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A singer-songwriter from Jersey says she is "excited" to have been chosen to play at Glastonbury this June – and is now looking for ways to incorporate a Jersey flag in her show.
Megan Langlois will be playing a one-hour set on Friday 23 June.
Megan told Express she was initially reluctant to apply to play there - but that loved ones managed to persuade her.
"My wife and two of my friends were begging me to send my song in," she said. She submitted original songs, recorded at her home, and found out via email that she had been selected to play at the festival, which attracts 200,000 people.
Video: Megan performing 'The Dreamer' for one of ArtHouse Jersey's lockdown 'ArtHouse Presents' sessions in 2020.
Megan said: "I will be doing my own songs that I've written. It’s just going to be myself and my acoustic guitar."
She said that she has had support from her wife Natalie and two daughters, who are aged nine and 14.
"They’re both very proud and really pleased," she said.
"I took my youngest to Glastonbury last year, so she knows what it’s all about."
She did not manage to get tickets for her daughters this year as she only found out she was playing at the festival after ticket sales had opened.
Pictured: Megan and her wife Natalie form the acoustic duo Pretty Vegas.
Megan said: "I’ve played guitar all my life, as long as I can remember. My dad taught me, then I got lessons."
She grew up playing music, but took it more seriously after travelling to New Zealand as a young adult.
"I went to New Zealand when I was 18. I was playing for the local restaurants, cafés and bars.
"I got more confident."
When she isn’t performing her own music, Megan plays in two bands – a five-person rock band and an acoustic duo with her wife, Natalie.
She is involved in the music scene, teaching guitar and running open mic nights. She also works a day job in the finance sector and takes care of her family. "Family is really important," she said.
As well as rehearsing in the run-up to the big event, Megan is also thinking about how to fly the flag for the island - literally - and is thinking of ways to incorporate it into her set.
Many islanders have been wishing Megan luck since news of her big gig emerged - among them, the team at Jersey College for Girls, where she went to school.
"We were so happy to hear one of our former students will be performing at Glastonbury later this year! Congratulations Megan, we are all very proud of you!" the school said.
Peter Marett, who is Assistant Headteacher at JCG and was Megan’s tutor, said: "We were so excited to hear that Megan is going to perform at Glastonbury.
"I remember her enthusiasm for music when she performed for Cavell House as a student in my form. She was always such a promising musician."
Megan will follow a few other Jersey acts who played at Glastonbury in recent years.
Brave Yesterday, the island's emo rockers, played the John Peel stage on 25 June 2011 after being spotted by a Glastonbury booker at Jersey Live.
The John Peel stage, which the festival describes as "raucous, effervescent and gloriously sweaty", hosts new artists.
Also in 2011, Jersey’s Pirate Video Company played on the BBC Introducing stage.
They were nominated by the BBC Introducing in Jersey presenter Ryan Morrison.
Monty Taft, a singer from Jersey who played at Worthy Farm in 2016, was just 17 at the time.
He played two sets at the festival’s acoustic stage, which can host 6,000 people.
In an interview with the Bailiwick Express, he said that seeing Art Garfunkel performing on the same stage just a few hours later was one of the highlights of the festival.
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