Sugababes had 'talks about bottles of urine' being hurled during 'controversial' Glastonbury set

The Sugababes' Keisha Buchanan has revealed the band's fear over urine being hurled at them on stage at Glastonbury.

Keisha, along with Mutya Buena and their former bandmate Heidi Range took to the Pyramid Stage in 2001, becoming the first female pop band to play on the main stage. But while they had amassed millions of record sales, Buchanan admits it was a "controversial" decision to book the hitmakers for Pyramid.

Although this will be their third time playing the festival based at Worthy Farm, it will be the second time Siobhán Donaghy takes to the stage after the original trio reunited. In 2022, after reclaiming their name, Keisha, Mutya and Siobhán were left gobsmacked when security was called in during their set on the Avalon Stage.

While the band were concerned thinking nobody would turn up, they were left blown away when the iconic tent rapidly filled to capacity with a huge crowd gathering outside. Speaking about their first time performing at Glastonbury in a new interview, Keisha opened up about the backstage conversations she and her bandmates had.

The Sugababes first played Glastonbury in 2001 and had 'talks' about urine being thrown during their 'controversial' performance

"We were one of the first, if not the first, female pop band to play the main stage," she said to the BBC. Keisha added: "It was very controversial at the time. I remember having conversations about what to do if anyone threw a bottle of pee at us." Meanwhile, Mutya added: "I feel like, by then, we'd already been able to kind of cross over into different genres of music. We’d done the NME tour and the BRITs, so I felt like we'd already made a name for ourselves."

The Sugababes will play the West Holts Stage on Friday, June 28, performing from 16:55 to 17:25, four months after the Mirror revealed they would be heading back to Worthy Farm. Speaking to us at the MOBO Awards, Keisha teased: "Maybe, you never know." While Mutya added: "You never know!"

Reflecting on their legacy, Siobhán told us: "Some songs just stand the test of time. It's amazing that some artists are allowed the opportunity to still be around and be relevant." Meanwhile, Buena continued: "We're very, very blessed to be in this situation and to be here today, receiving this amazing award and being recognised for what we've been doing for the last couple of years… Or, 25 years!"

"There are so many opinions, especially when you go through the artist development stage," said Siobhán before adding: "I feel like the Sugababes are special because we dodged a lot of that. We only had one day of media training, although that was really obvious. At least it's real and authentic, when we go into writing, even last week, we talk about what we feel passionately about, whether that's politically or our love lives or whatever, we want to keep it real and relate to the people. "

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