KYLIE Minogue made an emotional return to Glastonbury, 14 years after cancer forced her to cancel a headline slot.

The pop star, 51, was in tears as she played the festival's famed Pyramid stage coming after her 2005 cancellation.

The singer had to pull out after doctors diagnosed her with cancer, but she went on to make a full recovery and now she finally got the chance to make her comeback.

"In 2005 I was meant to be here," she told the crowd. "Circumstances meant that I did not make it."

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As the crowd chanted her name, she had to compose herself before describing how she'd watched the 2005 festival from afar.

"I wished things were different - but life is what it is.

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"We're all here in this moment."

The crowd went on to sing along to some of her classics including I Should Be So Lucky and Especially For You.

"Do I even need to sing?" the beaming singer asked during I Should Be So Lucky.

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The singer said in 2005, when she missed the festival, she instead watched it at home.

She said: "Some of the artists covered some of my songs and that is the spirit and gracious nature of Glastonbury".

 Special guests drew some gasps.

Coldplay star Chris Martin made his latest Glasto cameo by joining Kylie for Can't Get You Out Of My Head, while Nick Cave also headed onto the stage to sing with their gothic ballad Where The Wild Roses Grow.