Lorde is a marketing genius and Virgin is her best album yet
Lorde performing on the Woodsies Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Photo / Getty Images
It was 11.30am BST when New Zealand's biggest indie pop star appeared at a secret set on the third day of the Glastonbury Festival in England on Friday.
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Lorde is a marketing genius and Virgin is her best album yet
Lorde performing on the Woodsies Stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Photo / Getty Images It was 11.30am BST when New Zealand's biggest indie pop star appeared at a secret set on the third day of the Glastonbury Festival in England on Friday.
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Midday Report Essentials for Friday 27 June 2025
crime music 6 minutes ago In today's episode, the top of the South Island is effectively cut off at the moment, with a number of state highways closed and state of emergencies in Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough, severe weather is battering Auckland where a section of road in Blockhouse Bay, has been closed after wind blew the roof off a commercial building and partially collapsed the front of the structure, the former speaker of the House Trevor Mallard is being sued by a child over blasting repetitive bad music from loud speakers during the parliament protest and occupation in 2022, and Lorde, who originates from the North Shore, told RNZ's own Tony Stamp, she went through "existential crises" putting the album together.
