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Lionel Richie smashes it on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. Picture: Oli Scarff
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LIONEL Richie is just that good.
The 66-year-old singer got security guards busting moves with a flash mob performance to Dancing on the Ceiling at Glastonbury.
The epic set drew the largest crowd of the festival so far with more than 100,000 fans turning out to see him in the Sunday afternoon ‘legends spot’.
Many were waving flags with Lionel Richie’s face on them while a group of more than 40 people from Liverpool arrived dressed as the Alabama-born singer.
.@LionelRichie even got the security guards dancing! #Glasto2015 pic.twitter.com/8Eez6v61dO
— James Craig (@mistercraig) June 28, 2015
Serious protocol being broken there during Lionel Richie #HealthAndSafety pic.twitter.com/knrspnPDzb
— M A R K R I L E Y (@MARKLIFE_) June 28, 2015
Living for the #LionelRichie flash mob by the security people at #Glast #DancingOnTheCeiling
— M!ke ©ross (@MikeWithTheHair) June 28, 2015
Seriously, even the security guards did a dance routine. SO impressed. #LionelRichie
— Tuesday (@tuesdaybrown) June 28, 2015
The dance was part of a ‘Do it like Lionel’ routine organised by the festival’s theatre and circus troupe and posted on their website for people to learn beforehand.
We’ll be doing it like @LionelRichie this afternoon. Learn the routine here – http://t.co/pLUuKBM5C4 👯💃🏼🎶 #flashmob #getinvolved #Glasto2015
— Glastonbury Police (@Policeatglasto) June 28, 2015
“I had a massive attack,” Lionel Richie told the BBC immediately afterwards. “I was hollering for security and security started dancing.
“That was as good as it gets. Even after all the years of me performing, when a crowd takes over like that …. when I saw my face in every imaginable form. It was the perfect show. Even I’m speechless. For me to be speechless, it’s very hard to do.
“I’ve been to a lot of shows. That was organised chaos at its best.”
Glastonbury security are really going for it with these dance moves #LionelRichie
— Jon Dawson (@JonMDawson) June 28, 2015
Are they real security people doing the dance routine to Dancing on the Ceiling with Lionel Richie? Brilliant. #Glasto2015
— Nicola Watkinson (@themotty) June 28, 2015
Hello? The US-born legend’s set included crowd favourites like All Night Long and Say you, say me. Picture: Joel Ryan/Invision
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A rainy morning had turned large parts of the festival to mud by Sunday morning. Picture: Oli Scarff
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Richie’s performance followed rocker Patti Smith who bought the Dalai Lama on stage with her where the crowd sung him Happy Birthday.
It came after a controversial headline performance from Kanye West on Saturday night who divided crowds and was interrupted on stage by a comedian.
The Chemical Brothers and The Who closed the festival last night.
Rocked it. Richie drew the biggest crowd of the festival. Picture: Oli Scarff
Source: AFP
