Secret Sets 2025

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

Now that we have the first poster, who do we think the secret sets/TBAs will be?

 

Obviously I’m hoping for Pulp in a Churnups Pyramid slot but elsewhere wonder if Fender could turn up at Woodsies pre-headlining in a few years (like The Killers did), or maybe more realistically Mumford & Sons and HAIM. 

[across97]

I'd love Pulp, but I can't help but think there are some immovable obstacles as to why it doesn't happen. Been rumoured for the last 2, maybe 3, festivals and never seems to happen. Fender I think will hold out for the call to headline. 

 

I think Mumford were rumoured for a secret set in 2020, just kicking off a touring cycle for the new album so I'd hedge by bets on them more than anybody right now

 

 

[incident]

10 minutes ago, across97 said:

I'd love Pulp, but I can't help but think there are some immovable obstacles as to why it doesn't happen. Been rumoured for the last 2, maybe 3, festivals and never seems to happen.

 

The problem for me is more that it really hasn't been rumoured.

 

Like, there's been many people (including myself) who've said how great it'd be, how much sense it'd make, etc and who've tried to find a reason to think they would be. But that's not a rumour, it's just a desire or speculation at best.. In terms of actual rumours that they might be playing, there was absolutely nothing in the previous two years and only one fairly weakly sourced whisper on the subject for this year.

[Superscally]

16 minutes ago, across97 said:

I'd love Pulp, but I can't help but think there are some immovable obstacles as to why it doesn't happen. Been rumoured for the last 2, maybe 3, festivals and never seems to happen. Fender I think will hold out for the call to headline. 

 

I think Mumford were rumoured for a secret set in 2020, just kicking off a touring cycle for the new album so I'd hedge by bets on them more than anybody right now

 

 

I hope it is M*mf*rd. I've got too many potential clashes already.

[OllieMadd]

Jack White (again)

[Skip997]

What exactly is the point of “secret” sets. They never remain secret anyway 

[fraybentos1]

HAIM seem to be in the running for this 

[fraybentos1]

2 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

What exactly is the point of “secret” sets. They never remain secret anyway 

Is there anything you don’t hate? Going into a secret sets thread to moan about secret sets 😂 clamp it 

[across97]

7 minutes ago, incident said:

 

The problem for me is more that it really hasn't been rumoured.

 

Like, there's been many people (including myself) who've said how great it'd be, how much sense it'd make, etc and who've tried to find a reason to think they would be. But that's not a rumour, it's just a desire or speculation at best.. In terms of actual rumours that they might be playing, there was absolutely nothing in the previous two years and only one fairly weakly sourced whisper on the subject for this year.

This is true, it's always seemed like speculation perhaps leaning towards "logic" for many people. I just think there must be a reason why either Glasto have not approached them, or Pulp have said no because I can't imagine why Glastonbury wouldn't have gone for them. But who knows!

[Skip997]

😁

[A Particular Grey Chihuahu]

Oasis? 🤣

[incident]

3 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

 

Moaning about people moaning about secret sets in the secret sets thread.................... as you say. Clamp it.

 

Moaning about someone moaning about someone moaning.. Oh never mind.

[across97]

13 minutes ago, A Particular Grey Chihuahu said:

Oasis? 🤣

Still baffles me their grand return will be in Cardiff, keep convincing myself there's something else in the pipeline and that it is Glastonbury but day by day giving up on that thought! Was more in hope than expectation anyway...

[DL50]

Green Day are in Europe and have gaps on the Friday and Sunday 👀

[fraybentos1]

41 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

 

Moaning about people moaning about secret sets in the secret sets thread.................... as you say. Clamp it.

Nah yours doesn’t work sorry 

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

What exactly is the point of “secret” sets. They never remain secret anyway 

 

You get bigger acts playing in lower slots or in smaller stages than they normally would, thus creating a sense of occasion and / or exclusivity for folk who get to see it.

[across97]

13 minutes ago, DL50 said:

Green Day are in Europe and have gaps on the Friday and Sunday 👀

I remember spending my whole 2022 trying to figure out if they're playing or not, SecretGlasto even sent a cryptic tweet on the Sunday and I was trying to figure out how to rush there. Would love this to happen 

[OllieMadd]

I wonder if BJA will turn up with his covers band instead of Green Day. That's my guess

[dotdash79]

1 hour ago, fraybentos1 said:

HAIM seem to be in the running for this 

Good call

[Mark_safc]

Kings of Leon have the Saturday free, sandwiched inbetween a Swiss festival and the Sunday in Cardiff. Wouldn't rule them out given how close the festival is to Cardiff.

[RossTC]

2 hours ago, OllieMadd said:

Jack White (again)

Really surprised not to see him in a prominent position on the initial poster, his park secret set last time he played was brilliant an all time highlight of mine on the farm but just feels unlikely he'd rock up and do the same again if even on another stage?!

[SticklinchJoe]

2 hours ago, Skip997 said:

What exactly is the point of “secret” sets. They never remain secret anyway 

 

They seem to have become a scheduled event since I last went to Glastonbury.

[Leon_Anthony]

Mumford 

[paulshane]

Iron Maiden are available for at least one day over the weekend ...

[archiegow]

1 hour ago, Mark_safc said:

Kings of Leon have the Saturday free, sandwiched inbetween a Swiss festival and the Sunday in Cardiff. Wouldn't rule them out given how close the festival is to Cardiff.

Especially since the amount of clips they posted from their headline set last year before Kasabian were announced, I’d personally love to see it!