Reading Festival 2024: FLO pay homage to late R&B icon Aaliyah in live debut

nme.com:

FLO have honoured Aaliyah by putting a twist on the late singer’s 2000 Number One, ‘Try Again’, while performing at this year’s Reading Festival.Today (August 23), the British girl group made their live debut at Reading, performing to a lively crowd on the BBC Radio One stage.

Despite their microphones faltering throughout the set, the trio managed to perform a slew of their nostalgic R&B that has gone viral on TikTok time and time again.A standout moment of their set came when the members – Stella, Renée and Jorja – sang their sultry third single ‘Summertime’.

In the middle of the song, they switched out the original instrumental for the iconic Timbaland-produced one from ‘Try Again’.

Further into their live rendition of ‘Summertime’, they did a dance break – something Aaliyah helped revolutionise in her short career before her untimely demise in 2001 when she died in a plane crash.They have done this mash-up before live, notably during their first-ever Coachella, Governor’s Ball and Glastonbury sets.THIS MASHUP IS INSANE #flo #flolikethis #aaliyah #govballnyc #govball2024 #govball @FLO.