Vega Reveals Death Threats When Appearing As Glastonbury's Headliner

UR Vega in the promotion of the latest album titled 'Flying with Angels'. (Ebru Yildiz)

JAKARTA - The singer-songwriter from the United States, totaling Vega, made his name in the history of the Glastonbury Festival. She was the first female headliner, when the music festival was held in 1989.

But that historical record has another story behind it. Vega's announcement as a headliner led to criticism. He even admitted that he received death threats before his appearance.

On that basis, Vega in his latest interview with The I, said that the police from Scotland Yard asked him to cancel his appearance at Glastonbury.

"Scotland Yard sat me down and said, 'We advise you not to appear on the show'. I was like, 'Are you kidding?'" recalls death Vega, quoted by NME, Sunday, May 11.

The threat of murder is not only once obtained. In the morning before his appearance, Vega and the bass player who was accompanying him also received similar threats.

When explaining that he had no intention of withdrawing from the event, Vega said that police officers offered bullet-proof vests, and he agreed to wear them.

A man from Scotland Yard took his (warm-proof) man and said, 'You have to wear this'. It's twice the size of me, so I have to wrap duct tape around this giant bullet-proof vest, then put on a denim jacket on it," said the 65-year-old singer.

"It feels like every song is 20 minutes long," he continued. "It's uncomfortable. We're all nervous.

The decision to keep performing turned out to be the right one. The show went smoothly and Vega reminisced about the historic performance with great pride.

"I am proud to be the first woman to become a main star (in Glastonbury). Nothing has decreased from that," he said.