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Carrie Underwood Geeks Out Over Janet Jackson At Glastonbury

Carrie Underwood recently (6/29) made her debut performance on the iconic Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England. She joined an all-star line-up on the main stage this…

Carrie Underwood Debuts At Glastonbury, Will Play London On The Fourth of July
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Carrie Underwood recently (6/29) made her debut performance on the iconic Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England. She joined an all-star line-up on the main stage this year that also included Janet Jackson, The Killers, Hozier, The Cure, Bastille, Vampire Weekend and Kylie Minogue, among others.

After performing herself, Carrie stuck around to check out Janet Jackson's show, posting a video to Instagram, "What? Just? Happened?! @janetjackson

Previous country acts to play the festival include Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash.

Underwood has been in the U.K. in the last week where she played a show in Cardiff. She posted, "Cardiff was so much fun!!! It was my first trip to Wales...I felt so loved ????! Thanks to all who came out from all over! Already can’t wait to come back! #CryPrettyTourUK"

Carrie plays a show in London on the Fourth of July.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.