Fans are speculating who could be playing Glastonbury Festival‘s famed secret sets this year, with 28 mystery acts yet to be revealed.
After the Worthy Farm festival unveiled its stage times and a slew of new additions to its line-up including Tems, James, Jamie Webster, Soft Play (fka Slaves) Rachel Chinouriri and more, fans quickly spotted that there were gaps where secret sets would be taking place.
One particularly significant gap was spotted on the Woodsies Stage at 6pm on Saturday. One act rumoured to fill that slot is Kasabian, who are gearing up to release their new album ‘Happenings’, with one fan pointing out that they had been sharing footage from Glastonbury on their socials in recent months. They also noted that Kings Of Leon had done the same, meaning they might be stopping by the farm this year.
One X/Twitter user suggested The Smile could end up playing a secret set. “The first leg of their European tour will be finished by then and they officially launched The Smile as a band 3 years ago at Glastonbury,” they pointed out.
Another user claimed that they had been messaged by someone saying Troye Sivan was “nailed on” for a secret set. Conveniently, he will be in the UK at the time Glastonbury is taking place with the last date of his ‘Something To Give Each Other’ tour taking place in Birmingham on June 28.
There are other unfilled slots, meanwhile, at Levels at midnight on Saturday, while three slots in Nowhere remain TBA. There are also two vacant slots on the BBC Introducing at 4:30pm on Saturday and 7:30pm on Sunday.
I wonder if The Smile or Thom Yorke solo will play a TBA/Secret set at this year's Glastonbury. The first leg of their European tour will be finished by then and they officially launched The Smile as a band 3 years ago at Glastonbury. 🤔 https://t.co/mQTKfhq3iY
— silvia (@dieZypresse) June 4, 2024
to the person who sent me a dm on instagram, and said that troye sivan was nailed on for glasto…sleep with one eye open ok x
— Faye Ellaby (@fellaby) June 4, 2024
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Woodsies TBA is Kings of Leon.
— Richard Franks (@richardpfranks) June 4, 2024
to the person who sent me a dm on instagram, and said that troye sivan was nailed on for glasto…sleep with one eye open ok x
— Faye Ellaby (@fellaby) June 4, 2024
Last year’s edition of Glastonbury had a particularly notable secret set in the form of Foo Fighters playing the Pyramid Stage under the moniker of The Churnups.
“You guys fuckin’ knew it was us this whole time, you knew it was us, right?” Grohl joked about the much-talked about mystery slot, before performing ‘My Hero’. “We’re not good at secrets.”
The year before, Jack White had performed an impromptu set on The Park Stage, which is also historically known for hosting secret sets. Previously, the likes of Pulp, Foals and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood had made appearances there.
The final tickets for this year’s bash went on sale in the re-sale on April 21 and sold out in 20 minutes. The last batch consisted of tickets that the original purchasers did not pay the balance on by the cut-off date in early April.
Competition for the tickets was fiercer than ever this year, with organiser Emily Eavis revealing that 2024 had seen the “highest percentage of ticket balances paid” since Glastonbury introduced the payment plan scheme.
Glastonbury 2024 will also see the introduction of a new stage in the Shangri-La area, called Arrivals, which will be dedicated to South Asian talent. Shania Twain will take on the coveted legends slot this year, while K-pop will have its first presence at the festival with a performance from Pledis boyband SEVENTEEN on the Pyramid Stage.