Glastonbury 2024: Watch The Last Dinner Party perform ‘Nothing Matters’
In 2023, The Last Dinner Party made their Glastonbury Festival debut on the Woodsies Stage. It seemed inevitable that they’d return the following year on a bigger stage, and the five-piece rose to the occasion.
Over the last decade, it has become more difficult for traditional indie bands to break into the mainstream, but The Last Dinner Party are an anomaly, and their performance on The Other Stage suggests that the Pyramid Stage is calling in the future.
While it’s still too early in their career, having only released one album, the future is certainly beaming bright for The Last Dinner Party, who shot to the top spot with their debut LP upon release in February. On top of a jam-packed festival season, they are also set to tour the UK later this year, but good luck finding a ticket.
It’s been a whirlwind 14 months for the group since they announced themselves spectacularly with debut single ‘Nothing Matters’, and things are seemingly only going to get bigger for The Last Dinner Party, who looked at home on The Other Stage.
For their first album, The Last Dinner Party teamed up with producer James Ford, best known for working with artists such as Blur and Arctic Monkeys, who helped the London group realise their bold vision.
Despite seemingly bursting onto the scene from nowhere, The Last Dinner Party honed their craft over an extended period and played live regularly in South London before they released a note of music, which was evident from the stagecraft on display at Glastonbury. As well as playing beloved tracks from their first album, The Last Dinner Party also treated those in Pilton to the unreleased track, ‘Second Best’.
In a four-and-a-half-star review of their debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, Far Out wrote: “Immersion is almost inevitable on their highly anticipated debut album, which delivers emotional ecstasy and agony in equal measure. The record is guided by Abigail Morris’s fluttering vocals, which contemplate envy, indecision and desire with unparalleled intent. Orchestral swells and art rock soundscapes mould around her emotionally charged romances and rumination with ease, somehow just as dramatic as her weighty words.”
“If you decidedly don’t like The Last Dinner Party, Prelude To Ecstasy certainly won’t convert you. Their sound is nothing if not consistent. But if you’re willing to hand yourself over to five artists who wield instruments like swords, it just might be your album of the year,” the review concludes.
Still to come on June 29th at Glastonbury, Cyndi Lauper, Keane, Michael Kiwanuka and Little Simz are set to grace the Pyramid Stage before Coldplay headline. Meanwhile, Camila Cabello, Bloc Party and The Streets will appear on The Other Stage before Disclosure headline.
Watch The Last Dinner Party perform ‘Nothing Matters’ at Glastonbury Festival below.
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