British singer-songwriter cancels performance at Glastonbury
British singer-songwriter PinkPantheress has cancelled one of her two scheduled performances at the Glastonbury Festival.
The cancelled slot was set for Thursday (26 June) at 11pm on the smaller Levels stage in Silver Hayes.
Australian DJ Rosa Terenzi will perform in the slot originally allocated to PinkPantheress.
PinkPantheress is still scheduled to perform her second slot on Friday (27 June) at 7.30pm on the larger Woodies stage.
Festival organisers denied that the cancellation was due to overcrowding concerns, stating the artist was simply unable to perform.
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