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What happened to Alex from Glasto? Catching up with teen one year after iconic Thiago Silva performance with Dave
Glastonbury 2019 – no we’re not talking Stormzy, we’re not talking Billie Eilish, we’re talking Alex from Glasto.Cast your mind back to 30 June, the last day of the legendary Pilton festival and we were blessed with Alex Mann, a 15-year-old student plucked from the crowds to perform alongside rapper Dave for his track Thiago Silva.Did Dave expect Alex to be any good? Probably not? Did we expect him to have the guts to rap let alone know all the lyrics? Definitely not.But he did, oh boy he did.Alex, now 16, went on to appear at events, was interviewed by Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain, fresh from his newfound festival fame, and six weeks later, he dropped his debut single, What Ya Kno Bout That.And then, as soon as he was here, he was