Teenager Eli Crossley is playing Glastonbury after a BBC video on his health condition went viral.
That evening she posted a cryptic message on WhatsApp to the group's parents: "Major news incoming." Soon afterwards, Eli started making calls to his bandmates Alfie, 15, and Freddie, Jay and Will, all 16.Then the news sank in..."And I was like, 'Yeah, well you're playing Glastonbury now, mate.'"
But the band have already got the support of one famous fan, actor Eddie Marsan, who implored festivalgoers to catch their set."I saw his band Askew play in Paris and their set was incredible. They're going to blow Glastonbury away." Eli is determined to see Royal Blood on the Pyramid Stage, while his mum has made it clear she'll be watching Sir Elton John on Sunday night.After that, she will go back to the day job of running Duchenne UK, the charity she set up after Eli was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy 13 years ago. At the time, she was told her three-year-old might not live to see 20.
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