Dolly Parton attracted the biggest crowd ever seen by Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage last weekend, according to the festival’s co-organiser Emily Eavis.
Thanks partly to an increase in capacity, The Rolling Stones were widely reported to have pulled in Glastonbury’s largest ever audience when they headlined last year in front of over 100,000 people.
However, during a Q&A on Glastonbury’s official website, Eavis has described Dolly Parton’s crowd as the ‘biggest she’s ever seen’.
“Oh Dolly was the biggest crowd I’ve ever seen here,” she said. “She is just a truly amazing live performer. Her voice was incredible. And she wrote that song about mud in the morning before the show! I don’t think you can beat that performance as a perfect moment here at Glastonbury.”
Parton was occupying the Sunday afternoon slot – a position which has become almost as famous as the headliners themselves primarily since Johnny Cash reignited his career there in 1994.