Pop star Lorde has launched the 2025 Glastonbury Festival with a surprise pre-lunchtime set to a packed crowd on the Woodsies stage. The star was greeted by thousands of fans, who crammed into the tent after rumours about her appearance started spreading around the site.

The singer told Glastonbury-goers: "This record took me a lot, I didn't know if I would make another record to be honest."

New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde attracted a huge crowd when she opened the Woodsies stage at Glastonbury Festival to hear the first tracks from her new album "Virgin", released on Friday. Her unbilled appearance was an open secret among the 200,