Glastonbury 2023 Surprise: Cate Blanchett Performs with Sparks After 'The Girl is Crying in Her Latte' MV Stint

Hollywood icon Cate Blanchett unexpectedly showed up at Glastonbury on Friday night to play with the American pop-rock band Sparks.

The 54-year-old, twice-Oscar-winning actress made an appearance in the band's most recent track, "The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte" music video.

On Friday, the Los Angeles-based pop/rock group Sparks performed on the Park stage.

Ron and Russell Mael, who play piano and lead vocals, respectively, formed the group. Speaking to the crowds before their performance, Russell expressed his joy at getting to welcome Cate, an iconic figure from The Lord of the Rings, to join them.

He gushed, saying:

He gushed: "Hopefully as many of you know we have a brand new album, it just came out a couple of weeks ago. We have a super special treat tonight. We did a video for this song recently and we had the great honour of having the great actor Cate Blanchett join us - where are you Cate Blanchett?"

The crowd went wild as Cate herself then made an appearance on stage to dance along with the guys.

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Ron and Russell have previously discussed how they met Cate. They became friends with Cate while she was promoting her music-themed picture, Tar, during the 2023 awards season.

The brothers said that they have met Cate Blanchett in Paris at the Cesar Awards last year, little knowing that a year later one of the greatest actors of their time -- and a splendid person -- would graciously consent to lending her booty-shaking skills to the first video from their new album."

This weekend's Glastonbury festival featured a number of other unexpected performers, including Cate, who appeared at Worthy Farm. The Foo Fighters gave a surpise performance at the Pyramid on Friday night.

Fans went wild when the rockers emerged in the time slot, which had been reserved for an ostensibly fictitious band called "The Churnups." Frontman Dave Grohl earlier this month released a handwritten note on social media, giving away the fact that his band would take the stage.

Some fans thought he was implying that his band was the genuine act behind the enigmatic "churnups" band that had earned a slot on the line-up when he used the phrase "churning up." The Foo Fighters showed up in place of the imaginary group on Friday, which pleased fans who had come to see them perform.