A host of Sussex music stars are taking over Glastonbury this weekend.
Music lovers from across the country will flock to the Somerset fields to cheer on headliners such as Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John.
Now, some of the county’s biggest names will hit the iconic Pyramid Stage to play some of their biggest hits for the crowds.
Maisie Peters
Sussex starlet Maisie Peters has shot to fame in the past year after joining Ed Sheeran on his recent stadium tour.
More recently the singer experienced a homecoming to the county having gone from busking in Brighton to headlining the city’s The Great Escape festival in May.
After her newfound success her song Favourite Ex is nearing 100 million streams on Spotify.
Originating from Steyning, the songstress will take over the Pyramid Stage on Friday at 1.15pm just hours before headliners the Arctic Monkeys.
Royal Blood
Rock stars Royal Blood have been staples of the UK music scene after shooting to fame in 2014 with their eponymous debut album.
Providing listeners with chart hits such as Figure It Out and Out of the Black, rockers Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher both hail from West Sussex after forming in Worthing in 2011.
Teenage friends Kerr, from Worthing, and Thatcher, from Rustington, have already gained viral notoriety this year after whinging on stage about the crowd at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Dundee.
The band will hope for a more sympathetic audience at Glastonbury when they open for Alex Turner and the Arctic Monkeys tonight at 8.15pm.
Later this summer, the Royal Blood rockers can also look forward to a raucous homecoming after being announced for Brighton’s On the Beach festival in July.
Fatboy Slim
As Brighton’s biggest musical export, Fatboy Slim has played Glastonbury numerous times including in 205, 2008 and most recently in 2016.
The Right Here, Right Now DJ has seen global success with countless hits shooting up the charts.
With Norman Cook famously calling Hove his home, he will be swapping the Big Beach café for the Park stage once again by closing out the festival’s Saturday night slot.
The DJ is currently in the middle of a series of summer festivals including Creamfields North as well as international dates in Stockholm and Barcelona and dates in Ibiza.
Glastonbury Festival runs from Wednesday, June 21 until Sunday, June 25.
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