Secret Sets 2023

[JayDiesel]

There are three high profile Secret Set slots on the lineup - Friday in Woodsies opposie Fred, and Saturday in Woodsies and The Park. Do people have any idea who these could be...? 

[aj6658]

I would love Wombats or Two door cinema club 

[glimmers_of_hope]

I can't think of any which are plausible/ possible/ make sense. 

I mean, Blur? It would shift the remaining Wembley tickets and drum up excitement for the new album. I haven't seen whether they have any clashes. Surely would be too big + risk crushes but killers did it. 

Biffy clyro, Simon is on site with his new project. Doesn't seem that likely though. 

[FloorFiller]

Could obviously be bollocks but there have been rumblings of Foos having hotels booked nearby, and Dave does like doing this kind of thing so who knows…

Florence has shows around Glastonbury with the weekend free.

The 1975 have the whole weekend free with surrounding EU dates

 

Don’t expect it to be all three of those as that’d be three pretty huge secret sets, but first three that came to mind.

[JayDiesel]

3 minutes ago, glimmers_of_hope said:

I can't think of any which are plausible/ possible/ make sense. 

I mean, Blur? It would shift the remaining Wembley tickets and drum up excitement for the new album. I haven't seen whether they have any clashes. Surely would be too big + risk crushes but killers did it. 

Biffy clyro, Simon is on site with his new project. Doesn't seem that likely though. 

Couple of my friends asked about Blur at the weekend, it does seem somewhat possible. Only other name I've seen is The 1975, which also feels plausible. Those spots do imply that it's going to be someone of some decent standing

[shuttlep]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

Could obviously be bollocks but there have been rumblings of Foos having hotels booked nearby, and Dave does like doing this kind of thing so who knows…

Florence has shows around Glastonbury with the weekend free.

The 1975 have the whole weekend free with surrounding EU dates

 

Don’t expect it to be all three of those as that’d be three pretty huge secret sets, but first three that came to mind.

Foos coming on with Rick Astley Kicking off Saturday morning 

[Justcalledtosay]

3 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Could obviously be bollocks but there have been rumblings of Foos having hotels booked nearby, and Dave does like doing this kind of thing so who knows…

Florence has shows around Glastonbury with the weekend free.

The 1975 have the whole weekend free with surrounding EU dates

 

Don’t expect it to be all three of those as that’d be three pretty huge secret sets, but first three that came to mind.

I'd expect smaller acts personally. Can't see Headliner size acts going on Woodsies/park stages given the issues raised last year. I'd guess at acts like Two Door Cinema/Bombay Bicycle Club etc.

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, Justcalledtosay said:

I'd expect smaller acts personally. Can't see Headliner size acts going on Woodsies/park stages given the issues raised last year. I'd guess at acts like Two Door Cinema/Bombay Bicycle Club etc.

I think there’ll still be at least one headliner/sub sized act - TDCC and BBC wouldn’t look out of place in those Woodsies slots if they were announced so really no point them being TBA’s imo. All three TBA’s are on at prime festival time with big acts going against them so no real trouble in them getting too mental, and even if they do, they’re easily closed off like they have been in previous years. 

[downtherabbithole]

1975 and Florence are my bets

[4AssedMonkey]

I’d be surprised if it was anyone huge after the crowd issues last year. If word got out it was Blur/The 1975 it would be nuts. Plus they tried to close fields last time and people just pushed past the Marshalls or climbed over stalls to get in. A repeat of those scenes and will be terrible for the festival’s reputation and licence review.

[Al2006]

The timings of the slots are interesting..

Friday 7.30pm Woodsies TBA: doesn't really make much sense for a big surprise guest? The hour gap between Pulp and Fred Again... already clash central for most of us, why stick another big band in there?

Sat 7.45pm TBA Park: direct clash with Lizzo, who they bumped upto the top line (would they want to take away a lot of her crowd?)

