The Rolling Stones’ music has surely soundtracked a conception or two, but a birth? Well, that’s new.
During their Glastonbury headline set last weekend, Heidi Wessen from Leicester went into labour two weeks early, and her baby daughter was born in Glastonbury’s medical centre at 3am. That’s either the most awesome or most depressing birth ever, depending on your point of view.
Speaking on the official site of the festival, a Glastonbury spokesperson said: “We’d like to send our congratulations to the family. We look forward to welcoming them back in future years. We’ve had babies born here that are now grown-ups. They still come every year. That’s a beautiful thing.”
The Rolling Stones headlined the festival on Saturday evening (June 29th), with 2.5 million viewers tuning in to the BBC to see the legendary band play Glastonbury for the first time ever. Arctic Monkeys and Mumford & Sons also headlined, with the latter closing out the festival with a rendition of The Beatles’ ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’, enlisting the help of the likes of Vampire Weekend and The Vaccines to do so.
