Sophie Ellis-Bextor marks wedding ceremony anniversary with Glastonbury tune dedication
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ophie Ellis-Bextor devoted a second of her Glastonbury foremost stage efficiency to her husband Richard Jones as Sunday marks their 18th wedding ceremony anniversary.
The singer, 44, took to the Pyramid stage at noon on the ultimate day of the competition in a metallic sparkly gold bodysuit with fringed sleeves to deal with 1000’s of followers to an lively assortment of her hits tune.
As she launched her tune Young Blood, the singer mentioned it as a “very special day” as she is acting on the Glastonbury foremost stage in addition to it being the numerous day for the couple.
Ellis-Bextor mentioned: “This song is possibly the most romantic song I’ve ever written.
“It came out of a conversation I had with my mum because she was married to my lovely step-dad John for over 30 years and she said this lovely thing how when you first fall in love with someone, no matter how many years go by, you still see each other the age you were when you first met and this is a song that came out of that.”
The singer revealed that she bought her husband a card for the day however that he had gotten her a hoop with at the moment’s date engraved on it to mark the second, including: “I’m hoping I can make it up to him by dedicating this song to him today.”
Jones, the bassist from pop band The Feeling, and Ellis-Bextor married in Italy in 2005 and have become dad and mom shortly after.
They share 5 youngsters collectively, Sonny, Kit, Ray, Jessie, and Mickey
After opening the set with Take Me Home, Ellis-Bextor mentioned: “Glastonbury, oh my goodness, can you feel my sequinned leotard energy from where you’re standing?
“I was so excited to see you I didn’t even change out of my pyjamas I just came straight here.”
She hailed Glastonbury because the “best festival on the planet” and mentioned her job was to construct up the power for the “magic day” of Sunday.
Throughout her set she ensured she lived as much as activity by dancing throughout the stage and getting the crowds to sing alongside to tracks together with Lady (Hear Me Tonight) and Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love).
The pop star discovered a brand new viewers in lockdown together with her Kitchen Disco classes which noticed her livestream performances from her house of her personal hits and basic songs.
Ellis-Bextor mentioned she was amazed that the classes had introduced her to the Glastonbury foremost stage on Sunday.
She mentioned the songs she would sing can be “love letters to people I was missing” and mentioned she wish to give a type of letters to Glastonbury at the moment earlier than launching into Madonna’s Like A Prayer.
As her set was drawing to an in depth, she amplified the power by getting the entire crowd to clap and bounce collectively whereas she belt out Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer).
She requested the gang if she had completed her job of setting them up for the day, including: “Thank you for being so gorgeous, can you apologise to the other artists like Cat Stevens and Elton for all the tinsel I’ve left on the stage but I did check and my boobs haven’t popped out so that’s a bonus.”
The singer closed out her set together with her hit tune Murder On The Dancefloor, asking them to sing again the lyrics to go away her with “one last memory”.
Before she left the stage, she took a photograph of her and her band with the gang within the background.
Ellis-Bextor was adopted on the principle stage by US nation band The Chicks, who had been initially named The Dixie Chicks.