Solange Takes Home BET's Centric Award + Performs at Glastonbury Festival

Sunday, June 26th wrapped an exciting birthday weekend for songwriter, recording artist and activist, Solange. After a performance at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK on Saturday, which The Telegraph called a, "faultless, theatrical ode to black womanhood," Solange made her way to Los Angeles for the BET Awards Sunday night.

Dressed in a bodysuit by Alix, Yohji Yamamoto pants, Zana Bayne belt and shoes by Dorateymur, Solange accepted BET's Centric Award honoring her work for "Cranes in the Sky" off her critically acclaimed album, A Seat at the Table.

"I just want to thank BET for my teenage years, for giving me images of queens like Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim and Aaliyah and Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill," Solange said. "And showing me those images and letting me know that the sky's the limit."

Later in the show, Solange took the stage again to help BET and My Black is Beautiful honor social justice activist Tamika Mallory by presenting Tamika with the Shine A Light Award. Solange used the moment to praise Tamika's advocacy work and speak out against brutality, asking for a moment of silence, "to reflect on the lives of our brothers and sisters that we have lost due to brutality and violence."

Links to Solange's BET Centric Award acceptance speech: http://bet.us/2u3MPkY

Links to Solange presenting the Shine a Light Award to Tamika Mallory: http://bet.us/2r5EkaQ

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Check out some additional remarks about Solange's Glastonbury Festival show below:

The Guardian - "Every year at Glastonbury there is a performance that expands the parameters of a live show and adds a touch of class that feels almost otherworldly...[Solange's] combination of resplendent magenta-hued backdrop, art installation-like set - like Sun Ra meets 2001: A Space Odyssey - matching red 70s outfits and effortless choreography is more like a moving painting than a gig."

NME - "The R&B star brought her modern classic 'A Seat At The Table' to the West Holts stage in stunning fashion."

The Telegraph - "Solange beguiled crowds at the West Holts stage at Glastonbury on Saturday night. Uniformly dressed in that most passionate of colors, red, Solange and her band moved in simple geometric formations that were so de rigueur in the Sixties. It was fantastic theatre."

Official Sites

www.solangemusic.com

www.saintheron.com

twitter.com/solangeknowles

instagram.com/saintrecords

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