Pete Doherty pays tribute to Ukraine ahead of landmark Glastonbury gig

Pete Doherty has shared some of his strongest Glastonbury memories – featuring Kate Moss, an “undercover agent” sent by Vivienne Westwood and a £16,000 cardigan once owned by T Rex legend Marc Bolan. Watch part two of our interview with Doherty above.This week’s Big Read cover story sees the likes of HAIM, Sigrid, Yungblud, Baebadoobee, Fontaines DC and more tell us about Glastonbury and what it means to them. Speaking to NME just after The Libertines stepped off stage from their opening performance on The Other Stage at Glastonbury 2022 last weekend, Doherty told us how Glasto had always had a special place in the band’s hearts.“Carl [Barat] was brought up like a babe in arms at Greenham Common with a real hippie background,” he said.

The leaders of the G7 group said a deadly Russian missile attack on a shopping centre in Ukraine was "abominable". The strike, in the central-eastern city of Kremenchuk, located around 81 miles from Russian areas of control, has killed at least 18 people.

Selome Hailu To raise funds and awareness for the war in Ukraine, NBC will air primetime special “Ukraine: Answering the Call” featuring an address from president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 3 at 7 p.m.“Ukraine: Answering the Call” aims to respond to previous comments from Zelenskyy, who has challenged Americans to speak up about the war. The hour-long special will also feature appearances from José Andrés, Jon Batiste, Kristen Bell, Brandi Carlile, Brian Cox, Jeff Daniels, Vera Farmiga, Lena Headey, Alicia Keys, Simu Liu, Julianne Moore, Brad Paisley and Rosie Perez.

FANS of the Spice Girls have been left STUNNED as Melanie C showed off her ageless looks at Glastonbury festival on Saturday. The singer was spotted among the celebrity faces waiting behind-the-scenes to watch music legend Sir Paul McCartney perform.

Queen Elizabeth II in "disguise" while in the crowd at popular music festival, Glastonbury.Although the event will be filled to the brim with famous musical talent this weekend, fans at home seem to think a special royal was also in attendance.During the live coverage of Robert Plant, the camera cut to a woman in the crowd wearing a blue hooded jacket and dark round sunglasses.READ MORE : Festival-goers resorting to paper cups at Glastonbury to avoid 'wrath of dirty toilets' The mystery person also sported red lipstick and fringe that gently swept over her forehead- which some thought may have been a "disguise".Seeing what looked to be Our Majesty The Queen on their screens, spectators at home quickly rushed to Twitter to share their thoughts.One person wrote: "Lovely to see the Queen enjoying a bit of Robert Plant at #Glastonbury."Meanwhile another viewer echoed: "The Queen has turned up at Glastonbury to watch Robert Plant. That disguise is fooling nobody." After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Glastonbury finally returned to eagerly awaiting festival goers across the globe.

Pete Doherty laughs upon hearing the news that he just missed Mel C joining Blossoms on stage at Glastonbury 2022. To be fair, it’s because he was making his way to his backstage NME interview.He gets over it pretty quick, clearly soaking up the feel-good Glasto vibes after The Libertines absolutely smashed their joyous, sunshine-inspiring opening set on The Other Stage this morning. After being introduced by a video message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – who called on the crowd to “spread truth” about the war with Russia and share Glastonbury’s inclusive and loving feeling “with everyone whose freedom is under attack” – the band paid tribute to the leader and war-torn country, and brought about a little togetherness with wall-to-wall indie bangers.Before he dashed off to catch a few more bands, we caught up with Doherty to talk politics, the long-awaited new Libs’ album, and who might play him and Carl in a movie.Pete Doherty: “I’ve been alright, you know? Ticking along, ticking along.

Glastonbury is back. After a two-year hiatus, the iconic festival has returned to Worthy Farm to celebrate its delayed 50th year. This year will see headliners such as Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar — but our eyes will be firmly set on the festival’s fashion.

Mel C joined Blossoms on stage this afternoon (June 24) to cover the Spice Girls‘ ‘Spice Up Your Life’.The Stockport band were playing at The Other Stage when they were joined by the Spice Girl: “Since it’s technically the 50th anniversary, we thought we’d do something a little bit special,” frontman Tom Ogden said. “Do we have any Spice Girls fans in the house? OK would you please welcome to the stage Melanie C aka Sporty Spice.”As Mel C joined the band on stage, Ogden asked her: “Right are we gonna do it? Excuse my attempt at the moves, but you’ve got it.” Watch footage below from the unlikely collaboration.Blossoms just brought Mel C on ❤️ pic.twitter.com/NLa1Ci20dX— Tom Copley (@tomcopley) June 24, 2022Blossoms have just been joined by a very special guest to play Spice Up Your Life.This is Mel C’s #Glastonbury and we’re just living in it.

