Robbie Williams responds to Glastonbury surprise set rumours after he fuelled speculation with cryptic post

Daily Mail​

10 hours ago

Robbie Williams has responded to rumours that he will be performing a secret set at Glastonbury festival.
The singer, 51, fuelled speculation that he would make a shock appearance at the Somerset-based festival with a cryptic post on Friday.
However, just hours later, Robbie took to Instagram once again to set the record straight.
Leaving fans disappointed, he clarified: 'I'm not performing this year.'
Instead, he encouraged fans to go and see other artists, listing The 1975, Busta Rhymes, Self Esteem, Charli XCX and Reverend and the Makers.
The Angels hitmaker had sparked speculation that he'd be performing at Worthy Farm with a cryptic Instagram post.
He uploaded a snap of a plaque which marked 30 years since he partied with Oasis at the iconic festival after leaving Take That.
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.'
The singer, who also headlined Glastonbury in 1998, captioned the post: '30 years later…'
He also added a picture of a wooden fence reading 'Welcome to Glastonbury,' and switched his profile pic to a throwback image of himself headlining the event in an iconic red-and-white tracksuit.
Robbie is currently on his BritPop tour with a slot at Belgium music festival TW Classic scheduled for tonight, but his social media antics drove fans crazy.
'Either you're doing the secret set this afternoon or you're playing up to the hype it could be you,' said one user.
'Tease,' another added, and one user questioned, 'Patchwork?!', suggesting the Patience star might be touted to be the mystery band Patchwork, set to headline the Pyramid Stage at 6.15pm tonight.
Other guesses of who the secret act could be have included Oasis, Mumford And Sons, Sam Fender and Harry Styles.
Fans speculated on Reddit: 'There's two surprises on the Pyramid Stage, one Friday one Saturday. Talk of Mumford and Sons on the Friday and I'm praying for Pulp on the Saturday.' Another user suggested: Haim probably.'
Other users speculated: 'A massively long shot, but could it be Oasis to officially kick-start their comeback? Only a 35-minute set, which would probably be like 4 songs with a lot of talking. Which feels appropriate',
'Patchwork? Oasis I know they've said no, but that doesn't carry a great deal of weight... Patchwork... Patching things up... might be a bit of a reach but MY GOD it would be good',
'Ed Sheeran I think. Been doing secret sets all year. Just popping up',
'Pulp would fit. New album which is great. Gap in tour. Headlined twice before. Band of the people',
'Hopefully Sam Fender, heard about Harry Styles aswell'.