Paul Heaton and Rianne Downey

Rianne Downey joined The Housemartins legend Paul Heaton onstage atĀ Glastonbury 2024 – watch footage below.

During his set at the Pyramid Stage yesterday (June 28), Heaton was joined by Downey, who later took to X/Twitter to express her gratitude.

“I just played the Pyramid Stage āœØšŸ¤Æ with the incredible @PaulHeatonSolo,” she wrote underneath a clip of them singing The Beautiful South‘s track, ‘Rotterdam’. “thank you @glastonbury šŸ¤

Elsewhere in the set, Heaton shocked fans by bringing out his former Housemartins bandmate Norman Cook (akaĀ Fatboy Slim) to perform their 1986 hit ā€˜Happy Hourā€™.

Originally formed in 1983, The Housemartins began as a busking duo composed of Heaton and guitarist Stan Cullimore.

Cook replaced their original bassist Ted Key, but the band disbanded in 1988 – with each member going on to pursue solo projects. Two years before they split, the band played Glastonbury, which Heaton recently recalled as “mind-blowing”.

The frontman spoke toĀ The Glastonbury Free Press after the gates opened for this years edition, saying: “Even though Iā€™d read about it, I had no idea how massive it was until I got there.

ā€œWe were about to have our first hit with ā€˜Happy Hourā€™, so the only people who knew about us were people who had heard us on John Peel and Janice Longā€™s shows. We played around midday I think.”

He continued: “You could see people waking up and coming down the hill towards the stage while we were on. It was dead exciting.”

Following her appearance alongside Heaton at Worthy farm, Downey will act as a special guest on Heaton’s upcoming Ian Broudie-produced album, ā€˜The Mighty Severalā€™, and will join him on a 2024 UK tour. Check out a full list of tour dates below andĀ visit here for tickets.

Paul Heaton 2024 UK tour dates are:Ā 

NOVEMBER
29 ā€“ Bridlington, Spa
30 ā€“ Leeds, First Direct Arena

DECEMBER
1 ā€“ Glasgow, OVO Hydro
3 ā€“ Brighton, Centre
4 ā€“ Wolverhampton, Civic Halls
6 ā€“ Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
7 ā€“ Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena
9 ā€“ Newcastle, O2 City Hall
10 ā€“ London, Eventim Apollo

Check back atĀ NMEĀ hereĀ for the latest news, reviews, interviews, photos, rumours and more from Glastonbury 2024.Ā Check out theĀ NMEĀ liveblog here for all the latest Glastonbury action as it happens.

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