[Jack.194]

Really hoping for The 1975, but doubtful

[The Other Steve]

 

15 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

I'd expect smaller acts personally. Can't see Headliner size acts going on Woodsies/park stages given the issues raised last year. I'd guess at acts like Two Door Cinema/Bombay Bicycle Club etc.

Friday is definitely an act of this type of size.

[DeanoL]

9 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

I think there’ll still be at least one headliner/sub sized act - TDCC and BBC wouldn’t look out of place in those Woodsies slots if they were announced so really no point them being TBA’s imo. All three TBA’s are on at prime festival time with big acts going against them so no real trouble in them getting too mental, and even if they do, they’re easily closed off like they have been in previous years. 

Even smaller acts will have the same sort of agreements that lead to "The Churnups" if they have other festival spots with restrictions.

James with their Orchestra thing are festival exclusive for Latitude and with the Melvin connection that's a possibility for the Park spot.

[lendan]

Pulp - The Churnups are actually The Foos (I f'ing wish) 

Florence

Mumford & Sons
 

[FloorFiller]

2 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

I’d be surprised if it was anyone huge after the crowd issues last year. If word got out it was Blur/The 1975 it would be nuts. Plus they tried to close fields last time and people just pushed past the Marshalls or climbed over stalls to get in. A repeat of those scenes and will be terrible for the festival’s reputation and licence review.

Pretty sure that was with stuff like Sugababes rather than any of the TBAs, who I didn’t hear any trouble about. You might be right that those I’ve listed are a bit too big, but I can’t see them scaling them right back to mediocre Other Stage indie fodder that would barely get people excited, because what would even be the point?

1 minute ago, Al2006 said:

The timings of the slots are interesting..

Friday 7.30pm Woodsies TBA: doesn't really make much sense for a big surprise guest? The hour gap between Pulp and Fred Again... already clash central for most of us, why stick another big band in there?

Sat 7.45pm TBA Park: direct clash with Lizzo, who they bumped upto the top line (would they want to take away a lot of her crowd?)

Theyve stuck them against big slots exactly for that reason - to stop the crowds being too massive as people will be preoccupied with Pulp/Fred Again/Lizzo/Capaldi etc. 

[lendan]

03.00 - 04.30 - The Temple & Greenpeace 15.30 - 17.00 Sunday as he confirmed this on the socials

[Robofish]

Bon Iver ? He’s in Germany on the 19th. 

[Al2006]

6 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Pretty sure that was with stuff like Sugababes rather than any of the TBAs, who I didn’t hear any trouble about. You might be right that those I’ve listed are a bit too big, but I can’t see them scaling them right back to mediocre Other Stage indie fodder that would barely get people excited, because what would even be the point?

Theyve stuck them against big slots exactly for that reason - to stop the crowds being too massive as people will be preoccupied with Pulp/Fred Again/Lizzo/Capaldi etc. 

Even to put a secret set on top of another secret set!? (pulp!)

[fightoffyour]

9 minutes ago, The Other Steve said:

 

Friday is definitely an act of this type of size.

Headliner size or TDCC size?

[FloorFiller]

Just now, fightoffyour said:

Headliner size or TDCC size?

Guessing TDCC size.

I suppose they had The Kooks do it one year so not unheard of that it’s somebody of that ilk…

[The Other Steve]

1 minute ago, fightoffyour said:

Headliner size or TDCC size?

TDCC size

[deepkittycaz]

7 minutes ago, lendan said:

03.00 - 04.30 - The Temple & Greenpeace 15.30 - 17.00 Sunday as he confirmed this on the socials

Sorry, who is this about?

[Bike_Like_A_Mum]

Blur would just make so much sense!

[fightoffyour]

Just now, deepkittycaz said:

Sorry, who is this about?

Fatboy Slim?

Greenpeace has a big TBA Saturday 00:00-01:30, looks like a DJ slot given no gaps in timings but that overlaps with his Park set.