How old is Diana Ross

The star brings a huge crowd to the Pyramid Stage as she plays a career-spanning greatest hits show.

Like Paul McCartney, who headlined the Pyramid Stage on Saturday night, Ross's voice betrayed the signs of her advancing years. "You've got to put your body into it," she exclaimed. Parton attracted the festival's largest-ever audience in 2014; while Minogue's triumphant performance was watched by 3.9 million TV viewers. The irresistible funk even encouraged the statuesque Ross to abandon her spot behind the microphone and shuffle down to the audience for a little shoulder shimmy. That joy was reflected back from the audience, who belted out Supremes classics like Can't Hurry Love, Baby Love and Stop In The Name Of Love ("I've got a lot of songs about love, because everything we do is about love," Ross noted) as well as later solo hits like Chain Reaction and Love Hangover. Often portrayed as a diva, she spoke openly about the difficulties of lockdown - "I'm going to call it a vacation, a gap year, because I don't want to say what it really did" - and confessed the need for a lyric sheet when she sang the title track of last year's Thank You album.

Confidently filling the traditional Sunday 'legends' slot at the festival, the fabulously attired Motown and disco star treated the vast crowd to hit after ...

“Well,” she clarifies, “I feel 48 years old.” She’s also clearly not a woman to miss a sales opportunity. “If I can move my body like this when I’m 48 years old … ” she says, her voice trailing off as she demonstrates a dancefloor shimmy. Upside Down, however, provides the required Sunday legend slot explosion of joy complete with obligatory footage of the security at the front of the stage dancing, while Ain’t No Mountain High Enough does what I’m Still Waiting couldn’t and provokes a widespread outbreak of delighted bellowing along.

The Queen of Motown finally took to the stage for the Teatime Legends slot two years after she was first announced on the billing, but her set didn't pop.

We cannot lay the blame solely at the feet of Ms Ross. The sound seemed to be off on its own special little trip which made for a very frustrating Pyramid Stage experience. She is no stranger to striking a pose and it’s just as well, as the main thrust of her performance involved a quick shoulder shimmy and a half raise of the arms, as if to say “well done” to the crowd for joining in. It is a truth universally acknowledged that no matter where you stand in a crowd at Glastonbury, you will be behind a group of lads getting on it.

A huge audience gathered to watch the 78-year-old star on the Pyramid Stage.

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The one and only Diana Ross just sang her legend slot on Glastonbury's Pyramid stage to one of the biggest audiences ever seen at the festival.

Yet many said it didn't really matter the performer was off key as she is such a legend as it was. @PatrickSmyth said: "Diana Ross is as off key as I was hoping for." Yet commenters on Twitter said the performer was "off key" throughout.

Diana Ross treated fans to classics including Chain Reaction, Ain't No Mountain High Enough and I Will Survive, as a sunny Glastonbury Festival headed into ...

But there was only one star of the show. Can you see me, because I can see you." Later she delighted the audience with a shimmy, joking: "If I can move my body like this when I'm 47 years old… Referring to the enforced isolation over the last couple of years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she called the time her "gap year", telling the crowd it gave her time "to think about what you want in life". Writing her latest album Thank You in lockdown, she emotionally told the crowd: "I'm so grateful for this life and to be here with you," adding, "I love to sing in the light, to look out and see your faces and see your eyes. The 78-year-old star confided in the crowd that there were moments she didn't think she'd be able to complete the tour, adding "there's a power in determination, knowing what you want to do in life and the way you want it to be".

A huge audience gathered to watch the 78-year-old star on the Pyramid Stage.

Earlier on Saturday, the Pyramid Stage hosted a speech by Greta Thunberg where she called on society to take on its “historic responsibility to set things right” with the global climate crisis. Lamar’s show on the main stage will mark his Glastonbury debut, and he is expected to play a range of hit tracks including songs from his recently released fifth studio album Mr Morale & The Big Steppers. Earlier on Sunday, George Ezra confirmed he was the secret guest on the John Peel stage on Sunday, three days after pulling out of Tinderbox Festival in Denmark due to a “nasty bout of laryngitis”. The Hertfordshire singer-songwriter departed the stage to rapturous applause following a rendition of Shotgun. A slideshow of photos were shown to the crowd from Ross’s long career in the build-up to her appearance on stage – which was met with loud cheers from the audience. Soul singer Diana Ross told the thousands gathered at the Pyramid Stage to “feel the power of love” as she reeled off hit after hit.