'Mind-blowing' Billie Eilish's mother on making history at Glastonbury

Headlining Glastonbury's Pyramid stage the most recognised festival platform in the world - has always been a career-defining moment. When 20-year-old Billie Eilish makes history today as the youngest solo headliner, one familiar face is guaranteed to be there among the crowd of thousands - her mother.

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"It's definitely amazing but very hard to process at the same time," said Maggie Baird. "It's a very pinch-me moment. People always ask, 'How do you feel on this momentous day?' But as a parent, everything your kid does from the beginning is kind of amazing. I was blown away when she was playing the little club in our tiny area of Highland Park [in Los Angeles]. It just stays mind-blowing."

The Glastonbury moment is the latest in a long list of records for Eilish. She is the youngest artist to reach 10bn streams on Spotify, the youngest record-of-the-year Grammy winner and the youngest headliner of Coachella festival.

"All these amazing, incredible moments in a career are also surrounded by a tremendous amount of stress, pressure, hard work and exhaustion," Baird said.

"And so it's really important that you not let these big events just become something to check off your list. And this is just me watching. But even for Billie, you have to keep thinking, 'wow, here's where I am right now, and this is happening'. We see her doing it all the time, she stops on stage and is like, 'wow', which I love."