Lizzo review, Glastonbury 2023: Life-affirming performance leaves you baffled as to why she wasn’t a headliner

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. There’s Shirley Bassey drama as she enters to “Cuz I Love You”, dressed in an incredible PVC lace-up catsuit, and flanked by dancers in pink lamé. Now it’s a totally different story: her show is a slick, life-affirming celebration that runs the gamut of pop, disco and R&B with hits such as “Juice”, “I Love You Bitch” and “About Damn Time”. As if the message wasn’t clear enough, she then shouts, “this is a bad bitch meditation!” – although her idea of zen includes a guitarist shredding on her knees, two male dancers coming onstage for “Boys”, and Lizzo dramatically falling to the floor with her rhinestone mic stand. It’s all fun but the best bit comes during the final section when Lizzo, resplendent in a gold tasselled dress, gets out her flute and plays alongside two young flautists in pink catsuits, before shifting into her single “Special” and a quick snippet of Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman”.