Robbie Williams finally addresses secret Glastonbury performance rumours

Daily Mirror

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Former Take That star Robbie Williams has teased that he will be performing at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival - and he finally took to social media to reveal the truth behind the speculation
Robbie Williams has finally confirmed if he is performing at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival after whipping fans in to a frenzy of excitement. The 51-year-old pop icon had seemingly suggested he could be one of the secret performers to attend the festival this year.
Glastonbury is known for allowing top performers to take to the stage without their presence being previously announced. Acts and performers have even taken to the stage under fake names in order to surprise the thousands of music fans at the annual event.
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In 2023, the Foo Fighters performed on the Pyramid Stage - taking fans by surprise by being billed as a band called The Churnups. While the 2025 festival is seen performances by Lorde and Lewis Capaldi who sang for fans without previously being advertised as performers at the festival.
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On Saturday, a band known as Patchwork are expected to perform on one of the stages - but this group is expected to be a pseudonym for a major performer. And fans have questioned if Robbie could be the star expected to take to the stage.
On Friday, he teased fans by hinting he might perform at the festival as he shared a photo of a plaque at Glastonbury recalling his appearance there in 1995. The plaque read: "1995. Robbie Williams entered this area without accreditation, authorisation or alignment with prevailing taste.
"His presence was uninvited, unofficial and ultimately inevitable." He shared the image via social media with a simple caption stating: "30 years later…"
He also shared a photo of a fence with a message reading "Welcome to Glastonbury," and changed his profile photo to a throwback image of himself at the event wearing a red-and-white tracksuit.
Despite all the teasing, Rob confirmed he would not actually be performing over the weekend. He took to Instagram Stories to admit he would not take to the stage.
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Leaving some fans crushed, he wrote: "I'm not performing this year. If you are there, go and see The 1975, Busta Rhymes, Self Esteem, Charli XCX and Reverend and the Makers."
Sir Rod Stewart is one of the stars performing at the festival this year and previously shared his excitement about playing the festival. He will play the teatime Legend's Slot on Sunday - a titled that he isn't overly thrilled about.
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He told the BBC: "I just wish they wouldn't call it the tea time slot. That sounds like pipe and slippers, doesn't it?" However, he went on to tease fans what to expect when he takes to the stage.
He said: "Usually I do well over two hours so there's still a load of songs we won't be able to do. But we've been working at it.
"I'm not gonna make any announcements between songs. I'll do one number, shout 'next', and go straight into the next one. I'm going to get in as many songs I can."
The singer explained that he usually plays for over two hours when he is on tour and that Glastonbury organisers initially offered him only 75 minutes for his slot - but he was able to negotiate this up to 90 minutes instead.