Lana Del Rey covered “Unchained Melody” with country star Paul Cauthen at the Stagecoach Festival in California – watch the footage below.
The duo sang the song, made famous by the Righteous Brothers in 1965, to close Cauthen’s set at the festival.
“I’m so happy to be here with him right now,” Del Rey said before introducing the song. “He decided he wanted me to do a nice slow piece to finish it off. I actually got to sing this song at Graceland and it’s so exciting.
Watch the performance here:
As she mentioned, Del Rey performed the same song in December on the NBC show. Christmas at Graceland special. As part of this tribute show to Elvis Presley, she covered the song that the king had recorded less than two months before his death in 1977.
Del Rey recently headlined both weekends of Coachella 2024 and was joined by guests Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, Jack Antonoff and Camila Cabello.
The first weekend, Del Rey invited Eilish to perform a duet of “Video Games” and “Ocean Eyes,” as well as Batiste to perform “Candy Necklace” and Antonoff to play piano for “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman.” I like having it – but I have it.” For the second weekend, she turned to Cabello to perform the latter’s “I Luv It.”
She then revealed that she only recovered from laryngitis “a few hours” before going on stage for the first weekend, while lashing out at her former tour manager, who she said , had “resigned without reason” a little over a month before the concert. together.
In a four-star review of the weekend’s first set, ZikNation wrote: “Some festival-goers and critics have pointed to Del Rey as an “odd” choice for headliner – someone who isn’t exactly known for her energetic, flashy performances. Tonight, unmoved by those opinions, she sticks to what’s true for her and instead focuses on something clever rather than gimmicky.
His second set, which ran 13 minutes over the allotted time, is expected to cost the festival a fine of around $28,000 (£22,585).
Last June, the “Video Games” singer-songwriter encountered a similar problem during her performance at Glastonbury, where she arrived on stage late and was then interrupted due to curfew.
Elsewhere, Courtney Love recently said she thinks the singer “should really take seven years off,” after previously calling her a “true musical genius.”
“I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she really should take seven years off,” Love said. “Until ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads,’ I thought she was great. When I was recording my new album, I had to stop listening to it because it influenced me too much.
Del Rey is set to be one of the headliners at Reading & Leeds 2024, alongside Liam Gallagher, Blink-182, Fred Again.., Gerry Cinnamon and Catfish & The Bottlemen. The festivals take place August 21-25 and tickets are on sale now for both venues; buy here (for Reading) and here (for Leeds).
