George Ezra took to the John Peel Stage for a well-received secret set at Glastonbury Festival on Sunday afternoon. The musician managed to overcome his recent ‘nasty’ bout of laryngitis well enough to go ahead with his rumoured performance, after he was forced to pull out of the Tinderbox Festival in Odense, Denmark on Friday.
The Shotgun singer, whose last major UK gig was the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert earlier this month, as well as Capital’s Summertime Ball, announced the news to fans ahead of time, sharing a photo of the John Peel Stage tent on Twitter on Sunday. ‘SURPRISE! @glastonbury see you 2pm on the John Peel Stage for a big old party,’ he wrote.
The 29-year-old certainly brought the party mood and sang as smoothly as ever in opening songs including Anyone For You (Tiger Lily) and Cassy O’.
However, he admitted his frustration with not being well enough to get to Worthy Farm sooner. In a still huskier-than-usual speaking voice, after 48 hours’ vocal rest, he said: ‘I’ve been – and I hate to admit this – very jealous, a very jealous young man this weekend.
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