Watch rising folk songwriter Ellie O'Neill cover one of the saddest songs ever written at End of the Road Festival

A piece of music that Rufus Wainwright called it "one of the saddest songs ever written", Denny's 1968 take on love and loss was the second song she'd ever finished as well as the last song she ever played live before her death aged 31. It was covered many times over the years, notably by Nina Simone on her 1970 live album Black Gold in a version that O'Neill used as her blueprint.

The Co. Meath-born O'Neill – whose music traverses raw and intuitive explorations of intimacy and loss, friendship, and queer identity – dropped her debut single last month after supporting Dove Ellis at his ICA show, and is one of 2026's most exciting artists.

O'Neill's cover was part of a secret session for Best Fit at End of the Road, which also saw pop-up sets from The Orchestra (For Now), Throwing Muses, Truman Sinclair, Squid, Tyler Ballgame, Jake Xerxes Fussell, The Sophs, jasmine.4.t, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Silver Gore, Lily Seabird, and Stewart Lee with Black Country, New Road.

Best Fit's secret sessions have become a key part of End of the Road each year, bringing together artists from across the line-up in a series of short sets, exclusive covers, collaborations, and live interviews and Q&As. Past guests have included St Vincent, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Moses Sumney, Laura Marling, Patti Smith, and Frightened Rabbit - who played a now iconic version of "The Modern Leper".

End of the Road returns this year for its 20th anniversary edition, with headliners Pulp, Mac DeMarco and CMAT already announced, alongside one other super secret headliner.