Gaz Coombes has advised NME that Billie Eilish is an enormous fan of Supergrass.
Speaking in a brand new interview, the frontman who tomorrow (January 13) releases his new solo album ‘Turn The Car Around’, spoke in regards to the pop star watching his band from the facet of the stage once they returned to Glastonbury in 2022.
“I didn’t see her but I heard she was singing along to ‘Sun Hits The Sky’ on our little viewing gantry [on The Other Stage] which was kind of cool,” Coombes mentioned. “I’ve got huge respect for her. I think what she does is great and how she does it is cool. They’re an interesting writing team, Eilish and her brother [Finneas] as well.”
The Britpop legends performed their first reunion present on the intimate Glastonbury spin-off gig the Pilton Party again in 2019 and have been then introduced for Glasto 2020 earlier than it was cancelled as a consequence of COVID.
They lastly made their return on the opening afternoon final 12 months and joked that they have been “two years late”.
“Glastonbury was a real moment for us, just to play there again on The Other Stage,” defined Coombes. “We always had a bit of a love affair with Glastonbury from our earliest performance in ’95. That shaped our band in many ways, that early performance. I just remember being quite excitable but kind of nervous and young at the time. It was that combination of shitting my pants but having this excitement that needed to be released, which are always good ingredients for a live performance.”
That similar night Eilish headlined the Main Stage.
Coombes’ forthcoming report serves as the ultimate a part of a trilogy that started with 2015 LP ‘Matador’ and continued together with his most up-to-date full-length, 2018’s ‘World’s Strongest Man’.
The singer additionally lately announced particulars of a headline tour of the UK and Europe in 2023 – you possibly can purchase tickets right here.