Glastonbury festival 2024: Who are the rumoured secret acts?
Glastonbury organisers have announced the full 2024 line-up for the annual extravaganza later this month.
The 2024 headliners have already been announced for the world’s largest greenfield music and performing arts festival – and centrepiece of the UK festival scene every summer.
This year’s event takes place between Wednesday June 26 and Sunday June 30 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset.
Some of the newly announced acts include Squeeze, who will get the festival off to a flying start at noon on Friday June 28 on the Pyramid stage.
Other new names are Femi Kuti, Seasick Steve, Jamie Webster, the Staves, the Skatalites, Jalen Ngonda, the Vaccines, Johnny Flynn, Soft Play, Rachel Chinouriri and the Zutons.
On Friday Due Lipas is the headline act on the Pyramid Stage, with performances earlier in the evening from PJ Harvey and LCD Soundsystem.
On Saturday Coldplay are the headline act while on Sunday SZA will close the show.
Disclosure, The Streets, Shania Twain and Bombay Bicycle Club will also be performing over the course of the weekend.
But, every year, Worthy Farm pulls performances out of the bag with secret acts that had not previously been released – and 2024 will not be any different.
There are still acts to be announced on the official line up. One of these is on Wednesday June 26 on the Greenpeace Stage at 12pm and is one of the first sets of the festival. The others are:
Friday June 28: Wishing Well 8.45pm (also the Transgressive Takeover at 11pm at the same location is still TBA)
Friday June 28: Firmly Rooted, 1am
Saturday June 29: BBC Introducing Stage, 4.30pm
Saturday June 29: Woodies Stage, 6pm
Saturday June 29: Levels, midnight
Sunday June 30: BBC Introducing Stage, 7.30pm
Sunday June 30: Wishing Well, 9pm
So who could we expect to be a secret acts. We look at all the rumours below.
Kasabian
According to NME, William Hill bookmakers have suspended betting on the band "after seeing some telling bets". Glastonbury kicks off a week before the release of their new album, Happenings. Coincidence?
The Killers
The band famous for Mr Brightside are next on the list as favourites to fill one of those TBA slots. Brandon Flowers and his crew are touring their new greatest hits collection, Rebel Diamonds, in the UK this June – they play Glasgow's Ovo Hydro on Wednesday June 26 and their next show is at the O2 in London on Thursday July 4, but they have nothing in the diary for Glastonbury weekend.
Kings of Leon
Sex on Fire favourites Kings of Leon have made the rumour list based on their diary. The band are playing on Sunday June 30 over Glastonbury weekend in their British Summer Time show in Hyde Park, so in theory they could squeeze in a Worthy Farm appearance over the long weekend.
Green Day
This is one of the more unlikely rumours but they have still made the list. The band released their Saviors album at the beginning of the year, which meant they were tipped to be a secret act at Glastonbury; however, they are slated to play at the Isle of Wight Festival later this month which has been dubbed as a "festival exclusive".
Liam Gallagher
The former Oasis frontman has been performing in the capital this week and will continues his UK dates in June at which he'll be playing the whole of Oasis’s debut album, Definitely Maybe, to mark the record's 30th anniversary.
This led to fans believing he was destined to perform at Worthy Farm but the man himself has denied that he's playing the festival on social media site X, when asked by a fan.
Vampire Weekend
William Hill are currently offering 8/1 odds on Ezra Koenig and bandmates to appear at Glastonbury.
The idea seems unlikely given they are midway through a US tour this summer in support of their album Only God Was Above Us. But their last gig before the Worthy weekend is in Bonner, Montana on June 23 with their next one, at Red Rocks in Colorado on July 19, leaving enough time for them to jet to and from the UK to perform.
The XX
This rumour is not that far fetched given where the former bandmates will be over the weekend. Jamie xx is headlining Woodies on Friday night while Romy is playing a DJ set on Friday at the Levels area. Could a reunion be on the cards?
Weezer
Weezer are performing in the UK with the Smashing Pumpkins across June. Their final show will be at Cardiff Castle on June 14 before they jet off to North America in September.
