Foo Fighters have taken to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2023, finally confirming that they are behind mystery band The Churnups.
The band were one of several acts rumoured to be performing under the moniker The Churnups on the opening Friday of Glasto (June 2023).
Foos frontman Dave Grohl was spotted backstage earlier today, with eagled-eyed fans noticing Arctic Monkeys stage gear in the background which appeared to confirmed that the picture is new.
The band opened with ‘All My Life’, with Grohl telling the crowd: “All right motherfuckers, let’s dance!”
“We only have one hour, so we’re going to try fit in as many songs as we can,” he added.
The band also played a furious rendition of ‘The Pretender’, sharing: “Last time we played here was 2017, I don’t know how many of you were there but we sang that shit loud back then.”
“You guys fuckin’ knew it was us this whole time, you knew it was us, right?” Grohl joked about the much-talked about mystery slot, before performing ‘My Hero’. “We’re not good at secrets.”
No introduction, just straight into ‘All My Life’
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The Foos are performing on the Pyramid Stage for an hour and a quarter (6:15pm-7:30pm BST) ahead of Royal Blood (8:15 pm-9:15pm BST) and headliners Arctic Monkeys (10:15pm-11:45pm BST).
2023 also marks 25 years since Foo Fighters first performed at Glasto – on the same day and in the same slot that The Churnups were billed.
Last year, Grohl made a special guest appearance during Paul McCartney’s headline show on the Pyramid Stage along with Bruce Springsteen.
In a five star review of new album ‘But Here We Are’, NME said the Foos’ eleventh album was “a suitably pensive toast to rock’s restorative powers” which saw them “work through their grief” after the death of bandmate Taylor Hawkins.
Check out all the latest from Glastonbury 2023 on the NME liveblog here, and see more news, reviews, photos, interviews and more here.