Secret Glastonbury: The mystery of the festival's surprise stars
After the full Glastonbury timetable was published this week, one band's name was on everybody's lips. Except no-one knows who they actually are.
Patchwork have a prime place on the festival's line-up - third from the top of the bill on the main Pyramid Stage on the Saturday night. The only thing is, there's no band called Patchwork.
It's a fake name for a mystery guest - just as an unknown band called The ChurnUps were on the Pyramid bill in 2023, and turned out to be the Foo Fighters.
Fans immediately went into overdrive to try to work out Patchwork's identity - part of the frenzied guessing game surrounding the festival's "surprise" sets.
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Who are Patchwork?
The main theories include:
Pulp - The Britpop heroes, who stepped in to headline in 1995 (and did a secret set in 2011), have just released their first album for 24 years and have a gaping hole in their tour schedule around Glastonbury. Plus, eagle-eared fans noticed that keyboardist Candida Doyle talked in a BBC Radio 2 interview this week about her patchwork hobby. Their spokesman has said it's not them. But is that a bluff?? Likelihood rating: 9/10 but because of the official denial, actually 3/10
Haim - The singing US sisters also have a new album and have a UK show in Margate on the Friday of Glastonbury weekend - so it would make sense. Plus fans have discovered that Patchwork is the name of an obscure 2011 German novel by author Sylvia Haim (no relation) and an obscure 2015 film about three young women. Conclusive?! 7/10
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Mumford and Sons - The 2013 headliners are also on the comeback trail, but if they're Patchwork some might think it a bit underwhelming. 6/10
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"Radiohead also are in the mix of rumours because they've been teasing some tour action," suggests music journalist and broadcaster Georgie Rogers, who was a judge for Glastonbury's emerging talent competition this year and is DJing at the festival.
"Or could Elton John be returning to do something with Brandi Carlile?"
Sir Elton headlined in 2023, and Carlile, his collaborator on his last album, is on the Pyramid Stage bill on the same day as Patchwork.
