Leicester artist plays in Italy and Glastonbury in one weekend
Speaking to the BBC, Munroe said: "I don't think I've actually realised how amazing this is, to be at this point in my career and get to do not only one show, but four shows at Glastonbury is actually insane."Munroe said she played the Lonely Hearts Club stage on Friday with the MOBO UnSung showcase, and afterwards she did an "impromptu" show for Black at Glasto.After the show, the musician went back to her accommodation, packed and travelled straight to London Stansted airport to catch her flight to Italy.Munroe said she played twice in Pisa, once at 14:00 and again at 22:00, and slept in between.The artist described the travelling as "quite easy", as the logistics were worked out in advance, but added the experience was "long and tiring".
'It was insane'
After returning to Glastonbury on Sunday morning, she played twice more to round off the weekend.On Sunday, Munroe performed at the Terminal 1 stage with DJ Ace and Everything R&B, and later on she got called up by Lisa Maffia and So Solid Crew to play a song with them on the same stage. Munroe said she was "floored" when Maffia asked her to go on stage to perform a song with them as she had "grown up on their music". She added: "I didn't for one minute think that she would see me in the crowd and be like 'yeah you're coming up on stage'."It was insane."Munroe added she was going to do "everything in my power" to return to Glastonbury to perform with her band. "It was just a whole experience. I'm so, so glad to have been a part of it," she said.
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Lorde and Lena were once very close, even living together at one point, but in an interview with The Cut in November 2018 the Girls star revealed she hadn't spoken to the singer since her and Jack split. Lena told the publication: "I don't think anything happened between them. I can never know someone else's life. I have never spoken to Ella [Lorde] about it. We haven't talked since Jack and I broke up. "It was awful, and I couldn't do anything about it except trust that what he was saying to me was true." The pair broke their silence on the speculation, which at this time was in overdrive thanks to that PowerPoint presentation, by releasing their own statements on the alleged romance. Jack tweeted shortly after they were spotted in Auckland: 'Normally I would never address rumors but I resent having the most important friendships and working relationships in my life reduced to dumb hetero normative gossip. 'Those relationships are deeply important and sacred. 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Last week Stack posted a tribute to Lorde on Instagram, writing: "There's no one I'd rather be in the trenches with. Eternally grateful for the journey together. Love you forever Ella." Arguably it's all handy timing for some much needed publicity. Not that Lorde really needed it, as she garnered global attention by dropping a bombshell claim during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in May regarding her gender identity, revealing: 'I'm a woman except for the days when I'm a man.' It's unlikely spurned singer Kacy will see that as an excuse for burning girl code. 12
