They also broke out a cover of Pink Floyd's 'Comfortably Numb' when closing out this year's festival
Scissor Sisters were joined by Sir Ian McKellen, Kelly Osbourne, and Belinda Carlisle at their Mighty Hoopla set – check out footage below.
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The New York band closed out the Brockwell Park festival on Sunday night (May 31), and saw them use their set to bring out several surprise guests.
Seeing Kelly Osbourne singing One Word, one of the best pop songs of all time, on stage with Scissor Sisters at Mighty Hoopla was legit a life highlight. pic.twitter.com/EwCH9qlTHR
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) May 31, 2026
Kicking things off with fan-favourites like ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’’ and ‘She’s My Man’, Scissor Sisters were joined by Belinda Carlisle to cover her 1987 hit ‘Heaven Is A Place on Earth’, before powering through a Pink Floyd cover and later welcoming Kelly Osbourne to join them in covering her 2005 track ‘One Word’.
May 31, 2026
Mighty Hoopla with the Scissor Sisters pic.twitter.com/a6ttWMe0Ym— Belinda Carlisle 💙 (@belindacarlisle) June 1, 2026
McKellen then joined Jake Shears and co. to recreate his monologue from their 2010 single ‘Invisible Light’, before they wrapped their set with ‘Let’s Have a Kiki’, ‘Filthy/Gorgeous’, and ‘Music Is the Victim’.
Mighty Hoopla: the UK’s campest, most colourful celebration of all things pop. The festival has got even bigger this time around and, somehow, better, with a legion of stellar performances and a jaw-dropping array of attractions vying for your attention.
MEEK by name but certainly not by nature, one of the UK’s most endearing new pop prospects kicks off the afternoon in a flurry of neon tulle. Her defiant anthem “Fabulous” is the perfect start as her sizeable audience chants along with her: “I just got my heart broken but I look f***in’ fabulous/ Yeah I’m back in therapy but I look f***in’ fabulous…” Members of the crowd snap their fans – bearing the legends “C***”, “S**G” or “GAY” – in approval.
A singalong DJ-set dedicated to George Michael, then another for Madonna. For the Arsenal fans fretting over the Champions League final game, there’s a Gay Gooners viewing party. And for anyone on the verge of sensory overload (understandable, given the surroundings), there’s a fully staffed welfare space as well as a sensory tent kitted out with stim gadgets and toys, including ear defenders. Hoopla really does feel like the UK’s most inclusive space.
A career-encompassing set on the main stage from pop mastermind MNEK reminds us of his influence on the charts. From collaborations with Zara Larsson and JADE to his songs from his heady 2018 solo debut, Language, the songwriter and producer born Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike knows what makes us tick.
A surprise scheduled on the main stage turns out to be Australia’s almost-Eurovision champion Delta Goodrem, belting out her 2026 song “Eclipse” (complete with dramatic pyrotechnics, though sadly not the platform that rises up out of the piano, which presumably had to go for budgetary reasons). Read the ful story on The Independent
