'Are we allowed to describe you as a Glastonbury virgin?' - SkyKatieSpencer 'You are. That's bang on, I would say.' - rickastley Rick Astley looks ahead to his debut on the festival's Pyramid stage. Read more:
"You kind of think, we'll give it our best shot, we're going to go down there and we're going to do this, that and the other. And then when you arrive and you see the enormity of it, the size of it and the scale of it - because cameras can't do it justice - you have to actually be here and take that time to actually drift through a little bit.
"I think the nerves get worse, but I also want to kind of try and enjoy it, just be in the moment and not let it slip away without me actually being present, as it were.""The scale is hard to deal with. I've looked at who's playing and I'm thinking, 'oh, I'd love to see them, I'd love to see them'. Now that I'm here, I'm thinking, you haven't got a hope in hell of getting from that stage to that stage.
Astley is one of those artists beloved by everyone; as he chats ahead of a not-so-surprise set alongside Blossoms, he is stopped for selfies several times. No doubt his early Pyramid stage set will draw a big crowd, and the sing-along to his most famous hit, Never Gonna Give You Up, should provide a memorable Glastonbury highlight.
At 57, he says he is enjoying soaking up the festival for the first time as he experiences his career resurgence. "There's a lot of people who'll come to Glastonbury and they might be 18 or 19 and play it for the first time, and that's great. But having waited so long to get a chance, I think that's a cool thing as well... to come to Glastonbury at this point I think is amazing. I'm really conscious of making sure I enjoy it and I think if I was a lot younger, it might just sort of buzz by without me realising.
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