Lana Del Rey enjoys firework display with fans after Reading headline set cut short
Lana Del Rey's headline performance at Reading Festival on Saturday evening was cut short after she arrived on stage late.
Turning up 15 minutes late to her stage time, Lana Del Rey performed shortened versions of songs such as "Arcadia", "Norman fucking Rockwell", "Without You", and "Ride". Meanwhile "Summertime Sadness" featured an extended intro, and "Video Games" came with an extended outro.
Reading & Leeds Festival have issued an apology to fans of Lana Del Rey after cutting her set short.
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The singer had a firework show planned for the final song of her set. She instead sat and watched the fireworks with fans as her microphone feed was cut. pic.twitter.com/tFg9D93YtV
Making up for the late stage arrival, Lana Del Rey managed to make it to the first verse of her encore song, "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but I have it", before the festival cut the sound off five minutes before her extended stage time was due to end. Because of this, Lana Del Rey sat at the edge of the stage and watched her fireworks display before exiting the stage.
Reading Festival issued an apology, writing: "Due to an error by the Reading production team we accidentally cut off Lana Del Rey's incredible set short by 5 mins. We apologise unreservedly to Lana and all her fans".
Reading & Leeds Festival took place from 21-25 August.
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