Here are all the bands playing secrets shows at Glastonbury if you believe the internet
Ah, Glastonbury Festival's fabled secret sets - no longer just the realm of dedicated fanatics and pals of insiders, this is big business.
Glass Animals, Circa Waves, Everything Everything have already completed surprise appearances, but there's a lot of Glasto-ing to come this weekend - and plenty of massive surprises too. Here's who could be popping to Somerset to pay the Eavises a visit... if you believe everything you read on the internet.
Arcade Fire
Update: "Half A World Away..." is awfully similar to a big song by another heavily rumoured act, isn't it?
The band really wanted to surprise fans at Glastonbury, but they will honor an @EverythingNowCo commitment half a world away instead.
— Arcade Fire (@arcadefire) June 23, 2017
The Canadian indie titans topped the bill in 2014, and look to return to Worth Farm as they prep new LP Everything Now... if the cryptic clues point in that direction, of course. Their current marketing campaign is pretty meta and thick with sarcasm, so it's difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff, but guitarist Richard Reed Parry certainly didn't rule it out earlier this week.
@EverythingNowCo we're supposed to be on break then, can you let us know pronto if y'all are planning any surprise anything for us plz https://t.co/RzTce7mWXr
— Richard Reed Parry (@ParryReed) June 20, 2017
Per our agreement, you'll get no less than 36 hours notice for a gig on the same or adjacent continents.
— Everything Now (@EverythingNowCo) June 20, 2017
Thom Yorke
His lil band Radiohead are headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Friday, so a surprise solo performance or DJ set would hardly be a surprise. Interestingly enough, Dork have heard that the latter is happening:
We’re hearing whispers of a Thom Yorke DJ set in the Greenpeace field tonight at #Glastonbury, FYI, Twitter dot com.
— Dork (@readdork) June 23, 2017
Elbow
Almost a dead cert if you look at Twitter.
For all those asking, we are 90% certain that the 19:30 TBA slot at The Park this evening is Elbow. More updates to come.....
— Secretglasto (@secretglasto) June 23, 2017
Glastonbury 2017 secret set ..elbow ? ....why else are their tshirts on sale at merchandise stalls?? pic.twitter.com/9sfXBECVf1
— hpc0409 (@hpc0409) June 22, 2017
The Killers
Despite Brandon Flowers seeming to rule it out, the party faithful seem to reckon it's still on:
The fact that The Killers are playing a secret set at Glastonbury just makes me even more excited on pic.twitter.com/Gk82PFEGNQ
— Domenico Zappalà (@DomZappala) June 17, 2017
It'd make sense if they did somehow magically get from Greece to the UK in less than a day - how could they manage it? - given they've announced new LP Wonderful Wonderful and dropped a banger called "The Man" already this month.
Harry Styles
The Telegraph are the in-the-knows on this one, reckoning that the One Direction-turned-Serious Solo Artist will play the John Peel Stage on Sunday. While they're at it, they dispel rumours of...
The Maccabees
Although the paper contacted The Maccabees' reps direct - who flat out said it's not happening - lots of fans still reckon it's a goer. Pinch of salt with this rumour.
Gorillaz
In 2010 they filled in last minute for U2 - still a divisive decision to this day - but apparently a return is on the cards. There's lots of chatter about Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett rocking up to the fest - could it happen?
Oasis
Liams there. Noels there. The bookies are so sure they've slashed the odds to the bone. Still, take a bucket of salt with this one.
Blossoms
General consensus is the 16:50-17:10 BBC Introducing TBA slot is that it will be Blossoms. Although we have no concrete confirmation yet.
— Secretglasto (@secretglasto) June 23, 2017
Manic Street Preachers
They played Bristol earlier this week - could they take a little drive South to Glastonbury? Weirder things have happened, and they're on a victory lap at the moment celebrating 10 years of Send Away The Tigers - seems like a grand opportunity to mark a birthday, doesn't it?
Daft Punk
Someone's mate's brother's cousin's wife's aunt heard down the pub from a friend of a friend that Daft Punk be playing at 5am in Shangri-La on Saturday. Yeah, right.
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