Rita Ora’s fans had no idea what was going on backstage (Picture: Getty)

While the crowd waited for Rita Ora to hit the Radio 1 Biggest Weekend stage yesterday, little did they know the manic mayhem that was going on behind the scenes.

According to Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills, there was ‘a lot of fuss’ about Rita when she arrived, with ‘two people-carriers’ full of handlers arriving with the star.

He told Daily Star her in-ears weren’t working, so there was ‘someone fiddling around’.

However, Rita remained cool as a cucumber.


‘She is super professional,’ he said from behind the scenes. ‘You would never know all the drama that was going on backstage. That there was a technical issue.’

The singer got her ears in order and smashed the set (Picture: Getty)

He noted the gaggle of people who were constantly surropunding the star as she geared up for her performance in Swansea, as he added: ‘She has people prodding her constantly,. someone doing hair, touching up her hair and make-up.



‘Someone else will be putting her jacket on and then her in ears and microphone.’

That’s a lot of people.

The 27-year-old opened the third day of the festival as she paid tribute to Avicii, a little over a month after the Swedish DJ passed away.

The name of the 28-year-old – who passed away 20 April while in Oman – flashed up on the video screens as Rita sang their collaboration and the last song he released before his death, Lonely Together.

She told the crowd: ‘Thank you for singing that with me.

‘It’s always hard for me to sing that, so thank you so much for singing along.’

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