The Cure’s Robert Smith joins Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury 2025 for surprise “Friday I’m In Love” and “Just Like Heaven” duet

Olivia Rodrigo brought an unexpected guest into her Sunday-night headline set at Glastonbury 2025: Robert Smith of The Cure. The Californian singer invited Smith onstage for two songs from his band’s catalog, “Friday I’m In Love” and “Just Like Heaven.” Their unannounced appearance paired Rodrigo, 22, with the 66-year-old Cure musician in a collaboration that surprised fans watching the festival performance.

Footage shot from within the audience shows both musicians playing acoustic guitars during the duet. A white crescent moon can be seen beyond the stage, and wider shots capture people dancing across the field at night. Although the recording itself is visually rough, it documents the scale and setting of the performance as Rodrigo and Smith work through the two Cure hits together.

The contrast between their voices shaped the renditions. Smith supplied his familiar deeper tone, which the source described as retaining the quality of his performances on the band’s 1987 and 1992 singles. Rodrigo sang in a higher, clear register alongside him. Their harmonies presented the songs in a subtly revised form rather than abandoning the material’s established character.

With more than four decades separating the performers in age, the appearance linked two generations of pop artists through The Cure’s music. The source treated the pairing as evidence that the group’s songs continue to inspire chart-topping musicians who emerged much later. It also characterized the modest reinterpretation as a way for longtime Cure listeners to encounter familiar material anew.

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