing.’
“It almost takes an army to go out on the road and I don’t want to do it like that anymore.”