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Foo Fighters seemingly confirm surprise Glastonbury performance

By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 7 June 2023

Foo Fighters have shared a message hinting that they are unknown band the Churnups set to play the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury later this month. The band told fans in a social media update that it has been “good to see you, churning up these emotions together” at recent shows.

When Glastonbury published its full line-up earlier this month, The Churnups were listed as playing third from the top of the bill on the Friday of the event, before Royal Blood and Arctic Monkeys. And there has been no further information on who this hitherto unheard of band might be.

In a handwritten note posted on social media last night, Dave Grohl writes: “Hey. It’s been a while. Now that we’ve returned from our first run of shows, I felt compelled to reach out and thank you all for being there for us”.

The band, of course, recently returned to the stage for the first time since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last year.

“Every night, when I see you singing, it makes me sing harder”, Grohl continues. “When I see you screaming, it makes me scream louder. When I see your tears, it brings me to tears. And when I see your joy, it brings me joy. But, I see you… and it feels good to see you, churning up these emotions together. Because we’ve always done this together. Time and time again”.

If this is indeed confirmation that Foo Fighters are The Churnups, then they will play the Pyramid stage from 6.15pm to 7.30pm on 23 Jun – a considerably earlier and shorter set than their 2017 headline performance, which saw them play for over two hours. Grohl also made a surprise appearance during Paul McCartney’s headline set last year.

As well as Foo Fighters, Pulp are also rumoured to be playing a secret set at the festival.