Spice Girls star Melanie C has teased that the iconic 90s band could one day play at Glastonbury festival.The 48-year-old, known as Sporty Spice in the group, said it would be a "dream" to perform and thinks Victoria Beckham would be keen to get involved.Mel played the hit songs Who Do You Think You Are and Spice Up Your Life while DJing at Glastonbury on Thursday evening at the Green stage.READ MORE: Inside Mel B's lavish Hollywood Hills mansion - costume room and regal entranceThe singer called the entire experience "insane" as she told BBC Breakfast it was a wonderful introduction to Glastonbury.She said: "I didn’t expect it to be as big as it was and as many people to be going as nuts as they did, it was a wonderful introduction to Glastonbury.“It’s amazing because the wonderful thing about Glastonbury is there is something for everyone, there is so many musical styles and when you drop a Spice Girls song you think: how is it going to go? But people loved it, it was wonderful.”While doing her DJ set at Glastonbury, Mel wore a black t-shirt with pink writing which said "Alexa play Spice Girls”.When speaking about the Spice Girls potentially playing at the legendary festival one day, the singer said it would be an absolute dream.She continued: "It’s the dream, the absolute dream, we would love to do it."Mel revealed that she and the other girls have spoken about it in the past as she dubbed it the biggest stage in the world.The 90s legend also said she has a "good feeling" that Victoria, who was known as Posh Spice in the band, would join them for the gig.Although Victoria was missing from the Spice Girl reunion tour in 2019 as she admitted her priorities had changed.In a cover interview with Vogue Germany at the time,

The Libertines kicked off the first main day of music at Glastonbury 2022, playing a raucous early morning set on The Other Stage as they paid tribute to Ukraine. Check out photos, the setlist and what went down below.Making their return to Worthy Farm after their surprise appearance on the Pyramid Stage back in 2015, the indie veterans provided a loud and boisterous wake-up call to early risers and brought out the sun after chilly weather and wet conditions set in.Their set was introduced by a video message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling on the crowd to “spread truth” about the war with Russia and share Glastonbury’s inclusive and loving feeling “with everyone whose freedom is under attack”.With Pete Doherty in a long-hooded coat and wellies and Carl Barat in snakeskin boots, pinstripe trousers and a vest, the band kicked off a solid and joyful career-spanning set with ‘Up The Bracket’.During a breakdown in ‘The Good Old Days’, Doherty led the crowd in chanting “Volodymyr Zelensky to the tune of The White Stripes‘ ‘Seven Nation Army’.

Glastonbury advocating for freedom – watch the video below.The politician recorded a video message which played before The Libertines took to the Other Stage today (June 24), urging fans to “speak the truth” about the ongoing war against Ukraine led by Russia.Zelensky called Glastonbury “the greatest concentration of freedom these days”, asking for support to help those in Ukraine who have had to leave their homes.“Greetings, Glastonbury! The festival resumes this year after a two-year break,” Zelensky began. “The pandemic has put on hold lives of millions of people around the world, but has not broken.‘We, in Ukraine, would also like to live the life as we used to and enjoy freedom and this wonderful summer.

Zack Sharf J.K. Rowling joined the likes of Elton John, Prince Harry and Billie Eilish in being the latest victim of Russian comedy pranksters Vovan and Lexus.

Ukraine thanked celebrities, including Ben Stiller, for meeting with President Volodymr Zelenskyy. Stiller met with Zelenskyy on Monday as part of World Refugee Day. "[Ukraine] is grateful to Hollywood stars who, despite the danger, have visited us.

Ben Stiller is showing his support for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh was forced to tell co-host Richard Madeley to not compare Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "Russian dolls" during the latest episode of the hit ITV show. On Tuesday's programme (June 21), the presenters spoke briefly about actor Ben Stiller visiting war torn Ukraine and meeting Zelenskyy for the first time.Describing the moment in the studio, journalist Sean Fletcher reminded viewers that the Ukraine president was also an actor and once played a president on television a few years prior.But as he got excited about the pair's union, Richard said: "It's like Russian Dolls."Alarmed by his words but laughing akwardly, Ranvir quickly told him off for using that particular comparison but Richard bit back and said "who cares".Viewers watching the calamity unfold on their screens were quick to pick up on the blunder and headed straight to Twitter to share their views on it.

Ben Stiller met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a Goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday to commemorate World Refugee Day. Stiller toured occupied settlements in the Kyiv region of the war-torn country and spoke with survivors of the occupation in Irpin before meeting with Zelenskyy.  "It's one thing to see this destruction on TV or on social networks.

Ben Stiller got the opportunity to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday — which is also World Refugee Day -- and the actor and filmmaker was thrilled to meet the world leader.Stiller -- in his role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees — traveled to Kyiv after meeting with Ukrainian refugees who have fled to Poland amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.The director spent the day visiting survivors in occupied settlements in the devastated residential area of Irpin, alongside UNHCR representative in Ukraine Karolina Lindholm Billing, according to a release from President Zelenskyy's official website.A video of their meeting was shared to Twitter, and Stiller was seemingly starstruck when shaking hands with Zelenskyy.«It's really nice to meet you, thanks for taking the time,» Stiller marvels. «It's a great honor for me, it's really wonderful.

Wilson Chapman editorActor Ben Stiller met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, during World Refugees Day.Stiller is currently visiting Ukraine in the role of a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Since Saturday, Stiller has traveled through Poland and Ukraine, where he has met with people forced to flee their homes due to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“You’re my hero,” Ben Stiller told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today on a visit to Kyiv. “You gave up a great acting career for this,” the Severance filmmaker joked with the former Servant of the People star.

Glastonbury time, the iconic music festival never fails to deliver when it comes to the style stakes. After being cancelled two years in a row it is making a triumphant return in 2022. This year is a bumper year for music also, with hundreds of acts performing at Worthy Farm between Friday the 24th and Sunday the 26th of June.

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