Britney Spears fans heart-stricken popstar was no-show for Sir Elton John’s Glastonbury headline set-Sabrina Barr-Entertainment – Metro

‘Sad and disappointed,’ one dismayed fan said. (Picture: Matt Cardy)

Sir Elton John’s headliner set at Glastonbury 2023 – an amazing spectacle in every sense of the word – amazed fans across the globe from start to finish.

However, some who were holding out hope that Britney Spears would show up as one of his special guests, convinced the popstar would be making her comeback to the stage, were left sorely disappointed.

Ahead of the performance on the Pyramid Stage, it was confirmed that the 76-year-old would be welcoming four other performers to join him.

They turned out to be Jacob Lusk from Gabriels and London Community Gospel Choir, Stephen Sanchez, The Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers and Rina Sawayama.

No sign of Britney, Dua Lipa or Rocketman star Taron Egerton, despite heavy rumours and speculation surrounding all three of them.

In 2022, the Toxic singer, 41, and Sir Elton collaborated on their duet Hold Me Closer, a remake of his 1972 single Tiny Dancer.

Fans were blown away by Sir Elton’s set, which could mark his final ever gig in the UK (Picture: Kate Green/Getty Images)

It marked a huge milestone in Britney’s career, as it was her first release of new music since her highly-publicised and widely-criticised conservatorship came to an end.

With that in mind, some thought it was highly probable that Glastonbury 2023 could mark the superstar’s first return to stage since the end of her conservatorship.

This thought was fuelled even further when she was photographed in Mexico amid speculation that she had made her way to the UK.

The singer even shared a post on Instagram with a caption of Union Jack flags, as well as uploading a picture appearing to pay homage to the Pyramid Stage… but alas, it wasn’t meant to be.

Jacob Lusk from Gabriels and London Community Gospel Choir was one of Sir Elton’s special guests (Picture: Harry Durrant/Getty Images)

As can be expected, Britney stans were devastated that she didn’t turn up, with some even saying that they felt that they’d wasted their time watching Sir Elton’s set.

(While we understand their disappointment that Britney wasn’t there, Sir Elton delivered one of the best headline sets in the history of Glastonbury, hands down).

‘Just sat through 2 hours of Elton John waiting for Britney Spears, to no avail. Sad and disappointed,’ one person tweeted.

Referencing Britney’s many videos of herself dancing at home, someone else added: ‘So Britney is doing spinnies in her front room and I’m sat waiting for her to appear with Elton.’

‘Wearing my best clown makeup watching Elton at Glasto waiting to see if Britney makes an appearance 🤡,’ another stated, while one person remarked: ‘Elton singing hold me closer but not with Britney. Awkward. OK bye now 👋.’

One dramatic reaction read: ‘If Britney doesn’t make an appearance and I’ve wasted 2 hours of my life watching an Elton John concert…’

Meanwhile, another person brought up the fact that Britney was posting on Instagram minutes before Sir Elton’s set, uploading another video of herself dancing and another of Justin Bieber singing.

‘Britney stop posting on Instagram your on stage with Elton in 10!’ they wrote.

However, someone else tweeted on Saturday that they had a premonition that everyone’s Britney prediction was misplaced.

‘Me when Britney doesn’t perform with Elton and see all of you having meltdowns because you still haven’t learnt your lesson,’ they hypothesised.

It turned out they were right!

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