Glastonbury Competition 2024 is right here, and music followers are rallying to see which “secret units” are on the lineup this 12 months.
There are an entire host of queer artists and icons on the Glastonbury lineup, together with Janelle Monáe, Idles, and the legendary Shania Twain, to call however just a few.
Yearly, followers wonder if a Glastonbury “secret set” is certainly going to happen, with rumours of big-name artists heading up Worthy Farm regardless of not being billed on the lineup forward of the occasion.
Final 12 months, Foo Fighters carried out a Glastonbury “secret set”, with earlier pop-up appearances coming from the likes of artists together with Woman Gaga, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, George Ezra, Pulp, and Mumford and Sons.
Rumours of this 12 months’s “secret set” have followers sharing their theories on the alleged acts, with festival-goers initially believing Taylor Swift may nab the key set spot regardless of being booked to carry out at her record-breaking Eras Tour cease in Dublin, Eire over the weekend.
In the meantime, sources instructed The Solar that rock band Kasabian are reportedly performing an hour-long secret set earlier than Coldplay’s headline slot on the Pyramid stage on Saturday.
Which different artists could possibly be on the Glastonbury secret set lineup? Maintain studying to search out out.
Troye Sivan
The “Angel Child” singer launched the European leg of his One thing to Give Every Different Tour with an NSFW second.
The “Rush” hitmaker has exhibits booked for 27 June in London and Birmingham on 28 June, which theoretically leaves him free to carry out at Glastonbury on 29 June.
Women Aloud
“The Promise” singers kicked off their reunion tour, The Women Aloud Present, this 12 months, delivering a “poignant” tribute to their late band member Sarah Harding.
The celebs have a spot of their touring schedule on 28 June, the identical day as Dua Lipa’s headline slot. Coincidence? We’ll have to attend and see.
The xx
Indie rock band The xx — comprised of bass guitarist and singer Oliver Sim, singer and guitarist Romy Madley Croft and file manufacturing from Jamie xx — haven’t taken to Glastonbury for seven years, since their final efficiency on the Pyramid stage in 2017.
So, it’s solely truthful that followers on the pageant get one other dose of their reverb-filled guitars and ethereal vocals.
Glass Animals
The indie rock band are fairly sturdy contenders to seem at Glastonbury, given their 2017 and 2022 monitor file of performances on the pageant.
The “Warmth Waves” performers have just a few exhibits across the UK in July in Oxford and Bristol, however would have loads of time to go up the pageant.
Tame Impala
“The Much less I Know The Higher” hitmakers may be due one other return to the Glastonbury lineup for a “secret set”.
Provided that the band’s frontman Kevin Parker co-produced headliner Lipa’s newest album Radical Optimism, they may even seem alongside the singer throughout her 28 June spot.
Inexperienced Day
The “Boulevard of Damaged Desires” hitmakers are rumoured to be performing a secret set, given their present UK tour.
Whereas they’re acting on 27 June in Dublin and London on 28 June, they may cease by the music pageant on 29 June.
Kings of Leon
The band are launching their UK tour in London on 30 June, so it will be fairly possible for them to get the gang going just a few days prior at Glastonbury.